Claire McCaskill

I disagree that you are doing these families a favor by not being honest and forthright about it.

Well, taxpayers are paying them.

If we do not get this fixed, they are going to be back here in 20 years yelling at you guys.

It was very easy to finger point because there was not a clear chain as to who was responsible.

It seems cruel to me. That just seems cruel to me.

I do not know how they are all going to feel about not being able to play online poker if they are not willing to take their picture every time they log in.

I want to thank Senator Heller for working with me on holding this hearing.

I know how important this issue is to Senator Heller.

I fully expect more states to move ahead with legalized Internet gambling.

It creates a real friction between those people who want privacy in this age that we are talking about, big data.

I think everyone now recognizes that contracting has to be a core competency for all of you because of the reliance we have on them.

Yes, you do and I will be here making sure that we get it done and I am sure Senator Johnson joins me in that.

I know you cannot just say, OK, this is the contracting puba over here; and if anything goes wrong, it is his head, or her head.

OK. Well, we have 30 days so that means somebody needs to just hurry up and review it and get it done and get it out.

What about Section 843. This requires the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) to establish a chain of authority for policy planning, execution of contract support.

I appreciate the effort you are making with your standdown days and it is going to take some of that.

I do not quarrel that you all are beginning to put into place the systems that would try to embrace what we are trying to get at in the war contracting reforms.

Good for you for admitting it. Points for that.

If we think we can build a highway through the middle of the territory where everything is controlled by the bad guys... that is a dumb mistake

Once we get reliable data, then all the excuses about failure to oversee kind of become even more lame.

I am going to try to go through hopefully in a fairly quick fashion, and I will take another round if I need to on various sections of the war contracting reforms that have enacted into law and asked some questions about them.

Who cares about the $34 million; it is only $34 million.

I have to start with obviously the awkward situation that I find myself in that, having been reassured by the Defense Department over and over and over again that sustainability is always considered.

A failure to cooperate with an audit needs to be part of a bad performance.

I think it is pretty important that we come up with an answer to the question, how did this happen sooner rather than later.