Susan Collins actually said...

"We will ask what the government and industry could have done differently to avoid this catastrophe."

"I think there was an Area Response Plan for an oil-related incident just in March off the coast of Maine."

"It does not make a lot of sense at first blush to have one agency responsible for approving the plan if it is above the water, for the vessel, and a different agency responsible if the plan applies to..."

"It feels like you are making it up as you go along, that no one really knows what will plug this well."