Susan Collins actually said...

"I think you want more people on the alert. I think you want the average citizen watching for suspicious activity."

"Senator Lieberman and I, in my view, improved the bill by expanding it beyond the Department of Homeland Security to cover all Executive Branch agencies."

"I think this was an excellent hearing because of the extraordinary witnesses that we have."

"I do think that we need to move toward a more risk-based system and TSA is doing that, to Administrator Pistole's credit."