I understand there's always room for rightsizing and analysis of staffing and those kinds of things, but this is not a gotcha question. I'm puzzled why the administration would cut by one third the funding of one of the most important…

One way to improve readiness is to repair our aircraft -- I almost said on the fly-- on the ground without waiting for the manufacturer to send a part.

There is talk around the budget about building ships and even destroyers in Japan and Korea. That is the worst idea since the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees.

The United States Senate just passed a funding bill for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without any meaningful reforms to the conduct of either.

Any attempt to effectuate this order would violate the Constitution, break these bonds, and threaten the foundations of American democracy.

"What's going on now, because of the illegal war in Iran, is drastically affecting our national security and will continue to do so in affecting the people of America."

So, it's a zero value. It's going from $310 million to 0. So, you're saying there was no value in those expenditures whatsoever?

As the state with the highest percentage of forest coverage, Maine’s trees offer us everything from the syrup on our pancakes, to the clean air we breathe and the over 14,000 jobs in the forest products industry.

I hope this is an area you will pursue with your procurement people.

By issuing the executive order, however, the President is attempting to unconstitutionally consolidate power to personally regulate American elections.

Veterans and military families should not see the value of their earned benefits undercut by rising costs.

Our veterans served this country with grit and class, and now it is our turn to return the favor and provide access to the high-quality care and benefits they have rightly earned.

Workforce training helps Americans gain the skills they need to obtain high-paying jobs and pursue new career paths.

The idea of building Naval Ships in a foreign shipyard I just don't understand.

Citizen initiatives are direct democracy. Just as we take voting security seriously, we take petition integrity seriously.

If the DOJ wants to sue us over that, we’ll see them in court. And we will win just like we did [Thursday.]

We don’t have secret police in a democracy, and covert civil immigration enforcement is not something Maine will facilitate.

Unfortunately, in this case, at least two out-of-state circulators failed to follow Maine law, and that is why their petitions have been invalidated.