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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2023

And it's important to me, it seems to me that the local and State emergency preparedness folks know of your capacity and as part of their toolkit.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2023

Maine is a big small town with very long streets.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Nov 15, 2023

They did everything that they could have possibly done. They postponed a non-emergency surgery in order to be available as a backup to the local hospital.

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

One suggestion that Senator Rubio and I are working on is funding preventive measures so that we're preventing the disaster, which is much more expensive to remedy than it is to prevent.

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

That's what I'm looking for. There's a pre-existing structure. It's not ad hoc when an emergency strikes.

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

And it's important to me, it seems to me that the local and State emergency preparedness folks know of your capacity and as part of their toolkit.

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

I've come to realize that I'm now above that.

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

Maine is a big small town with very long streets.

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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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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 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 have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

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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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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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