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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

But I guess--we know that there are costs, but we also know that there are risks.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

We cannot just throw the kitchen sink at it. We have got to really think about what are the costs and the benefits.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

The word was 'abrupt.' And apparently in history things like the Ice Ages did not start--I always thought it took thousands and thousands of years. In fact, it took decades.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

But somebody has got to lead, and it seems to me, as you have pointed out, we are the wealthiest country in the world; we are in the best position to lead, but not be stupid.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

I have a hard time telling people in Maine they have got to pay $6 for a gallon of gas if China and India do nothing.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

But the real point is that in about 1860 that variation that you see was always between about 200 and 300 parts per million of CO2. In 1860, it took off, and this summer, for the first time in 3 million years, it reached 400 parts per…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

And if, in fact, the correlation between CO2 and temperature holds that your chart demonstrates over into the short-term future, we are in a crisis situation.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

I am asking my staff guy to bring over to you--I do not have the chart that you have, but the answer to your question, why does it change? Over the last million years, as you will see on the chart that I am about to give you, it is almost…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

I think we need to explore, Madam Chair, why that happened, have colleges come and tell us why what they sell has increased two and three times the rate of inflation.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

Isn't one of the things we should do, regardless of what we do about interest rates or refinancing, to make more information available to borrowers?

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

I think we all want to increase accountability. All I am saying is I think we have to be careful how we do it.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

There may be options that they have that they do not even know that they would have that would help them stay in the profession.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

Why is it assumed that the woman has to deal with the child care and the sick child and all of those kinds of things?

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

I think one of the most significant effects of the Affordable Care Act will be releasing job lock.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

I worry today that with the concentration of wealth, that those at the top have forgotten that they need customers.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

The challenge, it seems to me--there are two challenges. One is how do we harness this enormous power that half of our population brings to the table.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

I do not think we have a responsibility to take from the rich and give to the poor.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 31, 2014

There is a problem. There is a subterranean problem going on about people, particularly young people, who do not seem--

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