Your position on this bill is that it is basically a good bill but there are modifications the Department would like to see made, is that correct?

Talking about mitigation and resiliency is a hell of a lot cheaper than talking about rebuilding after a disaster.

I will look forward to working with you over the next several weeks to define the word 'eager.'

It just seems to me it is cart before the horse to be talking about a vast expansion of offshore wind without talking about where the revenues are going to go.

I rise today in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Department of Maine, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Maine VFW. Maine VFW was founded in 1921 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving U.S. veterans of overseas conflicts…

But, these partisan efforts will change that.

We should not just pour money into schools that cannot get their students out with a degree or a certificate.

I say to my colleagues, let's set aside this disastrous budget.

If they cannot get everything they want, they would rather have nothing.

Our republic is based on the foundation that the people, the voters of this country must have faith and confidence in our election process.

Wherever, if ever, there is a fraudulent vote, that vote in itself, by nature of what it is, suppresses the vote of a legal voter.

We must look at these things. We cannot sweep these under the rug.

it is with a great deal of hometown pride that I rise in strong support of the confirmation of Darcie McElwee to be the new U.S. attorney for the State of Maine. Both Darcie and I are natives of the northern Maine community of Caribou…

I’ve been very reluctant for nine years about modifying the filibuster rule with policy but this has nothing to do with policy. This is about keeping the United States on the world that could be a severe recession.

I think all of us can agree that students suffer when they are not in school.

the guidance from our health experts over the past year has been conflicting and inconsistent, and that heightens the distrust in these institutions.

I really appreciate the fact that you bring so many years of experience and understanding into this job.

One bill out there, H.R. 2612, the RESTORE Act, introduced by my friend, Congressman Doug LaMalfa of California.