Angus King

What’s going on is the destruction of the agency from the inside out, and it’s accelerating.

That’s easy to say. States can’t print money the way they can around here. So it would be very difficult for the state to make up that difference.

I think it’s a problem that we are losing the middle.

I want to ask you questions about veterans in this country, but before I do, you talk a lot about courage.

This wasn’t just a casual mistake. This wasn’t a bunch of teenagers deciding what they were going to do on the weekend.

So the attack sequencing and timing and weapons and targets you don’t consider to have been classified?

Every single one of these reports that we have had has mentioned global climate change as a significant national security threat except this one.

That's one of the things we have to consider. We're dealing with people, many of whom, I suspect, think a shutdown would be a good thing," King said, "and they could prolong it and use it to expand the president's power even beyond what…

That's one of the things we have to consider. We're dealing with people, many of whom, I suspect, think a shutdown would be a good thing.

The reckless cuts being made at the VA are dangerous to our men and women who served.

If we persist in walking away from Ukraine, it will be the greatest geopolitical mistake that this country's made since World War II.

I cannot think of a rational argument for pulling our support from Ukraine.

The President is to see that the laws are faithfully executed.

That reminds me of the King of France. You know, I am the law.

Nobody elected him. We don't even know what his status is.

The implication of that is that Elon Musk decides what we are going to fund and what we aren't. And that's really what worries me about what's going on.

The framers of our Constitution set up a Senate confirmation process as a check on the executive branch to make sure that all parts of government are working by the people and for the people.

The candidate needs to be experienced and capable, and not have a stance that is hostile to the department or bureau they would be leading.

I rise to provide a brief statement on the rollcall votes on December 2, 2024. I was unable to attend the votes, but had I been here on Monday, December 2, 2024, I would have voted yea on vote No. 304, on the nomination of Anne Hwang, of…

That's the right answer. Thank you.

I'm going to be introducing legislation to have you take a special focus on falls.

How do we be confident in this Committee that we're not sacrificing the quality of service to our veterans if we are reducing staff and at the same time, demand is going up?

Ninety-plus percent of seniors want to stay in their houses as long as they possibly can.

It's a lot cheaper to buy somebody a bath mat than to fix a broken hip.

I'm going to be introducing legislation to have you take a special focus on falls.