Susan Collins actually said...

"if you take $787 billion, even if it is a 1 percent loss, you are talking about a huge amount of money"

"I would add, it did not reconcile the funding in that Act with the funding that we had just approved."

"I am fearful that a lot of people will fall for that scam because--and what I think was an error in policy--we did do these one-time checks a year or so ago of $300 or $600 to taxpayers."

"Do you support legislation that would allow for the rehiring of annuitants without their incurring a financial penalty?"