Susan Collins actually said...

"I must say when you first brought this issue up when we were discussing our legislation, I had no idea how pervasive the use of credit and debit cards were within the Federal Government."

"Wait a minute. Are you not in the leadership?"

"Which has been the chairman's point and why he wants the Federal Reserve to look at setting reasonable and proportional rates."

"That surprises me, given the amount of transactions that the Federal Government is doing."