Susan Collins actually said...

"Let me ask you both a basic question. It seems that in the last year, there has been an alarming increase in close calls in the air and on the ground."

"It is the height of irresponsibility if Government is allowed to shut down, and would represent a colossal failure that would reflect poorly on everyone involved."

"We're still going to have a challenge of the reauthorization, which was put in the budget, goes through, because we're going to have to work to figure out how to fund that, as well."

"The administration is proposing a $129 billion budget for DOT, a 66-percent increase more than the fiscal year 2010 enacted level."