Claire McCaskill actually said...

"It is just a weird system that has evolved, that you have got these big companies that essentially are providing inherently government functions by subbing out quickly to other people."

"But why do we need somebody to take a cut? I mean, why is Lockheed getting a cut of this contract?"

"There is going to be a continuing role for aerial eradication well into the future."

"Can you imagine the amount of money we are spending on the middleman cut in this government? I mean, in the Pentagon alone, it is billions of dollars."