Susan Collins actually said...

"I know that this news is heartbreaking to you personally, as it is to all of the members of this subcommittee."

"Every year, I join the other members of the Maine and New Hampshire delegations to attempt to address these funding shortfalls."

"I am going to ask you to speak to this issue, Mr. Hale, because I will be interested to know why the military construction funds are not in the military construction request."

"I am concerned about the amount that I am seeing and I want to know what is the sharing that is going to be anticipated."