Susan Collins actually said...

"But when I talked to the Coast Guard about this issue, and I asked the question--What is the back-up going to be?--there is not an answer to that."

"In Professor Cass Sunstein, the President has found someone with exceptional qualifications and extraordinary talent."

"I am optimistic that our new President and his Administration will develop a regulatory agenda forceful in its intent to protect the American people."

"the whole reason that Congress creates independent regulatory agencies is to insulate them from Administration policies"