Susan Collins actually said...

"The soaring debt of more than $14 trillion and growing poses a grave threat to our Nation's future prosperity."

"I hope that the Congress and the administration will take a much more thoughtful and reasoned approach to the difficult task of developing a budget for 2012."

"One has only to look at the growth of the Federal Register over the past few decades to see the growth of regulation."

"It is absolutely critical that we reform the regulatory system with the goal of reducing the regulatory burden."