Susan Collins actually said...

"Then what explains that delay, days of delay?"

"Why wouldn't a foreign military surveillance aircraft, violating U.S. airspace inherently be considered to have hostile intent?"

"This was a serious and blatant attempt by the Chinese to collect valuable data."

"Well, I have got to tell you, I think they would not hesitate if we violated their territorial airspace, to disable, and take down our surveillance platform."