Maine Sen. Susan Collins inadvertently responded to Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold’s allegorical challenge to a duel.

During the end of a hearing at the Senate Appropriations Committee, Collins was observed talking about Farenthold, a fellow Republican, with an unidentified male senator, identified by other media outlets as Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed.

“Did you hear him challenge me to a duel,” Collins said.

Reed joked with Collins, saying, “You could beat the s— out of him.”

Collins said in response, “He’s so unattractive. It’s unbelievable.”