Claire McCaskill

In 2013, Senator McCaskill--who has just joined us--and I introduced legislation called the Federal Permitting Improvement Act to help streamline the permitting process.

We worked hard getting this across the finish line. We had lots of folks upset about various things.

It takes some political ability to wade through the politics, which are always going to be there.

One person did not vote for it, one Republican. It was a 12-1 vote. She is no longer with the Committee.

What a shame it would be, and I am glad that we have cleared up the confusion that the President's first Executive Order created.

That is the way that I think it has been looked at, that you cannot look at Medicaid cuts in isolation and assume other parts of the system are not going to be put under pressure, and ultimately folks end up in an emergency room uninsured…

the whole misinformation about death panels was just us reimbursing doctors for them taking the time to make end-of-life explanations

It is too easy to make it into a political football.

I think that is something we need to look at.

You can be, obviously, thin, wealthy, run through fields with a smile on your face, play with your grandchildren, and have sex whenever you want it based on these ads.

I am glad we are having this hearing today.

We are never going to have an accepted health care solution in this country if it is just one party or the other.

We have to find the middle.

a complete lack of oversight is causing this program to fail the American taxpayer, everything that could go wrong is going wrong.

you are making a decision to have somebody else pay for your health care.

That is just bizarre.

In this Committee we depend on people coming forward and telling us about problems, and so we want to make sure that they are fully protected.

You have pointed out a problem, and we are going to fix it.

I think it is terrific that we have uncovered this problem.

Another good reason that we should not be using reconciliation to make major tax structure changes, since it is only a temporary change in the tax structure.

I can assure you, Mr. Chairman, all the Democrats want to work on tax reform.

If we cannot have a hearing in the United States Senate on the Committee on Finance, on tax code reform, then I do not know why we have this committee.

I have seen a dramatic improvement in the TSA personnel and their professionalism and the processes.

We just voted 98-2 to put more sanctions on Russia, and then somehow it might be a good idea for us to partner up?

There is a sense that if you screw up, something is going to happen.