Susan Collins actually said...

"Well, I guess the point that I would make is the Department has done a first-rate job of implementing this law. It has made a difference by your own assessment."

"I was pleased to cosponsor that legislation, and while it did not itself become law, it certainly helped prompt Congress."

"your first priority is to prevent the law from expiring?"

"I have long believed that we, as a Nation, are not paying sufficient attention to the dangers posed by mercury to our children and, in general, to all of our citizens."