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.

Siding with the majority Collins voted for the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that stripped the right to a writ of habeas corpus and access to a lawyer for prisoners held of charges of terrorism by the U. C. (née McGuigan) and Donald F.

First elected to the Senate in 1996 Susan Collins is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.