Susan Collins

I want to assure you of our ongoing and sustained commitment to protect consumer privacy and halt telemarketing fraud.

If we are going to win the fight against scammers targeting our seniors, we need to get ahead of the technology that they use to generate robocalls and to spoof caller IDs.

When Congress passed legislation creating the National Do Not Call Registry in 2003, we thought we had put an end to the plague of unwelcome telemarketers.

Ringing off the hook is an understatement.

We know and we heard from Dr. Akers today that individuals who complete their college career are going to have lifetime earnings that are far higher than those with just a high school degree.

The application has had unintended consequences that I think we have to get after now.

Challenging the status quo is necessary to find solutions to the hospital observation stay crisis.

The current delegation of litigation authority, adopted by the Commission on a bipartisan basis, carefully balances the need for Commission oversight with the benefits of streamlined operations.

The Commission does not authorize the vast majority of litigation filed by the EEOC.

The closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility remains a top administration priority and a national security imperative.

I am disappointed that the President's budget has slashed funding for this program.

I will admit that I was somewhat apprehensive, but she turned out to be a wonderful employee.

I have also spoken at a graduation ceremony for a drug court in Portland, and it was really inspiring.

It is my understanding that we plussed up the program in the Appropriations Committee because it was so successful.

I have seen firsthand in Maine the difference that these courts can make in helping people straighten out their lives.

I hear repeatedly from police officers, detectives, sheriffs, law enforcement at all levels in Maine, State, local, county, about how essential the RISS Program is.

I hope our subcommittee will take a look at that, but I wonder if the Department has done any sort of cost benefit analysis.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Attorney General Lynch, just this morning the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that Section 215 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act does not authorize Government to engage in the bulk collection of phone…

We need Germany rather and the Europeans to apply that kind of pressure.

Aging in place is not just a goal, it's a necessity for many seniors.

I could not agree more. Truly, it's so exciting.

I very much look forward to sharing your testimony with this group of people from Maine who are concerned about such devastating brain cancers as glioblastoma.

I am proud to be a co-sponsor of both of these important initiatives.

I have always thought of energy efficiency as being the low hanging fruit when it comes to reducing energy costs.

Encouraging the adoption of energy efficiency measures is one of the easiest, yet most effective mechanisms for reducing energy consumption.