Susan Collins actually said...

I think Congress should be able to call Carol Browner, the President's energy and environmental czar, to ask her about the negotiations that...

I will continue to call them 'czars,' at least to the conclusion of this hearing and until a solution is found.

I think it creates a real problem when Congress specifically creates in law a position that is Senate-confirmed, that is accountable to us, ...

private meetings are not the same as public hearings. And they are not. The public cannot see them.