Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I think this is the climate in which to take advantage of that. But, it does require your help."

"You can't make a move--and even if another location is offering to bill the money, they're doing that with public dollars. It all comes from taxpayers somewhere."

"should bid savings go back to the taxpayers to reduce the overall pricetag, since the savings belong to taxpayers?"

"If we've made MILCON too hard, then let's figure out a way to make MILCON easier. But, let's don't waste a lot of money because we are going to fill in the gap until we get the MILCON money."