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Angus King

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Angus Stanley King is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Maine since January 3, 2013. A member of the Independent party, King previously held the position of Governor of Maine from January 4, 1995, to January 8, 2003. Throughout his political career, he has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and renewable energy, often advocating for bipartisan solutions to complex problems. King is known for his moderate stance and willingness to work across party lines.

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May 12, 2021

I hope you will continue that work and Mr. Minarovic, I hope you will take this seriously. We keep getting wake-up calls.

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May 12, 2021

the lack of details on this initiative were deeply concerning

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May 12, 2021

I would urge you to, for example, hire hackers or red teams to test your systems.

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May 12, 2021

the overall purpose here is to keep Wyoming and Nevada from becoming coastal states.

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May 12, 2021

Sometimes I hate to be right. Three years ago, I sat right here and cross-examined a representative from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about the failure to adequately regulate pipelines because of the cyber threat.

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May 12, 2021

I can guarantee that your systems are vulnerable to cyberattack today.

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May 12, 2021

I cannot emphasize more how serious this threat is.

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May 12, 2021

the Administration refused to answer questions or meet with me to discuss 30 by 30

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May 12, 2021

the actions of President Biden to stop leasing and his desire to end oil and gas development permanently can and will have a negative effect on the good work that Congress did last year

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May 12, 2021

the leasing ban is already having an effect on the revenue generated from federal lands that would go to our parks

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May 12, 2021

it is having a chilling effect. In fact, today we are seeing sales and pipeline leases stopped

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May 12, 2021

I think that is crucial because we do not yet know the cause of Colonial, but it is likely somebody clicked on a phishing email.

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Apr 28, 2021

I am going to go out on a limb and predict that this summer is going to be the biggest summer ever for the national parks, and we better be ready.

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Apr 28, 2021

The implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act, which involves both the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Restore our Parks Act, maintenance in the parks, is critically important.

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Apr 28, 2021

I have 15 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

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Apr 28, 2021

later today we will have one of the most consequential votes we have had in this body in years, perhaps the most consequential vote in terms of our climate and the risk that climate change imposes on all of us here in America and across…

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Apr 26, 2021

We support the direct regulation of methane just for the reasons you said, that it is very potent and we need to have regulation in place to ensure that we have adequate controls throughout the industry.

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Apr 26, 2021

The major transition was from coal to natural gas. Your state benefited from that and this guy's state didn't benefit.

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Apr 26, 2021

Shouldn't we be talking more about how to reskill and reemploy those jobs rather than trying to change the direction of where the economy is headed?

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Apr 26, 2021

So you would urge us to vote yes on this resolution to restore the direct regulation?

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Apr 21, 2021

What I am most interested in is timing. We are in a race and we are in a race that we are losing right now.

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Apr 21, 2021

Do you think that, when we are talking about capture, that by the time that capture technology is cost-effective, we will be out of the fossil fuel, at least in the electric generating business?

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Apr 14, 2021

Unless we control the methane that is released in the extraction of natural gas, its carbon benefit virtually disappears.

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Apr 14, 2021

I miss 100 percent of the shots I don't take.

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Apr 1, 2021

I’m skeptical of it because I don’t know where it stops.

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