Angus King

There may be options that they have that they do not even know that they would have that would help them stay in the profession.

Why is it assumed that the woman has to deal with the child care and the sick child and all of those kinds of things?

I think one of the most significant effects of the Affordable Care Act will be releasing job lock.

I worry today that with the concentration of wealth, that those at the top have forgotten that they need customers.

The challenge, it seems to me--there are two challenges. One is how do we harness this enormous power that half of our population brings to the table.

I do not think we have a responsibility to take from the rich and give to the poor.

There is a problem. There is a subterranean problem going on about people, particularly young people, who do not seem--

It is important for economics, this distribution, because the middle class are the customers. And the biggest problem with this economy now is a lack of demand, and it is because the middle class does not have money.

I want Mr. Fisher to realize that we are not the same as the House of Lords.

How about by the leaders of government doing it?

The Federal Government can have an important role in acting as a clearinghouse.

I do not believe government contracts very well.

If it goes to 4.5 percent, just the cost of interest is going to exceed the entire defense budget.

I am not sure that is a bad thing.

One of the parts of the secret sauce of America's success is the openness of our business community to women.

Our evaluation budget in education on a nationwide basis is less than one percent of the dollars we spend on education.

I think we ought to start doing it.

I do not think the Federal Government has a big role in funding education.

I think this is an admission that government cannot do what it is supposed to do.

How do you explain to that guy why he is paying almost twice as much taxes as this guy that gets his money out of the mailbox?

We do not want to become a country of gated communities, a country where the rich live behind walls with barbed wire.

There will be at least two rollcall votes on Monday at 5:30 p.m. ____________________

I feel that once somebody is in the Service, they have earned what they are entitled to.

I think it is really important to realize that what we have is a breathing space, not a solution.

I hope if we have to make those decisions, you will stand behind us.