Angus King actually said...

"My concern is that in this situation we see the pendulum swinging back and forth to excessive and untimely regulation that impedes responsible development, but we don't want to swing back to the point..."

"I find this hearing fascinating because this is an issue I've been wrestling with for 30 years. I've been an environmental advocate, a developer, a governor, and an administrator."

"you can't on the one hand talk about a more efficient permitting process and on the other hand talk about firing people and shrinking the size of government."

"it's often easy, politically, to talk about shrinking the government, and hiring freezes, and fewer people."