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Janet Mills
@janetmills· Democratic · ME· Nov 14, 2023

I appreciate the gentlewoman actually stepping up. She asked two key questions that I really liked. First off, what would it eliminate was one of the questions. Well, what it would eliminate is the wasteful and fraudulent spending that has…

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Janet Mills
@janetmills· Democratic · ME· Nov 14, 2023

This amendment cuts back spending for the Office of Public Health Scientific Services by more than $158 million to return us back to our FY19 funding levels. This reins back the irresponsible, ballooned spending that we have seen during…

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Janet Mills
@janetmills· Democratic · ME· Nov 14, 2023

In closing, it is very clear that the only thing that D.C. continues to do successfully is spend American taxpayer funding. We did not do what was necessary to mitigate these risks. There was always this 2 weeks to slow the curve. I wish…

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Janet Mills
@janetmills· Democratic · ME· Nov 14, 2023

My amendment is pretty simple. This would cut back on the spending for the office of the NIH Director by more than $160 million to return us back to the fiscal year 2019 funding level. This amendment ensures appropriate accountability for…

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Janet Mills
@janetmills· Democratic · ME· Nov 14, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 58, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $158,100,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

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Janet Mills
@janetmills· Democratic · ME· Nov 14, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $160,384,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 14, 2023

They did everything that they could have possibly done.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Nov 14, 2023

I rise today to introduce the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2023, along with my colleague from Michigan, Senator Peters. Our bill would expand Medicare beneficiaries' access to medical nutrition therapy, or MNT, which is a…

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Jared Golden
@jaredgolden· Democratic · ME· Nov 13, 2023

It would be a shame to see any reductions in funding or staffing in Maine and I am sure that is true elsewhere.

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Jared Golden
@jaredgolden· Democratic · ME· Nov 13, 2023

I personally would like to see full funding requested at the previous level for SBDCs and SCORE.

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Jared Golden
@jaredgolden· Democratic · ME· Nov 13, 2023

The Community Navigator Program was set up through I believe the American Rescue Plan and is a pilot program.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Nov 8, 2023

I strongly believe that, and I am going to continue doing everything I can to make sure we rise to the occasion and provide all the resources necessary to meet this moment.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Nov 8, 2023

My amendment prohibits any funding from being used by the Office of the Vice President for salaries and other expenses. Kamala Harris has been a failure as Vice President, from her inability to manage her team effectively, leading to high…

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Nov 8, 2023

I think that the facts speak for themselves on our border czar, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Nov 8, 2023

I strongly believe that, and I am going to continue doing everything I can to make sure we rise to the occasion and provide all the resources necessary to meet this moment.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Nov 8, 2023

The supplemental request includes funding to help strengthen enforcement, but it does not appear to include any policy reforms.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Nov 8, 2023

I am prepared to close. I am going to tell you something. I am a businessman. The one problem in this country is that southern border down there is wide open. We have folks flooding across that place. We have hot spots all over the world…

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Nov 8, 2023

What we heard was that 90 percent of fentanyl is seized at ports of entry. What that does not tell you is how much fentanyl is coming in through drones that the cartels use.

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