Susan Collins actually said...

"Congress has been known in the past to put up road blocks that prevent you from operating in the most efficient manner possible."

"It is absolutely unacceptable for you to come to Congress and say that you need relief from financial obligations, and then we hear from the GAO and from the Commission, from our own experience, that ..."

"I am also very concerned about the lack of financial transparency, which was a key goal of the 2006 legislation that we authored."

"I do not know how you can ask for relief from your financial obligations and at the same time propose cutbacks in service."