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I appreciate the opportunity to address the Floor on this important issue. Gentlemen, it was our first Commander in Chief, George Washington, who said something to the effect that we can never expect our young men and women to step forward…
I believe that is absolutely essential to your ability to restore readiness to the level that is needed.
I think the funding in the budget request for the European Reassurance Initiative, as well as continuing the State Partnership Program, is absolutely vital.
I certainly hope that will be resolved soon.
As I recall, most of your hydro is run-of-the-river though, isn't it, or do you have storage?
Senator King's Small Dam Exemption Act is an important initial step toward better acknowledging the value and importance of these resources.
And that is when we get into these 10-, 12- and 20-year permitting processes which really do not serve any purpose, in my view.
So that would definitely be a place where you could pair that with a wind project?
I completely agree and we incorporated changes in our own law in Maine when I was there to do just this.
S. 677 looks like a very sensible bill in terms of it providing a coordination of a one-stop shop.
I appreciate your testimony, and I appreciate your management of those great resources in Maine.
You never asked for a briefing or attended a briefing or read the intelligence reports?
What we found in that investigation is that companies were able to ward off competition by putting their drugs in closed distribution systems.
The company ensured the drug was considered the gold standard--the best drug available for the condition it treats, ensuring that physicians would continue to prescribe the drug, even if the price increased.
I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I represent the most honest, hardworking families in this country, in the great State of Maine. I also represent tens of thousands of small-business owners in our State that create thousands…
We, on the Intelligence Committee, want to know the answers to those questions. And we have begun to request information from the attorney general to allow us to get to the bottom of that.