Susan Collins actually said...

"Why wouldn't a foreign military surveillance aircraft, violating U.S. airspace inherently be considered to have hostile intent?"

"It defies belief that there was not a single opportunity to safely shoot down this spy balloon prior to the Coast of South Carolina."

"It is a huge swath of air space that includes the airspace over territorial waters."

"Well, I have got to tell you, I think they would not hesitate if we violated their territorial airspace, to disable, and take down our surveillance platform."