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
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.
This is extremely important to me, and I'll be back with this issue in determining how I should vote.
The budget reconciliation bill now before the U.S. Senate includes draconian cuts to vital health, education and child support enforcement programs.
That's like having the generals show up after the battle had already begun.
demonstrates that many of the widespread failures throughout the levee system were not solely the result of Mother Nature.
An increase of this magnitude demands more certainty that our food supply is safe.
This bill is the most comprehensive, toughest bill that has ever been drafted in this area.
There is considerable concern about the estimated cost of rebuilding in the Gulf states and what the role of the federal government should be.
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're here to send a message that our first priority and our highest obligation is to help all of those affected by this disaster. All of us are united to help the Gulf Coast recover from this extraordinary natural disaster.
In the environment we're in right now with tight federal budgets and the demands of responding to Hurricane Katrina, it is particularly disturbing to learn that a federal agency is not being a more careful steward of the taxpayers' dollars. There's also a waste of fuel here, too.
I remember leaving her office feeling so proud that she was my senator, and I also remember thinking that girls can grow up to be anything, ... What I remember most is her telling me to always stand tall for what I believed in.
In light of the attacks on mass transit systems in other countries, shouldn't we be beefing up? ... Clearly more could be done.