Susan Collins actually said...

"It is."

"I believe that most Americans would be surprised to learn that 36,000 people every year die from the regular seasonal flu."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All of us are extremely concerned about the human swine flu outbreak that continues to grow in our country and around the world."

"It is not an easy decision to decide to do a mass inoculation, and while I am sure that the science behind vaccines has improved in the last 30 years, the experience of 1976 should cause us to proceed..."