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
In a world that is changing as rapidly as this one, we need to think differently about leadership. Leading is not done by those few in high places, but by parents and teachers and managers and those governing -- all working together to create the world that we want.
Loving isn't liking and it takes liking to live together.
It contrasts so sharply with the lack of planning and the slow response of FEMA,
It is incumbent upon us to respond to the unique needs of military women and ensure they receive proper care during the first year following childbirth.
I will continue to work to address concerns with this legislation.
I will reserve final judgment on the nomination, but I expect him to do very well,
It's difficult to understand the lack of preparedness and the ineffective response to something that had been anticipated for years.
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.
cannot conceive that these guards, on their own initiatives, undertook these acts. I think there's more to this story yet to come.
My committee is going to ask the hard questions of government at all levels. Our purpose is not to fix blame, but to fix problems,
I asked him whether it made a difference to him if he disagreed with the initial decision but it had been reaffirmed several times since then, ... I was obviously referring to Roe in that question. He assured me that he has tremendous respect for precedent and that his approach is to not overturn cases due to a disagreement with how they were originally decided.