Susan Collins actually said...

"I was pleased to cosponsor that legislation, and while it did not itself become law, it certainly helped prompt Congress."

"Mr. Chairman, no one is more conscious than I of the risks that our Nation faces through an attack on a chemical facility."

"I believe the Department has developed an effective approach for both identifying high-risk chemical facilities and assessing the security risks associated with them."

"I have long believed that we, as a Nation, are not paying sufficient attention to the dangers posed by mercury to our children and, in general, to all of our citizens."