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Bruce Poliquin
@brucepoliquin· Republican · ME· Feb 5, 2018

The two reasons why the economy is doing so well is the great work in repealing red tape and also the tax cuts that have been recently enacted.

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Bruce Poliquin
@brucepoliquin· Republican · ME· Feb 5, 2018

Can we agree that the best way to deal with this issue is to codify in legislation the reforms we need to the SIFI designation process?

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Bruce Poliquin
@brucepoliquin· Republican · ME· Feb 5, 2018

Can we get a commitment from you, sir, that you will do everything humanly possible to help rural financial institutions?

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 29, 2018

The flaw in deterrence, it seems to me, in this particular situation, is the proliferation danger.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 29, 2018

I hope we get to that point and beyond, as you said, this sort of binary debate, diplomacy or war.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 29, 2018

You go back to the Cuban Missile Crisis, which there is no exact analogy, but there are some similarities...

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 29, 2018

The second thing I asked was, what does he want? Why is he doing this? The answer was regime survival, I think you have all testified to that, and his personal survival.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 29, 2018

I asked them three questions. Number one, is Kim Jong-un rational? The uniform response was yes, that he is not crazy and he is capable of rational analysis.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 29, 2018

Part of the coercion could be threatening proliferation.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 29, 2018

I mean, it has been very straightforward about military force. Yes, we are going to talk about diplomacy.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 24, 2018

I now understand why generations of United States Presidents have sought your counsel. That was brilliant and I appreciate it.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 24, 2018

The issue in my mind is, is it possible to have such a competition by political means with the backing of the military force that may be needed?

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 23, 2018

I think your online services are excellent, but they do not reach everybody.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 23, 2018

For the next 12 years, 10,000 Americans will turn 65 each day.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 23, 2018

By median age, Maine is the oldest state in the Nation and is aging the most rapidly.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 23, 2018

Mainers age 65 or older accounted for 19.4 percent of the population of the state in 2016.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 22, 2018

One of the problems I see here is that gas is the cheapest capital cost, and yet you are taking the price risk.

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