Susan Collins actually said...

"I just want to second your concluding comments and thank all of our witnesses today for appearing and for sharing their very thoughtful testimony."

"I appreciate your response which is, you know, we are trying to compensate for the fact that we will not see this money go up again."

"I urge the Committee to act expeditiously on Mr. Kayatta's nomination in order to avoid a real problem for the first circuit in handling its caseload."

"The State of Maine has a long, proud history of supplying superb jurists to the Federal bench."