Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I got to tell you that is a hard assumption for me to make but I am going to make it out of deference to your testimony."

"the government set up a system here that allowed what I think at one point people believed it would be a free market of competition that would drive costs down."

"So, the e-mail is superfluous to the policy."

"What if she does not respond to your e-mail? Do you send her a letter?"