Susan Collins: “I am very worried about whether or not the Coast Guard actually even belongs in the Department of Homeland Security.”

“It’s appalling to me that some of the rhetoric is coming from public officials on both sides of the aisle who should know better than to levy personal and political attacks against the judiciary and the court specifically,” Collins said.

I think what happened is too many of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents were sent out there without proper vetting and without proper training.

It would undermine the goal of awarding funds based on scientific merit and value, rather than political ideology.

This incident shows how imperative it is that we have a mandate for body-worn cameras.