Claire McCaskill actually said...

"If you will help us figure out what we have done to handcuff you, I'll see if I can help get the key and maybe take some of those handcuffs off."

"I would work with you on this because it, you know, especially if you all are just doing what the corps tells you even though that might be outdated and inaccurate."

"As the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Consumer Product Safety, I would certainly appreciate a glance at where the line falls."

"Barge traffic in my state is very important to the health of our economy."