Angus King

There is no effort made whatsoever to coordinate schedules of hearings around here.

I mean, we are upgrading the status of this office, but it is still under the Librarian of Congress.

I still want to--I still would hope for the record that you could give us some thoughts about the--it seems to me we are doing sort of a half way.

We can do anything we want to.

I have run out of time, but if you have thoughts on that, please supply them for the record.

It strikes me that is--might be a violation of separation of powers? The President either gets to appoint, or he or she doesn't.

I would argue that the heart of free and fair elections is information.

I must say, I'm a little uncomfortable with where the line is between taking down misleading or fake information and taking down what someone else may consider legitimate information in the marketplace of ideas.

I hope you're doing the same to educate your users as to the potential that they can be misled on your platform.

I'd hate to see your platforms become political in the sense that you're censoring one side or the other of any given debate.

I hope at some time tonight you will play his concession speech in 2008. It is a classic of graciousness and healing and urging the country to come together.

One of the great things about traveling with John McCain, I told somebody the other day, it was like a long march with Paul McCartney.

I have often likened the grid to a church that is built to accommodate Christmas and Easter and on a Sunday morning in February there are a lot of empty pews.

You cannot be two people. Do you support the President's budget or do you think ARPA-E has an important mission?

I would like you to make that analysis and provide it to the Committee for the record in this proceeding.

I have no objection, whatsoever, to those that you are designating. I just want to be sure that everybody had a fair consideration in terms of these important designations.

Thank you, Senator Daines. Just as you were in Yellowstone this past weekend, I am going to be in Acadia National Park in Maine next weekend, assuming we are allowed to go home, but I am looking forward to that visit to Mount Desert Island.

The problem thus far, it seems to me, is that the Russians in this case and others see us as a cheap date.

I shudder when I hear the words 'regulate the internet.' I don't want to do that.

It's more sophisticated than it was in 2016.

There is a massive, sophisticated, persistent campaign on multiple fronts to misinform, divide and ultimately manipulate the American people.

It's way beyond elections.

I think there ought to be standardized courses in high school called 'digital literacy.'

Our intelligence activities must support our foreign policy and national security objectives.

In an age of terrorism, and we are not out of the age of terrorism, intelligence is the first line of defense.