Angus King

I think it should be clear.

Maybe we have to talk about where revenues are.

I think they do matter, and I hope we can establish that kind of consensus.

If you eliminate the ACA, it would actually have a negative impact and make the deficit worse on the whole.

I think I remember there was a report several years ago that the overall analysis... was positive, that it would reduce the deficit over a 10-year period something like $1 trillion.

The No. 1 problem they are telling me is finding qualified workers.

To say we can close our borders and stop having people come to this country and maintain continued economic growth just does not square with economic principles.

If the demographics--Congress can repeal a lot of things, but one of them we cannot repeal is the law of demographics.

There is rarely a silver bullet. There is often silver buckshot.

So you are essentially saying there are no cuts.

I think it points to an underlying issue that we really need to be talking about.

We have to be really careful about this, that we not simply give ourselves a tax cut and then lay it on our kids.

I have tried seriously to find economic studies that substantiate that. I have not been able to find them.

I think the best chance you have to reduce the deficit or balance the budget is to accomplish economic growth.

I see them as distinct.

I think it was a brilliant step to begin this discussion.

The larger question--the great foreign policy mistakes of my lifetime--Vietnam, Bay of Pigs, and Iraq--all were based in one way or another on bad intelligence or, more accurately, intelligence that was tailored to fit the demands of the…

I just hope that you will hold onto the commitment that you made today, because it's not going to be easy.

Will you commit to giving the Commander in Chief, the President, unpleasant news that may be inconsistent with his policy preferences, based upon the best intelligence that the CIA can develop?

The irony of your making that statement here I cannot avoid.

RT is a significant media presence.

It also makes it too easy for the rest of society--meaning Presidents and Congresses--to talk about wars and deployment of troops if there's no widespread of--element of sacrifice.

I think that is--and he said, 'That's a dangerous situation, because we don't want our military separated from the society.'

I would suggest that--yes, that's right.

That is why I think public hearings like this and the public discussion of this issue is so important.