Susan Collins actually said...

"Well, I guess the point that I would make is the Department has done a first-rate job of implementing this law. It has made a difference by your own assessment."

"I do not want our country to lose the edge in the development of alternative energy, particularly offshore wind, because our permitting process is so slow and cumbersome."

"I hope that as MMS looks at leasing opportunities on the OCS for renewable resources, that you will revise the draft regulations which do not include the Gulf of Maine at this time."

"I was pleased to cosponsor that legislation, and while it did not itself become law, it certainly helped prompt Congress."