Chellie Pingree: “The people impacted by this funding freeze are hardworking, rural Americans and small businesses.”

Secretary Bunch has guided the Smithsonian through a period of unprecedented political interference while remaining committed to scholarship, expertise, and the public trust.

I’ve had others say, ‘When you take over, you need to investigate the s— out of what’s going on with the corruption in this government and all the things that have been dismantled.

They (Republicans) know we’re non-functional.

So many questions remain, and his family deserves to know how this happened. His family, his community, and the state of Maine need to know who will be held accountable.