Susan Collins

This was no easy task but a very important development.

My smaller manufacturers say they need the Import Export Bank, they need the Foreign Commercial Service Office, and they need to be able to know how to use the resources of their own government.

I am very concerned about that because it ensured that every State, even rural States, got some minimum amount.

As usual, you figured out a solution there on the ground.

I absolutely agree with you.

It is so important for us, if we are going to shape the budget correctly, make the right policy decisions, to hear from those of you who truly are on the front lines.

The President's budget proposes to eliminate FEMA's State homeland security grant program.

And that is why I am so proud of our firefighters not only in Maine, but throughout the country.

It was also troubling to hear you say to the chairman that you did not get help from the railroads.

I would echo that. Thank you.

I want to talk about the preparedness piece.

That is a frustrating answer, I have to tell you.

Is the CPC-1232 design sufficient for transporting crude oil?

That was a program that Joe Lieberman and I authored many years ago.

In your work with Canadian officials, do we face special challenges because so many of these trains are crossing international boundaries?

The horrific derailment that occurred in Lac-Megantic, Quebec last year... brought to light the importance of ensuring the safe transportation of energy products.

Chairman Hersman, in your testimony you mentioned that 'some railroads' will meet the Positive Train Control (PTC) deadline.

I believe that our funding strategy must also focus on commercialization of promising technologies.

So what my hope is is that we don't lose this technological edge to a foreign country but rather that the United States become the global leader in this technology.

I'm very pleased today to have the opportunity to talk with you about what I view as being one of the most promising renewable energy technologies.

I support your request for additional resources, but, frankly, if those judges aren't looking at the databases... adding more judges won't solve the problem.

The circumstances under which the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing came to be in the United States underscores the need for reform of our asylum process.

It takes too long to adjudicate the legitimate cases of asylum-seekers.

I believe that this system is seriously broken.

I feel compelled to draw attention to the June 2013 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found that the one-time BRAC costs for the last BRAC round, the 2005 BRAC round, grew from $21 billion--which was the original DOD…