Susan Collins

I cannot tell you how many very high ranking naval officers have told me what a mistake it was to close the Brunswick Naval Air Station in my State because it was the last Active Duty air station in all of the Northeast.

I remember Admiral Mullen when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, giving a speech at the National Defense University in which he warned about the military becoming out of touch with the American people.

The challenge of enabling our residents to age in place is becoming more and more critical.

I was a real skeptic at first. I thought it would make sense to make sure that people agreed to participate in programs to address their substance abuse and mental illness, and other issues. And it turns out the reverse, that it works more…

In other words, if you just automatically renew everybody no matter what their outcomes are, I am concerned that you are going to crowd out these more effective models.

I want to turn to the issue of homeless funding. You and I have had a discussion before on the success of the Housing First model, which I have since become a convert to, having seen the real success in Portland, Maine, of using that…

This is a case for a warrant for sexual abuse of a child.

There are instances where there may be conflicts between HUD guidelines and what is morally right.

It was really appalling.

That is just appalling to me.

Senator Angus King and I wrote to you about this issue, and you very promptly responded, which I very much appreciate.

I recently met with Maine's public housing authority directors. And to a person, they expressed concerns about the regulatory guidance from HUD.

Thank you very much, Chairman Murray. Before I begin my formal remarks, let me send my condolences to the constituents in your State who have been affected by this horrendous landslide.

This was fascinating to me. We also saw better outcomes, fewer emergency room visits, a far lower number of police calls, less violence.

I will confess that I was a real skeptic at first. But, boy, the data are overwhelming about its success.

If the draconian cuts associated with sequestration are allowed to return in fiscal year 2016 and beyond, it would be devastating to our national security and defense industrial base.

The dredging of these two harbors is critically important to the economies of both communities.

These additional monies are welcome indeed, but, certainly not enough to meet all the needs in my State and throughout the country.

Funding for the maintenance dredging is critically important to supporting these efforts.

We need to pay careful attention to ensure the water infrastructure needs of all States are met.

I would like to thank you for the funding for the maintenance dredge for the Royal River that was announced just a few weeks ago.

It is important to me and to my constituents that NOAA remain committed to seeing through the full implementation of the Penobscot River Agreement.

If done improperly, I am very concerned that TPP could have a disastrous effect on the remaining athletic footwear workers in my State.

To me, we ought to be rewarding those manufacturers who did stay and keep some of their manufacturing here in America rather than moving overseas.

We really don't want to find ourselves going from crisis to crisis year after year.