Angus King

The danger is that Putin returns to his normal modus operandi of just hammering civilians and cities like he did in Aleppo with Assad and Graziani and Chechnya.

I've always thought that we classify too much and that we really blunt the impact that we could have on international relations by not sharing, as long as we don't compromise sources and methods.

The Russians have a much lower threshold, for using nuclear weapons, than anybody else, in the world that I know of.

It's cynical, outrageous, and it shows the depravity of this guy that he calls this a humanitarian corridor, leading people into the arms of their enemy.

But a fuel cell that would give a truck significant mileage wouldn't be as big as the truck is what I am asking.

The investment by the Federal Government, by the Department of Energy, I think, is absolutely critical.

If you have a wind project, is there potential here for a package project where you have a wind project and then you have an electrolyzer onsite?

We need cradle-to-grave analysis.

So your project would be wind, electrolyzer, hydrogen, pipeline?

There was intelligence somewhere in the system about potential violence, but it just never got to the Capitol Police.

Intelligence isn't any good unless it's shared.

I think we classify too much.

I hope that there is a close relationship between your Department and the Architect of the Capitol.

We have to have people that are thinking the unthinkable and saying, okay, what happens if?

Please convey the deep appreciation and thanks from all of us that we care about what they do.

I hope that extends to the intelligence side as well.

Are we working on preexisting coordination and communication plans so that we do not have to make it up on the fly?

I have been surprised there has not been more discussion of physical security. It is pretty easy to secure a building these days.

There should be very vigorous discussions with the overall intelligence community.

There should be red teams. There should be people in the Capitol Police who think the unthinkable.

January 6th was one of the saddest days in our country. That our magnificent Capitol is not open to the public, and we had an attack on the heart of our democracy.

We cannot serve the public adequately if these parks are understaffed.

If we are going to invite people to the out-of-doors, we have to be able to meet their needs.

Well, I hope our two witnesses from the Administration will take this back.

Maine is the third-ranked state, as it has the third highest portion of our GDP coming from outdoor recreation of any state in the country.