Claire McCaskill

Legislation prohibits federal employee abuse that wasted $146 million on premium class air travel in just one year

October 16, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) made the following statement after the Senate voted unanimously, 90-0, to pass their amendment to stop widespread travel abuse by employees of federal agencies.    » read more »

October 12, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today urged General Michael V. Hayden, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to halt his investigation of the CIA’s Inspector General, which she says creates a clear conflict of interest. In her letter, McCaskill expressed her concern with reports that the CIA Director has launched an internal review of the CIA Inspector General’s (IG) office, led by John L. Helgerson.    » read more »

October 5, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Understaffed and underfunded, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has allowed unsafe toys to get into the hands of American children. U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill made it clear in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing today that she continues to be concerned with the lack of oversight at the CPSC. She also indicated that she supports the CPSC Reform Act, legislation that would reauthorize the Commission as well as strengthen consumer protections authority and increase funding and staffing levels.    » read more »

October 3, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today condemned President Bush’s veto of bipartisan legislation to provide health care for uninsured children across America. The legislation would have renewed and improved the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), providing Missouri with $147.7 million in federal funding for fiscal year 2008.    » read more »

Provision would provide up to one year of protected leave to care for wounded relatives

September 25, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) today applauded the inclusion of a provision they authored to provide job protection for military family members who are caring for wounded loved ones in the compromise Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) bill. The Obama-McCaskill provision would provide a family member who is caring for a recovering servicemember wounded in combat with one year of protected leave.    » read more »

Provision would provide up to one year of protected leave to care for wounded relatives

September 25, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) today applauded the inclusion of a provision they authored to provide job protection for military family members who are caring for wounded loved ones in the compromise Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) bill. The Obama-McCaskill provision would provide a family member who is caring for a recovering servicemember wounded in combat with one year of protected leave.    » read more »

September 21, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate yesterday gave unanimous approval to three provisions sponsored by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill that will help reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in defense contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The three amendments were added to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which authorizes funding for the Department of Defense.    » read more »

September 18, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) today submitted the following testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Workforce Protections Subcommittee hearing on job protection for military families.

Below is a statement by Senator Obama and Senator McCaskill:    » read more »

Hundreds of Thousands of Missourians Risk Losing TV Signal in 18 Months Without Adequate Converter System

August 9, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill sent letters to the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to express concern about the lack of public education and awareness of the transition from analog to digital television (DTV), which will occur on February 17, 2009.    » read more »

Credits card companies target young adults despite their inability to pay

August 10, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – As college students look forward to heading off to school this fall, many credit card lenders look forward to targeting a new group of potential consumers. To combat the marketing spin used on these young adults, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill recently cosponsored the Student Credit Card Protection Act.    » read more »

August 8, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), Herb Kohl (D-WI), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) sent a letter to the Social Security Administration’s Inspector General asking him to investigate an increasingly frequent but prohibited method of collecting debt from senior citizens, veterans, and the disabled.    » read more »

Senate passes expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program

August 3, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill voted late Thursday to expand healthcare for millions of uninsured children. The measure, which will extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for another five years while expanding the program to give coverage to an additional 3.2 million kids, passed the Senate by a wide margin.    » read more »

Gasoline Stored at Higher Temps Expands; Consumers Get Less in Their Tanks and Pay More at the Pump

August 3, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill introduced the F.A.I.R. (Future Accountability In Retail) Fuel Act that would require the installation of automatic temperature compensating equipment in all retail gas station pumps within 6 years to adjust the price of gas as it expands due to warmer temperatures. Reports indicate that Americans spend $2.57 billion more than they should for gasoline and diesel fuel, due to expanded “hot fuel”.    » read more »