Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
The problem with the debts and the deficits is not Head Start. It is not Pell grants. It is not the national parks. It is health care, period.
Said by
Angus King
Independent · Maine

Editor's note · Context

King emphasizes that health care is the main driver of federal deficits, not education programs.

Share

More from Angus King

Aug 11, 2026

By stripping away the procedures that keep discipline fair for civilian employees doing the work of naval readiness... the proposed rule introduces costly unpredictability in the workforce and needlessly undermines readiness.

king.senate.gov
Aug 6, 2026

We, therefore, ask you to withdraw OPM and MSPB's proposed rule.

king.senate.gov
Aug 26, 2026

We write regarding the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln and mounting evidence that conditions aboard the carrier have deteriorated to the point that the safety and wellbeing of its crew could be compromised.

king.senate.gov
Aug 5, 2026

I believe, as I said, that it should be coordinated with and, the information should be shared with local and, and state officials, with the attorney general's office, with the governor's office.

king.senate.gov

Other voices in this conversation