Susan Collins actually said...

"I am pleased to appear before you today to introduce Dr. Joseph Westphal, who has been nominated to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

"We need to make sure that everyone in the Social Security Administration and all the other government programs where this is applicable are aware of, and apply properly and expansively, this principle..."

"Do you think that the Claims Conference should expand its work in negotiating payments from the German government to include other countries as well?"

"I think that reflects an institutional bias in programs that we have at the Federal level."