Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I mean, if, in fact, they were not getting the extra plus-up by going to the big guys, then we really would, pardon the expression, have an apples-to-apples comparison."

"So what they do is they force a price increase on the local market so that they can take a piece of it?"

"It is with a sense of urgency that I realize we have to hold on to the ability of independent food producers to get a product to market."

"So on accounting, they can keep track of it if it is going to be their money. They just cannot keep track of it if it is going to be our money."