BANGOR, Maine, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) issued this statement on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. "Ketanji Brown Jackson is an experienced federal judge with impressive academic and legal credentials. "I will conduct a thorough vetting of Judge Jackson's nomination and look forward to her public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee and to meeting with her in my office."  more