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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 7, 2026

Geography makes the case on its own. Maine is the closest point in the continental United States to the Arctic, giving an Atlantic-based cutter the shortest transit to its operating areas.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 7, 2026

The decision to build out an 11-ship fleet is a generational investment in American presence in the high latitudes, and Maine offers the Coast Guard an ideal Atlantic homeport from which to project that presence.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 7, 2026

I write to urge that the State of Maine be selected as a homeport for the Service’s new Arctic Security Cutters.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jul 7, 2026

These allegations are appalling. Nevertheless, it is not up to me to choose the Democratic nominee for Senate.

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Janet Mills
@janetmills· Democratic · ME· Jul 6, 2026

The Trump administration’s legally questionable plan to spend hundreds of millions to cancel offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Maine and elsewhere is an egregious waste of taxpayer money and a shortsighted decision that will hurt our…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 1, 2026

For too many working parents in Maine, finding affordable childcare is the difference between being able to stay in the workforce or not – and it begins with a shortage of providers.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 30, 2026

We don’t know when. This week, we’re seeing extraordinary weather across the country that’s going to be hitting us in a few days, and so we just have to be ready.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jun 30, 2026

This is a long championed victory won by a resolute determined community that refused to give up.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 30, 2026

A healthy democracy depends on broad participation, and this bill will continue to make that participation easier—not harder.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 30, 2026

The Right to Vote Act would establish clear protections for voters and help ensure that every eligible American can demonstrate this sacred right in our elections.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 30, 2026

Free and fair elections are the foundation of participatory government, and any threat to the democratic process is a threat to our democracy itself,

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 29, 2026

Along with the draft rule, we are equally opposed to the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act because it codifies the same harmful reductions in benefits for veterans with tinnitus and sleep apnea benefits.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 28, 2026

We urge you to honor that commitment by abandoning these proposals and to further reject any legislation that would permanently cut off these benefits to veterans.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 28, 2026

By writing these cuts into statute, the legislation would permanently implement the very policies that veterans, medical experts, and veterans service organizations have overwhelmingly opposed.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jun 27, 2026

We’re not going to balance budgets on the back of veterans’ benefits.

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