Susan Collins actually said...

private meetings are not the same as public hearings. And they are not. The public cannot see them.

I am not proposing that the President be barred from creating these new positions to focus on important policy priorities.

The responsibility of Congress to oversee the Executive Branch is fundamental to our constitutional system.

I think it creates a real problem when Congress specifically creates in law a position that is Senate-confirmed, that is accountable to us, ...