Claire McCaskill

One of their key findings was that Army leaders regularly did not have the necessary information to properly evaluate and improve operations regarding contracts.

I am really worried about the cuts that have been proposed by this Administration to the very programs that address everything you all talked about.

The place I am going to be concerned is if we learn that, in fact, what the agency has asked for has been cut significantly.

anyone who denigrates the men and women who risk their lives in intelligence or in the FBI is undermining the foundation of rule and law in this country

there is no need for a wall 'from sea to shining sea.'

I would like you to address and make a commitment that you will look at this imbalance and address it, that we are actually potentially overloading the Border Patrol and ignoring the ports.

There is no argument there. There is no red shirt/blue shirt. There is no divide on that.

We are getting ready to try to spend a gajillion dollars on something that there has been no cost-benefit done.

I believe a lot of this is climate.

We know that a lot of this is coming in fact, I think if we really did a close analysis, we would see more of it is coming in through the ports than across the border in terms of opioids.

It should not be based on politics. It should be based on the metrics of risk.

I would ask each of you to respond to this question. Do you fully support the right of government employees to organize and bargain collectively?

If you all do not begin a more seamless operation with clear lines of accountability and control, we have no shot against this enemy.

The bottom line is--good news--we have a disparate system in our country so it is hard to find one entry point.

We had a foreign government go at the heart of our democracy, a foreign government that wants to break the back of every democracy in the world.

I have been grateful that seems to have been walked back, and I think most, if not all, of the nominees...

This is a tough time to serve in government because we have record-high cynicism and negativity about people who serve in the public sector.

Well, we want ours back.

Let me just point out what I think is obvious that no Member of Congress is required to take the employer contribution.

I certainly feel for what Senator Carper was addressing. It seemed terribly unfair to our staffs...

I am worried that we have made progress and because we have not quite gotten to the Promised Land.

I could never support Tom Marino after this and I consciously optimistic that most of my colleagues would agree.

I think frankly, everyone is feeling pressure about the opioid crisis and we have done a lot here on Capitol Hill trying to address it.

letter from Paul Gileno, U.S. Pain Foundation, to Senator Claire McCaskill

Letter from Senator Claire McCaskill to Steven P. Stanos, President, American Academy of Pain Medicine (October 5, 2017).