Susan Collins actually said...

"I believe that such a package would have passed last fall and avoided the problems that we now face."

"Cuts in operations would mean fewer flying hours, fewer steaming days, and cutbacks in training for home station forces."

"That is simply not sustainable and puts our Nation on a ruinous fiscal course."

"I remember in our investigation that we discovered prisoners who were applying for housing assistance after Hurricane Katrina and received checks in jail for housing assistance."