Susan Collins actually said...

"Redirecting tens of billions of dollars to productive purposes is a result of the necessary changes we were making in the way we do business;"

"one of the targeted areas in your 23-point plan is to mandate 'affordability' as a requirement."

"I would invite all of you, for the record, to tell us what changes in laws, what different allocation and resources, what you need from Congress."

"I think this is an issue that we do need to work further on."