I remain concerned, however, that these proposals would be of little or no use for rural areas such as the State of Maine.

We are not treating this with the seriousness that it deserves.

I think this is a very, very important hearing.

We commend you for your leadership and attention to the needs of our nation's older adults.

I still I'm a no unless the bill is dramatically changed.

I am pleased to introduce, along with the senior Senator from California, Senator Feinstein, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act. This bill would establish an American women's history museum in our Nation's capital…

This president is the first president in our history who has had neither political nor military experience. And that's -- it has been a challenge to him to learn how to interact with Congress, and how to push his agenda forward.

I believe that the president failed to show both respect and civility. The president should be modeling behavior -- good behavior.

This has to stop. We all have a job. Three branches of government and media, we don't have to get along. But we must show respect and civility.

I think that's a large part of it. We've never before had a president who did not have political or military experience.

The president did speak eloquently after the shooting of the congressman and others at the congressional baseball game. And that's why I was particularly surprised to see him revert to this kind of language, because he clearly recognized…

It's unworthy of the office of the president of the United States. And I'm concerned about how we look in the eyes of the world, as well as our own citizens.

No, it's not. When you're a candidate for public office, I think you've got more latitude when it comes to your rhetoric. But once you become the public official, particularly the president of the United States, you're held to a different…

Well, first let me say that I think the Republican leaders and the White House are making a sincere effort to listen to us and try to accommodate concerns. But for me, I have fundamental concerns about the bill, and it's going to be hard…

I want to talk about the healthcare bill, the healthcare issue, and talk a bit about how we can find a solution and then what the solution should look like. For the last 2 days, as a member of the Armed Services Committee, I have been in…

I completely agree with you that visibility and transparency are absolutely critical, and that is an important lesson from what happened last fall.

The best defense is if the people know what's happening, and they can say, oh, it's just the Russians.

We are engaged now in informational conflict.