"That's a big part of----"
"One of the concerns--and I've heard this when I've met with their agencies, particularly in rural Maine, is an epidemic of loneliness."
"My concern about that--and we'll talk to others about it--this is a rule that the--CMS is the federal agency..."
"Every day that you delay a nursing-home placement, the veteran is happier and the taxpayers are happier."
"Take note of what she just said. Twenty-five percent of the residents in Aroostook County today are over 65. That's extraordinary."
"I believe that we have leaders there that want to help us, they care."
"I've come to realize that I'm now above that."
"They did everything that they could have possibly done."
"Maine is a big small town with very long streets."
"And it's important to me, it seems to me that the local and State emergency preparedness folks know of your capacity and as part of their toolkit."
"That's what I'm looking for. There's a pre-existing structure. It's not ad hoc when an emergency strikes."