Susan Collins actually said...

"I don't see, on the grassroots level, the benefits of putting billions of dollars into financial institutions."

"As a result of the hearings that we held, Senator Lieberman and I introduced a bill that directed the CFTC to establish position limits."

"Worse, the deficit level will be rising--not shrinking--toward the end of the 10-year period, reaching 5.7 percent in 2019."

"I would argue that the credit default swaps were more like an insurance product."