This is, I believe, with the possible exception of North Korea's nuclear weapons, this is the most serious threat that our country faces today and we are not adequately dealing with it.

We can't wait. We can't just be focused on November.

They don't have to change votes to win; they just have to sow lack of confidence.

I want to echo my colleague from Minnesota. We face situations in Maine where people have to choose between medication, heating their home and putting food on the table.

Weatherization is a great way of avoiding expenditures in the future.

it seems to me this is an area, it's sort of new territory, if you will, where there has to be a closer relationship between the private sector and government.

Sanctions are important, but the question is sanctions always, by definition, occur after the attack.

The best attack is the one that doesn't occur.

Adversaries have to know they will pay a price for attacking us, whether it's cyber or kinetic.

Our legislature has opposed it unanimously. Our delegation is unanimously in opposition to it, and the coastal economy of Maine is enormously dependent upon fisheries, lobsters, and visitors throughout the year.

the critical minerals issue because it is a serious national security issue.

I would hope that perhaps you could step back and do a more comprehensive view.

I am just arguing for a similar decision in Maine based upon our circumstances.

My problem is the park fee proposal. The increases are so significant.

I have been pressing for three years is an app.

I think it is a creative response. It does not guarantee the funding, but it makes it likely.

It is the magnitude of the increase.

These are resources that belong to the people of the United States. We are taking money out of the pockets of taxpayers.