I am not advocating higher prices for water, but it seems to me that is an inevitability as we go to different technologies.

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I would be interested, if you could supply this for the record, in a comparison between buying a filtration plant and protecting naturally.

the amount of fresh water remains constant.

Well, as demand increases and supplies either stay constant or dwindle, that is going to be a logical outcome.

resilience equals diversification, and I think desal is an important part, piece of that.

We do know, however, that reuse might fill as much as 50 percent of our future growth projections.

Even in Maine we are not immune to the impacts of a fragile water supply due to drought conditions.

Are there differences in abilities to finance those two solutions?

There is a big opportunity here and I wanted to ask you to consider having it be one of the 'bully pulpit sermons' of your tenure as Surgeon General to help catalyze that enormous potential to help Americans get the care that they want.

Senator Casey and I have introduced the Supporting Grandparent Raising Grandchildren Act.

I think, by and large, we do a terrible job of doing that.

We held a hearing in the Aging Committee, Senator Casey and I, and a clear message from that hearing was the need for kinship parents to have greater access to information about the resources that are available to assist them.

I thank the Ranking Member for yielding and allowing me to reinforce my colleague from the State of Maine and say: if you haven't made your plans, it is not too late. Lobster season is just picking up. I highly recommend a visit to the…

I thank Congresswoman Chellie Pingree from the First District of the State of Maine. I represent the Second District. I encourage everyone in this body, Republicans and Democrats, to please take care of our veterans. Please vote for S. 114…

I would remind you that ``Maine is Vacationland.'' If you have not booked your Maine vacation, there is still plenty of time. I would like to thank Chairman Roe, who is a Vietnam veteran himself and a doctor, in leading us down this path…

I thank the ranking member very much for yielding to me today. I rise during this en bloc amendment debate to discuss an issue that is raised in the amendment about the importance of the DDG-51 to our Navy. In particular, I am grateful to…

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