Susan Collins actually said...

"If ever the naysayers had any doubt about the value of today's surface Navy, those doubts should be eliminated by the events of the last 6 months."

"China's Navy continues its explosive growth from more than 370 ships today to 435 by the year 2030."

"I intend to draft legislation that would require our Military Services to report to the appropriate authorities when someone--when a Service member poses a threat to him or herself, or to others, whil..."

"The most imminent threat to the U.S. homeland... may well be the reconstituted terrorist factions that have grown since our abandonment of Afghanistan."