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Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows· ME· May 29, 2026

What ICE did in Maine and continues to do was terrorize our friends and neighbors.

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Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows· ME· May 28, 2026

Secret police have no place in Maine, and I will never stop fighting to keep Mainers safe and free.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

A more diverse energy source, particularly one that's based on resources that we control rather than a worldwide price, would be beneficial to the country.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

If $4.30 gas and almost $6 diesel is energy dominance, I'd rather go back to what we had before.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

But I think the American people should understand that we have stepped back.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

This is, I believe, an existential struggle for the future of democracy where we had an aggressive country invade a neighboring country without any justification whatsoever.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

I don't understand why. In terms of the overall budget, in terms of what is being proposed for expenditures in many other areas, why are we cutting the most popular program the federal government runs?

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

Right now, Medicare will pay for a broken hip, but they won’t pay for a grab bar in your shower. That’s just insane.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

This is an $11 bathmat. I’m the Johnny Appleseed of bathmats.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 28, 2026

Much like an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure, an $11 bathmat sure beats a $30,000 hospital trip.

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Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows· ME· May 27, 2026

The challenges here in Houlton — the closure of the birthing center, the reduction in workforce at a critical moment, and the refusal to engage in a fair contract that supports nurses and safe patient-nurse ratios — is indicative of some…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

What's going on now, because of the illegal war in Iran, is drastically affecting our national security and will continue to do so in affecting the people of America.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

So, it's a zero value. It's going from $310 million to 0. So, you're saying there was no value in those expenditures whatsoever?

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Shenna Bellows
@shennabellows· ME· May 27, 2026

We take the integrity of the petitions just as seriously as we take the security of voting. It's really important that anyone seeking to place a initiative on the ballot follow the law.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

As the state with the highest percentage of forest coverage, Maine’s trees offer us everything from the syrup on our pancakes, to the clean air we breathe and the over 14,000 jobs in the forest products industry.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· May 27, 2026

Workforce training helps Americans gain the skills they need to obtain high-paying jobs and pursue new career paths.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 27, 2026

Just for the record, do all of you agree that VA mental health benefits should be available to incarcerated veterans?

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