Claire McCaskill actually said...

"In your opinion, at GAO should something that is going to cost billions of dollars begin without a cost-benefit analysis?"

"Your work supports us in meeting our legislative and oversight obligations under the Constitution."

"Would it be typical to begin a multibillion-dollar project without any appropriated funds?"

"I just worry that we are going to have deja-vu all over again, that we are making this more complex than it needs to be."