Susan Collins
Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collinsis an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Collins has served in the Senate since 1997, and has served as the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging since 2015 and previously chaired the Senate Committee on Homeland Security from 2003 to 2007. She is considered one of the most moderate Republicans in office. She also is known for her long consecutive voting streak,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 December 1952
CountryUnited States of America
We have a pot of money that is going to have to be spread over a larger population at a time when prices are soaring,
We have an unprecedented opportunity to really make a difference for our senior citizens.
We should use the commission's recommendations as a thoughtful and informed guide. That does not mean that this committee will be a rubber stamp, ... The final shape of our restructuring legislation will be determined by what we learn at these hearings.
We shouldn't be in the same situation, especially now that we have a department whose mission is to increase our preparedness.
It contrasts so sharply with the lack of planning and the slow response of FEMA,
Well, first let me say that I think health care reform is important. It has to be a priority. And our system is broken. The Finance Committee bill is the best effort yet, due in large measure to the efforts of my colleague, Olympia Snowe, but it's not there yet. It falls short.
They struck me as not the typical request.
Already, some $2 billion per day is being spent on the recovery efforts. We simply cannot wait for existing structures to organize and ramp up or create a whole new bureaucracy that will take many months to get up and running. We need controls that are visible and on the ground as soon as possible,
ask the hard question needed to understand what went so wrong.
As tuition rises, the road to higher education in America gets steeper and harder to climb for lower and middle-income families.
a complete disconnect between senior officials and the reality of the situation.
That's like having the generals show up after the battle had already begun.
You would think four years after 9/11 with billions of dollars spent to improve our emergency preparedness that the response to Katrina would be far crisper, far better coordinated and not marred by failures at all levels of government.
You would think four years after 9-11, with billions of dollars spent to improve our emergency preparedness, that the response to Katrina would be far crisper, far better coordinated and not marred by failures at all levels of government.