Susan Collins actually said...

"DOD funds provided for specific purposes, but no longer needed or in excess of that requirement, should be returned to the General Fund of the Treasury."

"Every aspect of discretionary--the discretionary budget must be scrutinized. No agency can be off limits."

"We cannot continue to spend what we don't have, and we must closely scrutinize every Federal agency."

"Let's be clear: only in the current climate here in Washington, DC, can an agency propose a cut in the rate of growth of future budgets and call it a triumph."