Claire McCaskill actually said...

"should bid savings go back to the taxpayers to reduce the overall pricetag, since the savings belong to taxpayers?"

"If we've made MILCON too hard, then let's figure out a way to make MILCON easier. But, let's don't waste a lot of money because we are going to fill in the gap until we get the MILCON money."

"I just would like the taxpayers to get the benefit when the estimates are too high, as opposed to it being reprogrammed."

"There needs to be a plan. We need to make sure the plan makes sense and it's clear to everyone."