WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the Intelligence Committee, released this statement following the U.S. military shooting down a Chinese surveillance balloon. "China's brazen deployment of a spy balloon to surveil some of our most sensitive military assets required a forceful response by our government. "I support the decisio  more