Claire McCaskill

I actually think that criminal prosecution is the easiest and most effective way to do it.

I'm just thinking that there might be ways to fix this problem without government.

I believe in the deterrent effect of the potential of jail time, especially for people who are committing a crime that is just making them money.

So Live Nation is making money coming and going, correct? They're making money--they're making the fees on the first sale, and then they're turning around and making a fee on the second sale also.

I take great pride in the bipartisan spirit this Committee has historically forged.

There is a special place in hell for someone who does that.

The whole point of this report and this hearing is to prompt a bipartisan conversation.

It makes perfect sense to come together today to highlight both the bipartisan work we have been doing.

Unfortunately, too many Americans do not realize that it is, in fact, a crisis.

Part of the problem we face from a messaging standpoint is the efforts of our government to message and realizing that our government is probably not the right messenger if we are going to combat an ideology that sees our country as part…

I am here today to speak in support of the Arla Harrell Act, legislation I introduced to address a serious injustice perpetrated against veterans exposed to chemical agents as part of US government experiments during World War II.

90 percent of related disability compensation claims have been rejected by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This is yet another place where we need to look hard and, frankly, do not trust VA's judgment.

S. 3023, the Arla Harrell Act, introduced by Senator McCaskill, would provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans.

I am here to speak in support of the Arla Harrell Act, legislation which I introduced to address a very serious injustice that has been perpetrated against veterans that were purposely exposed through our own military to chemical agents as…

I urge the Committee to support this legislation so we can keep our commitment and ensure that all veterans receive the respect, care, and benefits they have earned.

Seventy years after the experiments took place, the government has yet to appropriately assist and compensate many of these veterans.

The military has acknowledged for decades that secret mustard gas tests were performed on troops at the end of World War II.

Both Charter and Time Warner agreed to issue credits for thousands of customers who were overbilled, and Comcast has provided additional guidance to its retention representatives of allowing customers to cancel without an argument.

That makes no sense.

I would like to have you remove--there is a fee on here--I am not sure how it got on here--for a protection plan.

Why did the rest of you put this down with taxes as opposed to putting it up with your programming costs?

Nobody knows how to get the best price from you guys. Nobody knows.

No one has had a chance to address this. Does anybody want to address the practice of charging someone to remove an optional product from your bill?

I am all in on oversight of government, and believe me, when somebody calls with a VA complaint or somebody calls with a Social Security complaint or somebody calls with a cable TV complaint, I am on it.