Angus King

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

There's been some discussion earlier about the importance of analytical integrity. Telling truth to power.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

We haven't seen evidence

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.