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
I do not want to impose additional taxes on the employers at a time when our economy is very fragile and we want to encourage them to hire.
the president's version sounds like a fish net with more holes than rope.
With education costs continuing to rise at both public and private institutions, I believe that increases in grant aid are needed.
We would be remiss ... if we did not ask the hard questions needed to understand what went so wrong,
What is evident already is that the company appears to have deliberately misled investors and its employees and customers about its financial strength. That in and of itself is very troubling.
Vice Admiral Thad Allen is a strong choice, ... He is a highly respected leader who should be very effective in improving the coordination of assistance for the hundreds of thousands of individuals and their families who were affected by the hurricane.
At this point, I see no basis for invoking 'extraordinary circumstances' and for anyone to mount a filibuster.
Fire departments across the State of Maine provide an essential and irreplaceable service to our communities,
This nomination did not set off alarm bells with any of us, and we're pleased about that,
If this rule goes into effect, power plants will be free to continue spewing unlimited amounts of toxic mercury into our air until the year 2018,
I have great confidence in Judge Roberts legal scholarship, his integrity, and his commitment to the rule of law. His decisions will be guided not by his own personal view of what the law should be, but rather by a disciplined review and analysis of what the law is. The overwhelming bipartisan support that Judge Roberts received today speaks volumes about his qualifications. He is the right person for the job.
My inclination is to say that FEMA does belong in the Department of Homeland Security.
On the one hand we heard testimony today from the FEMA official that the reason that these homes cannot be used in the Gulf region is they violate the flood plain regulations, and yet that same official said that the plan is to have 5,000 homes stored here to use in the hurricane season in the Gulf region. That seems inconsistent to me.
I have been fighting formula fights all year. We can't make the mistake that only large urban areas are at risk.