Susan Collins actually said...

"I think it's a brilliant idea and needs to be done."

"The CBO analysis also shows that the Obama budget will produce a deficit level averaging 5.3 percent of GDP across the 10-year budget window."

"Ordinary Americans need to know that, if they are wealthy and have a lot of assets... they are not going to get a free pass."

"What is the status of efforts to establish an economic stimulus lending program, a secondary market guarantee authority for pools of SBA 504 program first-lien mortgages, and SBA secondary market lend..."