Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I am not against contractors, but it does appear that our government, especially in the last decade, has really expanded contracting without the requisite acquisition personnel and oversight to manage..."

"It was thrilling to hear Sen. McCaskill bring this up: paying truck drivers by the mile is clearly asking for the death and injuries that we experience each year in crashes involving these trucks."

"I just think it would be time--and I would encourage everyone who cares deeply about truck safety to try to motivate some carrier to look at payment by the hour as opposed to miles driven."

"It seems like to me we could avoid a lot of problems here because what we are doing is incentivizing unsafe conduct."