I do not understand how so many other states can have waivers and the others are denied even the ability to opt into hav...
The budget presented by the President last month fails in both respects.
the government seems to be stuck at awarding approximately a third of its contracts non-competitively.
The President's budget laid out a path that would achieve primary balance by 2017.
we should be trying to decrease the cost of Federal procurements, not put artificial requirements and barriers
Do you think that this level of spending is sustainable?
I have been fighting this issue for years, and my other colleague from Maine, Senator Collins, has as well.
I am deeply concerned about the President's lack of leadership on the challenge we face.
Achieving primary balance in a single year, a year that is several years from now, is not the same thing as getting long...
I think there is a reversal of roles. The House is now offering amendments. The Senate is not allowed to in accordance w...
I believe we need to strike the appropriate precautionary balance in setting catch limits regardless of the economic cir...
We greatly appreciate the fact that Senator Snowe is among those few that have taken the time to reach this understandin...
I championed National Standard 8; to ensure that we do examine the economic impact of these regulations on the community...
Deferring to caution and reducing total allowable catch can destroy a community, such as Prospect Harbor, Maine.
I reasoned that if strong controls on ending overfishing were front-loaded into rebuilding plans, and overfishing was av...
promulgate an emergency regulation increasing the ACLs for groundfish--especially the five choke stocks--sufficient to m...
Yes, every decision that affects fishing communities must give full consideration to a serious analysis of the impacts o...
the problem is it saves money not for HUD but for the Medicaid program, for the corrections system, for State and local ...