Three thousand students have gone through the composite labs because of the funding that I've been able to obtain.
OverstatedSusan Collins, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 2 (WMTW)
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Why we checked itSpecific figure of 3,000 students attributed to Collins-secured funding — verifiable against University of Maine composite lab enrollment or participation records.
What we foundThe composite labs student figure is consistently reported as 'more than 2,600' or 'more than 2,900' in official sources — close to but not confirmed at 3,000.