Claire McCaskill actually said...

"This hearing will focus on contract management by the Department of Energy (DOE)."

"I have worked very hard to expand the protection of whistleblowers beyond government employees to employees of contractors who do primarily government work."

"I think this is something that obviously people who were responsible for that--I certainly understand that you can have wrongdoers in a business operation and have the head of operation not know about..."

"Do not hold your breath on getting budget commitments 10 years down the line. We have a hard time getting budget commitments 10 minutes from now, much less 10 years down the line."