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Susan Collins

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Susan Margaret Collins is a United States Senator from Maine, serving since January 7, 1997. A member of the Republican Party, Collins is known for her moderate stance on various issues, often working across party lines. Throughout her tenure, she has focused on a range of topics including healthcare, national security, and economic policy. Collins has been recognized for her independent approach to governance, often emphasizing the importance of bipartisanship in her legislative efforts.

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Mar 22, 2023

Let me encourage you, and the other members of the administration, including the President, to make that case to the American people, much more forcefully.

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Mar 22, 2023

There is no safer place in the U.S. banking system to put your deposits.

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Mar 22, 2023

If we allow the Russian aggression in Ukraine to go forward with impunity, we open a Pandora's box around the world.

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Mar 22, 2023

I remember in 2008 when it was raised from $100,000 to $250,000 during that financial crisis. Now, some of our colleagues, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, has recommended that we raise up to $2 million or even up to $10 million.

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Mar 22, 2023

Well, this does not strike me as a good deal for the taxpayers or for the consumers that you are charged with protecting.

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Mar 22, 2023

What does all this mean for the delivery of assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan? Are we really going to be able to reach them?

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Mar 22, 2023

I do expect from you a detailed plan about how the IRS is intending to use IRA money.

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Mar 22, 2023

Well, I want to switch to relate it by different topics. But to me, it creates a situation where you are rewarding very wealthy depositors and you are creating the need for a special assessment that is going to be imposed on those…

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Mar 22, 2023

Well, I want to switch to relate it by different topics. But to me, it creates a situation where you are rewarding very wealthy depositors...

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Mar 22, 2023

This is a tragedy that affects each and every one of our States.

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Mar 22, 2023

We have a responsibility to deliver for the American people by working together to draft and pass funding bills.

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Mar 22, 2023

I just do not understand CMS's misguided and outright unprecedented decision to not cover a whole class of Alzheimer's drugs.

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Mar 22, 2023

Advancing Middle East peace, regional integration, and normalization between Israel and its neighbors is a priority of this Administration and this agency.

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Mar 22, 2023

Furthermore, 200 Alzheimer's researchers have also written to CMS, and said there is no question, but that this drug should be allowed for patients who are receiving Medicare.

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Mar 22, 2023

we need a modern IRS. And that won't just mean fewer tax cheats, stifling families when it comes to paying their fair share.

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Mar 22, 2023

CMS needs to stay in its lane. FDA is in charge of drug approval, not CMS.

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Mar 22, 2023

we have a responsibility to deliver for the American people by working together to draft and pass funding bills

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Mar 22, 2023

we have a responsibility to deliver for the American people by working together to draft and pass funding bills

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Mar 22, 2023

Not getting that done would be catastrophic for our economy, so I hope we can do this in a straightforward, bipartisan way, as we have many times under both Republican and Democratic leadership.

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Mar 22, 2023

Strong funding for Treasury means strong enforcement of our sanctions against Russia and Iran, the drug cartels, and other dangerous actors.

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Mar 22, 2023

It is just extremely frustrating, as is the fact that the President's budget does not provide additional funding, specifically targeting Alzheimer's research.

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Mar 22, 2023

How anyone could be shocked that the Taliban resumed its extraordinary harsh measures against children, and against girls and women, is beyond me.

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Mar 22, 2023

I view the two challenges as interconnected, and believe that Russia and China are working in concert to reshape the international order to our disadvantage.

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Mar 22, 2023

Advancing Middle East peace, regional integration, and normalization between Israel and its neighbors is a priority of this Administration and this agency.

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Mar 22, 2023

the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have been a really stark reminder of the important role Treasury does play regulating our banks

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