Claire McCaskill

I think this is hard, but we have done it in other places where we have a global interest.

This is a business issue for us. This is hurting our international business because there is a sense in the world that this is not a true multistakeholder process.

The negativity toward the United States of America was so thick you could cut it with a knife.

I would like your ideas on how we can facilitate getting the information about the annual salaries of the Designated Federal Entity IG.

Guess who does not want to tell us how much money they are making? The Inspectors General in these Designated Federal Entities.

This is a huge problem, and I would like you, as the head of CIGIE, to report back to this Committee.

I think, also, providing an appropriation for CIGIE is important.

I think we can really address a lot of these issues.

I am a cynic, too, Mr. Roth. Based on my years of experience doing what you do, I started out a cynic.

If you could speak briefly to--President Bush was the first one who spoke out about the propaganda tool that Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) represented, the recruiting tool that it represented.

I am confident, no matter how the immigration politics play out over the coming months in this Congress, that all of us agree that there has to be additional significant funding on the border.

I do not know that asking the IRS to study this is a good idea--because I know what that 'study' word means.

I know we are going to continue this investigation, and continue to put pressure on CMS.

I want to make sure everybody understands how bad this is.

That means there is $6 billion worth of pure waste, overpayments being made, on durable medical equipment.

Well, I think there are things we can do from the bully pulpit of our offices that can help make a difference.

Let me turn to Ms. Ulrey. You know, I know--I do not know how you managed to get the police in King County and in metropolitan Seattle and how you got the King County DA Office--I think your boss or maybe your previous boss, I do not know…

Most jurisdictions do not have any of these specialized experts, as Senator McCaskill has already pointed out, which means that most of these cases are never pursued.

If a year ago I had been approached in the hallway by one of those pesky people with a microphone and if I were asked, if the Democrats were to lose control of the Senate and you were to take over as a Ranking Member of the very first…

I particularly want to recognize you, Mr. Marshall. I cannot imagine the emotional trauma and roller coaster that you must have been on.

I intend to do that.

What would be the thing that we could do that would most light a fire under local law enforcement and State DAs?

Opening Statement of Senator Claire McCaskill, Ranking Member

The current 1-to-2 deployment-to-dwell ratio is unsustainable.

I will be like a broken record on the audit thing until we get audits from all of our branches.