Claire McCaskill actually said...

"The biggest lie that was ever told to me as we went into a state agency to audit was, gosh, we are glad to see you."

"I think many times those pre-award audits have what I would call a deterrent effect because everyone who is out there competing for Federal contracts it gives them a heads up that somebody is going to..."

"The large policy issue that I want this hearing to talk about is--are there sufficient contract auditing resources in the Federal Government?"

"I do not want businesses to feel like they are being punished for doing business with the Federal Government."