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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2021

What my legislation will do is simply say, 'We want you to do a study of what the impact will be on domestic prices.'

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2021

If exports were limited to a surplus, then it would not affect domestic prices, but it has to be affecting domestic prices and it is getting serious now.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2021

We are racing blindly into a future and cutting off our most significant economic advantage vis-a-vis the rest of the world, particularly China.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2021

There is one law that this Congress cannot repeal--the law of supply and demand.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2021

I think often politicians, and particularly presidents, get blamed for gas prices which, in fact, fluctuate substantially as we know based upon oil prices and fluctuations in the market, rarely from executive action.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2021

We are exporting our principal advantage in the world economy. We are literally subsidizing Chinese manufacturing by sending them our natural gas.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2021

We are squandering an advantage right now because of uncontrolled exports of natural gas.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Oct 28, 2021

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause, Senators rising.) The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican whip.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Oct 27, 2021

In 2019, when Congress enacted the SECURE Act, which many of us cosponsored, it included a provision that I authored...

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Oct 27, 2021

In April, I introduced the SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act with Senator Warner.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Oct 27, 2021

Thank you very much, Senator Scott. That is typically gracious of you.

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Jared Golden
@jaredgolden· Democratic · ME· Oct 27, 2021

For me, this is about respect and how you go about implementing this vaccine requirement.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 25, 2021

We need to protect against interference in the counting of ballots.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 25, 2021

Congress and our--actually the drafters of our Constitution anticipated that the Congress would have a role in making or altering the laws of elections.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 25, 2021

We need to empower voters to challenge efforts in states to make sure that they are not undermining election results.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 25, 2021

I want to make it clear here and now on the record that I, for one, would be very willing and able to enter into constructive discussions with my Republican colleagues on what they would like in the bill.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 25, 2021

It is entirely within the authority of Congress, Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution does in fact begin by saying Legislature shall enact voting regulations.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Oct 25, 2021

The American people--it would be a great thing for the American people to see Congress working in a bipartisan way to deal with elections.

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