Susan Collins actually said...

"We cannot sit back and let this situation grow worse, as it does day by day."

"This is a refugee crisis that we are seeing along our southern border."

"More money may well be needed to deal with the consequences of this crisis, but it does not address the causes of the problem, and that is what is troubling to me."

"If we want an extraordinary response to an extraordinary problem, why don't we consider using the National Guard?"