Claire McCaskill actually said...

"Well, because it was an extension of an existing contract that came under the 100,000, it stayed within the parameters of the original contract instead of kicking in that $100,000 threshold that cause..."

"If we now acknowledge at the end of the hearing that mistakes were made, then I have yet to see where anyone was held accountable for those mistakes."

"This is exactly the kind of thing that allows the public to get deep-rooted cynicism about the way we spend money."

"The contractor that was hired had really never had a contract with EPA; is that not correct?"