One suggestion that Senator Rubio and I are working on is funding preventive measures so that we're preventing the disaster, which is much more expensive to remedy than it is to prevent.

One suggestion that Senator Rubio and I are working on is funding preventive measures so that we're preventing the disaster, which is much more expensive to remedy than it is to prevent.

This isn't a case where an emergency occurs and you call up and say, can we help? I presume there's already a relationship established.

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.

One suggestion that Senator Rubio and I are working on is funding preventive measures so that we're preventing the disaster, which is much more expensive to remedy than it is to prevent.

They did everything that they could have possibly done.

I've come to realize that I'm now above that.

That's what I'm looking for. There's a pre-existing structure. It's not ad hoc when an emergency strikes.

Maine is a big small town with very long streets.

And my concern is that A, we don't know enough about it. And B, once we learn more that we learn how to prevent falls, it's a preventable epidemic, at least to some extent.

If you learned of a disease that affected one out of four elderly veterans, an epidemic that caused significant harm, hospitalization costs, and often death, would you consider that worthy of research?

It turns out that there are a number of sort of nonclinical factors affecting veteran suicide. One high on the list was financial insecurity, another was food insecurity.

It turns out that there are a number of sort of nonclinical factors affecting veteran suicide. One high on the list was financial insecurity, another was food insecurity.

If you learned of a disease that affected one out of four elderly veterans, an epidemic that caused significant harm, hospitalization costs, and often death, would you consider that worthy of research?

I think it's very important because, you may well have different typologies and different pathologies in rural areas than you have in urban areas.

I hope you'll rethink where these clinical trials take place, because if you're not doing them in rural areas, you may be missing some important information that could be informative because that's where a lot of veterans are.

And my concern is that A, we don't know enough about it. And B, once we learn more that we learn how to prevent falls, it's a preventable epidemic, at least to some extent.

I think it's very important because, you may well have different typologies and different pathologies in rural areas than you have in urban areas.

I hope you'll rethink where these clinical trials take place, because if you're not doing them in rural areas, you may be missing some important information that could be informative because that's where a lot of veterans are.

I rise to provide a brief statement on the rollcall votes on October 26, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I was in Maine to respond to a mass shooting in Lewiston, ME. Had I been here on Thursday, October 26, 2023, I would…

If you learned of a disease that affected one out of four elderly veterans, an epidemic that caused significant harm, hospitalization costs, and often death, would you consider that worthy of research?

I have often asked, particularly around here, why Maine is so special, why I am so passionate about it, why Maine people are always so connected to our State, no matter where they may roam. And I always have the same answer: that Maine is…

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I hope you'll rethink where these clinical trials take place, because if you're not doing them in rural areas, you may be missing some important information that could be informative because that's where a lot of veterans are.

One high on the list was financial insecurity, another was food insecurity.