Angus King

If you have ever toured a sawmill most modern sawmills now have a device called an optimizer...

It seems to me time of day pricing is something that we ought to be thinking about.

We have got to figure out how to adapt to it, not fight it and strangle it in its crib.

I am all for markets, but only if they are real markets.

Many of the provisions of this bill are particularly applicable in the West.

This is a dead horse that deserves beating, in my view.

It would be ironic and dangerous, it seems to me, to be following the opposite course.

If we don't replace sequestration, decisions we make today to defer shipbuilding programs will have 30-year consequences that we can't foresee.

If we reimpose sequestration this year, as you've testified, that would be a severe impact across the board.

Losing competition means that you don't--the Navy doesn't get the best price.

It would be absolutely tragic if we squandered the success that we have achieved and that the Afghan people have achieved by prematurely pulling out according to some date on a calendar.

The road to hell is often paved with good intentions.

This is a major area where the Russians are moving very aggressively, and I think we need to take account of that.

Procurement is an issue that the whole committee is concerned about particularly in these tight budget times.

But, you can't do that now.

I'm talking about things like territorial claims and the adjudications. I understand by not being members we're out of that process.

I would suggest that a staff of three in this situation does not represent a significant commitment by this country.

I would like to be the Arctic Senator. The response was, 'No, you can be the Assistant Arctic Senator.'

I want to understand before we undertake a new--before we get too far into a new vehicle, I want to have that opportunity.

I am starting to think that instead of the U.S. Congress, we should call ourselves 'Deficits are Us.'

That would be pennywise and pound foolish, in my view.

A one-time OCO infusion doesn't necessarily--in fact, given your sort of by definition long-range program, it would not be necessarily all that helpful.

We would be recommending that the base be looked at.

I commend former Secretary Hagel for initiating it and for your carrying it out.

They are fully complying?