One of your qualifications is to tell the truth to power and you will not answer reasonable questions.

I know him from working with him in the Senate before he became secretary. I have no reason to think that he's not telling me the truth. But my motto, as with Ronald Reagan, is trust but verify.

This legislation creates a bipartisan process to ensure Congress finally does its job.

It's a tragedy for our country that we're going through this process that's based on a phony premise.

And that's why I was so explicit with the secretary. I know him from working with him in the Senate before he became secretary.

For years, we've known that Social Security faces serious long-term financial challenges, yet Congress has repeatedly chosen to look the other way.

I said, “I'm going to say that you have committed to me that this investigation will be full, fair and transparent. Can I say that? He said, “Yes, absolutely.”

I want a full, fair, open, transparent investigation of this, not strictly run by the feds.

I think it's very frustrating to the American people that we cannot get a straight answer on what the war is costing, not to mention what it has cost and is costing to the American people at the gas pump and in other costs.

we haven't seen evidence

We want a full, transparent and open investigation of this matter.

About 20 minutes ago, I talked to Secretary Markwayne Mullen of the Department of Homeland Security about the incident in Biddeford.

I think the community has every right to ask questions and to bring pressure to bear on the federal government for straight answers and honest answers.

We don't yet really know what happened, but to ensure that we find out what happened and that if there were actions that were unjustified, that those who committed those actions will be held accountable.

My concern was the in the initial surge, they arrested something like 200 people and 20 of them had criminal records. The rest didn't.

the person that was killed was not the person that they were seeking

I believe that given what's happened over the past year, we can't just stand back and say, oh, it's a federal investigation. Everything's on the up and up.

“The victim of the shooting was not the target of immigration officers’ warrant.”

“Our SAFEGUARD Veterans Act would close loopholes, strengthen enforcement, and better protect veterans so they can access the benefits they deserve without being exploited by bad actors.”

The decision to build out an 11-ship fleet is a generational investment in American presence in the high latitudes, and Maine offers the Coast Guard an ideal Atlantic homeport from which to project that presence.

I write to urge that the State of Maine be selected as a homeport for the Service’s new Arctic Security Cutters.

Geography makes the case on its own. Maine is the closest point in the continental United States to the Arctic, giving an Atlantic-based cutter the shortest transit to its operating areas.

No other state offers this combination of Arctic proximity, deep-water access, shipbuilding and repair capacity, and Arctic expertise, and Maine is ready to deliver for the Service and its crews.

As the Coast Guard makes homeporting decisions for the cutters still to come, I urge you to make Maine a top choice.

For too many working parents in Maine, finding affordable childcare is the difference between being able to stay in the workforce or not – and it begins with a shortage of providers.