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Janet Mills

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Janet Trafton Mills is an American attorney and politician serving as the 75th governor of Maine since January 2019. She is the first woman to hold this office. A member of the Democratic Party, Mills previously served as Maine's Attorney General from 2009 to 2011, where she focused on consumer protection and public safety issues. Mills has been an advocate for healthcare expansion, environmental protection, and economic development throughout her political career.

Quotes by year · 2009–202667 total · peak 2026 (32)
2009: 1 quote2023: 4 quotes2024: 1 quote2025: 29 quotes2026: 32 quotes
Mar 11, 2025

We’re going to follow the law, sir. We’ll see you in court.

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Feb 25, 2025

The State of Maine will not be intimidated by the president’s threats.

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Feb 21, 2025

This is not just about who can compete on the athletic field, this is about whether a president can force compliance with his will.

commondreams.org
Feb 21, 2025

No president—Republican or Democrat—can withhold federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress.

commondreams.org
Feb 21, 2025

If the president attempts to unilaterally deprive Maine school children of the benefit of federal funding, my administration and the attorney general will take all appropriate and necessary legal action to restore that funding.

commondreams.org
Feb 21, 2025

This is about whether a president can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law.

commondreams.org
Feb 21, 2025

In America, the president is neither a king nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it.

commondreams.org
Feb 21, 2025

The president of the United States has targeted one particular group on one particular issue which Maine law has addressed.

commondreams.org
Feb 21, 2025

If the president attempts to unilaterally deprive Maine school children of the benefit of federal funding, my administration and the attorney general will take all appropriate and necessary legal action to restore that funding.

commondreams.org
Jun 13, 2024

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. ELIMINATION OF DISCRETION OF MILITARY…

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Dec 13, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 10, strike the period and quotation mark at the end and insert the following: ``(E)…

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Nov 14, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $160,384,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

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Nov 14, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 58, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $158,100,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

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Oct 25, 2023

I am profoundly saddened to stand before you today to report that 18 people lost their lives, and 13 people injured in last night's attack.

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Jul 15, 2009

The stimulus package hasn't helped very much at all.

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