Susan Collins actually said...

"I am sending a second letter today that I would ask unanimous consent be included in the hearing record, urging them to immediately go to the defense appropriations bill."

"the extraordinarily adverse impact on the military itself."

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

"We need to get our job done, and I think we should bring this bill to the Senate floor as a separate bill today."