Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I can't think of a good policy reason that we would give whistleblower protections to employees and not give them to contractors."

"I believe it is time to think about having a clock, and if the administration has not appointed an Inspector General after 6 months at an agency that has 35 percent of the whistleblower complaints in ..."

"Budgets matter."

"Do you believe if this bill passes and it requires the firing of someone who retaliates, that it would have the impact that we are looking for here in this very troubling area?"