Susan Collins actually said...

"It seems to me that when you went to the CDC a year ago and showed such glaring deficiencies in just basic security measures, that the agency should have acted immediately."

"If you are confirmed, will you commit to establishing a more collaborative process when FEMA is updating its flood maps?"

"I think empowering Michelle Rhee's office, as the chancellor of education for the District of Columbia, would be a good thing."

"the position that you have been nominated to fill was created by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, which we authored."