Claire McCaskill actually said...

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

"The performance bonus was a rite of passage. It was not being based on how well they had performed under the contract."

"Wouldn't we be better off to go with the higher estimates, though, than the lowest?"

"We have a moral obligation to clean this stuff up, but this, I do not think, is ever going to be anybody's poster child for the most efficient and effective use of taxpayer money."