Claire McCaskill actually said...

"Will you commit to reviewing, and changing, if necessary, the metrics used to determine the performance level of SES employees?"

"If confirmed, will you share with this committee the status of bonuses paid to SES employees in the Navy in fiscal year 2012?"

"the more we empower the auditors, the more we make sure that you are doing your job, the more likely it is that we are going to be able to clean up messes like this."

"If anybody does not think what you have done is bold, they do not understand SES."