Susan Collins actually said...

The basic problem is that government has promised more than our citizens can afford to pay.

I agree with that approach as opposed to the more narrow approach recommended by some of our colleagues.

Thus, our decisionmaking must begin by reconsidering spending that, although popular, simply cannot be justified during this fiscal crisis.

As the Chairman has pointed out, this nomination comes before us at a time when the threat to our Nation posed by illegal drug trafficking i...