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Claire McCaskill

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Claire McCaskill is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States Senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019. She was the first woman elected to the Senate from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, McCaskill focused on issues such as healthcare, military support, and government accountability during her tenure in the Senate. She played a significant role in various legislative efforts and was known for her outspoken views on military contracting and defense spending.

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Jul 10, 2017

Retaliating against whistleblowers is against the law. It just cannot be done.

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Jul 10, 2017

Would you also agree to commit to respond to any reasonable requests from any Member of Congress, whether in the majority or the minority?

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Jun 28, 2017

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

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Jun 20, 2017

Yes, but we do not have the guy in charge.

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Jun 20, 2017

One of the reasons the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 is so important is because of the safe harbor it provides.

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Jun 20, 2017

I would hope that we would all kind of join hands and try to force as much integration as possible.

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Jun 20, 2017

Eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in an effort to save taxpayer dollars and improve government services...

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Jun 20, 2017

I certainly would like to join with the Chairman in a bipartisan effort to contact the Administration

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Jun 20, 2017

This threat from cyber warfare is a real danger that our country faces.

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Jun 20, 2017

One of my top priorities as a Senator is focusing on how we can make government work better and more efficiently.

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Jun 14, 2017

Veterans who have for so long quietly suffered the effects of Mustard Gas or Lewisite exposure... deserve to receive critically need care from the VA.

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Jun 14, 2017

This is an injustice that has been perpetrated against a small group of World War II veterans.

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Jun 14, 2017

The impact on the health and well-being of the subjects has lasted a lifetime.

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Jun 14, 2017

Those who became sick during these tests, like Arla, were threatened with court-martial if they did not continue with the testing.

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Jun 13, 2017

The President's proposal would zero out the Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks Grant Program, which is so essential as we face violent, evil criminals.

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Jun 13, 2017

I am concerned that the President's budget proposal has taken its eye off the ball in terms of our fight against this evil extremism and the violence that it foments.

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Jun 13, 2017

What we saw this morning was evil.

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Jun 13, 2017

I think we all agree that extreme ideology used as a recruitment for violence is important and that we must focus on it and we must fight it.

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Jun 13, 2017

It would reduce the Port Security Grant Program and the Transit Security Grant Program by more than 50 percent--all soft targets for these criminals, these evil criminals.

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Jun 13, 2017

And, as we fight it, I think the facts really matter, and I think it is important that we remain factual.

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Jun 13, 2017

I do not believe that is true. I think that is just patently false.

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Jun 13, 2017

But, we have to do that within our constitutional parameters. For example, we cannot ban that book.

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Jun 7, 2017

premiums in Missouri had increased by 145 percent between 2013 and 2017.

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Jun 7, 2017

In America, we treat you whether you are insured or not; correct?

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