Angus King

We have one 45-year-old Coast Guard icebreaker. Is that correct?

I think it is important that the provision adopted by this committee not only would prohibit the buying of the remaining group, but immediately cut off spare parts which would, in effect, over a fairly short period of time, ground the…

I commend you for taking this command and look forward to working with you on it.

I certainly hope people are listening around here, because ever since I've been here everybody's been saying that, but it doesn't seem to change.

I think the next Pearl Harbor is going to be cyber.

We would look with great concern on the use of force or coercion in the region.

I hope that you will take this as a very serious threat before it materializes.

Do you agree that this is a significant issue that we need to pay attention to, just as we do compensation, training, and other matters under the jurisdiction of this committee?

I think there are large portions of the industrial base that are in threat simply because the amount of spending and investments and research and development (R&D) have been coming down.

I wish to associate myself with the comments of the senior Senator from Washington. I am pleased to know that it is her intent that the work of not-for-profit servicers advances and that they will continue to be allowed to compete for…

I must say, this is the first time I have sat on this side of the table. It is more fun sitting up there, I think.

He was found, in effect, by our judicial selection as an outstanding legal practitioner.

Most simply put, he is a judge's judge.

There's a lot of discussion about flexibility. It seems to me in this situation a way to think about it is we're telling you that you have to cut a finger off and you get to decide which one.

The public understands this. That's why our approval rating is below al Qaeda's. It's a sad state.

The greatest threat to American national security now lies within the square mile that encompasses Capitol Hill and the White House, and that we are the problem.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:41 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at 9:30 a.m…

Our students need one-on-one personal devices.

Maine was a forerunner in the one-to-one computing trend with then-Governor Angus King working hard to provide all our middle-school students with laptop computers.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:15 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 10 a.m.

There will be up to four rollcall votes at 3 p.m. in relation to the amendments to the immigration bill tomorrow. ____________________

I thank the Senator. And what about companies like Robbins Lumber in Maine that produces solid wood products, like 2x4s or flooring? While the product may be the same product that has been on the market for decades, the company producing…

I would like to clarify that it is not the Committee's or the Senator's intent to exclude forest products from this program. And I would also like to clarify the meaning of the new provisions around innovation in the program.

I take it that your opinion is similar to Ms. Parrish that the structural solution is to take this decision out of the chain of command, and you feel that will make a substantive difference in the amount of reporting and, presumably, the…

I believe, in the committee on a number of the options and alternatives that have been put forward in various bills.