Claire McCaskill actually said...

"We have to figure out how not to pay up front, instead of paying and chasing."

"The notion that we cannot figure out who has died before we pay them... It seems to me... If the Federal Government cannot figure that out, then there is no hope."

"It would be much simpler if we would just require they do one set of data across Agencies."

"Well, that is like cutting off our nose to spite our face, because these are the people we need to bring in the receivables."