Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I thought it took a lot of courage for Secretary Gates to go out as far as he did on the second engine."

"We, in Congress, hope that that is not the case."

"Frankly, obviously, it's been a problem, writ large, because we can't even audit."

"I think it'd be helpful for us to get top-line performance metrics, for the various departments, that you've developed."