Claire McCaskill

I think one thing we have discovered today that there has been a significant breakdown of communication...

the first and foremost goal is to get a good value for taxpayers.

to me that does not seem like that is the right way to go about it.

I think the pitch forks would come out and I think there would be a real problem.

I had a general say to me, 'I did not care how much it cost. I wanted three kinds of ice cream in the mess yesterday.'

we ought to make sure we are taking full advantage of that in terms of value that we might be able to receive on behalf of the taxpayers.

The responsibility of this agency is very intense.

I think the committee should be interested in and I'm certainly interested in.

We're shareholders, the American people, in some of them.

I have thousands of auto workers in my state that are out of work, and it is a tragedy, what is happening to them and their families.

They've worked hard. They deserve what they've been promised.

There has been a secret growth in the size of the Federal Government through contractors.

I want to compliment you first.

I think it's very serious.

I think that might be way more important than a not-for-profit model that's going to make sure we've got somebody else following Presidential politics.

There are--there's already an economy of scale that allows for a politico online.

it is incredibly important to our democracy, it is incredibly important to our local communities and to our States.

What is dying and what is not being addressed up here by the people supporting new media is the fact that, at the State and local level, it's America's regional newspapers that are--

Where is the public interest in this crisis? And the public interest is not located in the business competition between big, well-funded corporations.

The importance of the citizen journalist cannot be overestimated.

I have been told by Dr. Schuchat, we have virological surveillance, and that is also showing an uptick, and we use multiple systems to get the tracking.

the sooner you guys can put somebody in handcuffs on TV for doing this kind of thing, the better off we are all going to be

There are people advertising fake drugs, going on the Internet and saying, 'Click here, and we can save you from H1N1.'

I decided to do a little secret shopping today in my office in preparation for this hearing.

I am confused, though, who is making that decision.