Susan Collins actually said...

"It is a mistake for the administration to ignore the housing needs in our rural communities."

"According to a Pentagon survey, 90 percent of military personnel utilize commissary benefits."

"A tremendous opportunity there, as Senator Collins well knows, in part because of the magnitude of the resource and how close it is to those load centers."

"I do not want our country to lose the edge in the development of alternative energy, particularly offshore wind, because our permitting process is so slow and cumbersome."