Out of all of President Biden’s Cabinet nominees, Xavier Becerra was by far the worst. On that, nearly all Republicans agreed — all of them, that is, except Sen. Susan Collins, who was the only GOP senator to vote to confirm the California attorney general as Biden’s Health and Human Services secretary on Thursday.

Collins said in a statement that she voted for Becerra because the conversations she had with him in private and public settings gave her confidence that his confirmation was warranted. She admitted “there are issues where I strongly disagree” with Becerra but described her vote as an effort to make bipartisanship work.