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Susan Collins: “The Coast Guard would remain in the Commerce Committee. The point is this: The administration has called for this…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2004
The Coast Guard would remain in the Commerce Committee. The point is this: The administration has called for this consolidation. Let us either do it or not do it, but let us not pretend we are doing it by changing the name of a committee but only transferring to its exclusive jurisdiction 38 percent of the budget and 8 percent of the people. If some of the pending amendments are approved, such as one to no longer have the Secret Service transferred, then we are just going to end up with jurisdiction over Tom Ridge's personal staff. That is about what is going to be left.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Discussing the consolidation of oversight for homeland security during a Senate debate.

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