Susan Collins actually said...

"The board is meant to ensure coordinated and comprehensive oversight of stimulus spending and provide regular reports to Congress and the public."

"It is extraordinarily important that we track the job creation provisions of this bill so that we know whether or not we were successful in creating or saving 3.5 million jobs."

"I think if you are looking at re-employing annuitants, we have to take away the huge financial disincentive for them to come back to work."

"We intend to very closely and aggressively monitor spending of stimulus money ourselves."