Angus King: “This proposed rule would weaken longstanding civil service protections that promote merit-based employment, due process…”

One of our nation’s most significant works of public art has stood incomplete for decades, right here in the U.S. Senate. I’m thrilled that the restoration of Alexander Calder’s Mountains and Clouds is moving forward.

This isn’t a vague legal concept they are abusing; it’s grade school-level American government: Article 1 of the United States Constitution.

And while we, as Americans, have had differing views on policy, we all believe that freedom and democracy are at the core of our country’s values.

“It’s certainly much harder than it once was.”