Claire McCaskill

What percentage of your employees are actually doing research as opposed to overseeing research done by others?

We spent billions on a tool to tell us if we were having a bioattack and now there seems to be consensus that we have wasted it.

Your agency ranks at the very bottom in terms of best places to work.

I am not convinced that we are doing cutting edge.

We have wasted an awful lot of money.

I know you all are trying hard, and I know even the general who made the decision in Aviano, I absolutely do not think he did that maliciously or cavalierly.

The least disruption should occur to the victim, not to the alleged perpetrator.

I think that there will have to be a stronger argument than that for me not to come down on the side that clemency belongs at the end of a legal determination, not in the middle of it.

The clemency process was a travesty. The vast majority of the statements were personal attacks on the judge, the prosecutors, and me.

I cannot imagine any of you agree with that outcome. Does anybody think that is right or fair?

I do feel that there is some progress being made in some branches, some more than others.

At some point, it becomes about preservation of their own career rather than helping me.

I believe that the focus of our efforts should be on effective prosecution and what do we need to do to make sure that these investigations are done promptly and professionally.

Rape is the crime of a coward. Rapists in the ranks are masquerading as real members of our military because our military is not about cowards.

Making the Rubio-McCaskill resolution the official policy of the United States would send a strong, bipartisan message to the world that we support a free and open Internet.

If this allegation is proved true, this was not someone who understood what this job was about.

These cases turn on who is believable.

I hope that you will evaluate the qualifications.

The bad news sometimes is our military is so good we think we can do anything.

If a victim does not believe that the system is capable of believing her, there is no point in risking your entire career.

In terms of extending the flight hours, I know that the report came back from GAO saying that maybe we need an independent assessment about what the cost is going to be on extending the flight hours on existing Super Hornets.

Thank you all very much. General Amos, I know your heart wants to get this fixed, and we'll work together and get it done.

The quickest way to change the culture is to put these cowards in prison.

I need some kind of analysis as to how large-scale infrastructure spending contributed to a successful fight in the area of counterinsurgency.

If Afghanistan and Iraq have taught us anything is that that is not always true.