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Olympia Snowe

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Olympia Snowe is a former United States Senator from Maine, serving from 1995 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, she was known for her moderate stance on various issues, often working across party lines. During her tenure, Snowe focused on health care reform, economic development, and women's rights, earning a reputation as a pragmatic legislator. She was the first woman to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate and previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1995.

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Nov 28, 2012

Senator Snowe, the number of banks using the SBA programs... you have really been a leader in that effort.

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Nov 28, 2012

It extends 100 percent capital gains tax relief on qualifying investment for small business stocks.

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Nov 28, 2012

What they are most interested in is the spirit of compromise and of problem solving and of resolution that has really been the hallmark of this committee

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Nov 28, 2012

We could not agree with you more.

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Nov 7, 2012

We have an obligation to be problem solvers. Now more than ever, given the tenuous nature of our times and the situation that we're in as a country.

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Nov 7, 2012

Both sides have to understand it and reach accommodation. There's no other way to do it in the United States Senate.

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Nov 7, 2012

We have an obligation to be problem solvers, now more than ever, given the tenuous nature of our times and the situation that we're in as a country.

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Jul 31, 2012

Senator Snowe said Arctic glaciers and polar ice caps millions of years old are melting; sea levels are rising.

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Jun 27, 2012

The Roundtable wholly supports the work of Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME)...

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Jun 18, 2012

It is a great example to set for the Congress to pursue and, again, reinforces the notion of the fiscal calamity that awaits us if we fail to address these over-arching issues sooner rather than later.

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Jun 18, 2012

I well recall when President Reagan delivered his State of the Union address back in 1984. He mentioned that one of his top priorities was tax reform.

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Jun 18, 2012

I think, when it comes to tax reform, as you are recommending as part of entitlement reform, how do we go about this without the presidential leadership that is so essential to this debate?

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Jun 18, 2012

This gap in opportunity is why AAUW supports the bipartisan High School Data Transparency Act (S. 1269), which was introduced by Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Patty Murray (D-WA).

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Jun 5, 2012

This could be the beginning of multiple initiatives on the part of the European Union.

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May 16, 2012

So here we are facing reductions in the very program that is going to be essential. OK. Well, obviously, it does not make sense, and that is something that has to be remedied.

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May 16, 2012

Just to follow up on this issue, how much do you estimate of the 1.5 million tons of debris that is out there will reach our shores?

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May 16, 2012

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this hearing today to discuss this very important topic, marine debris resulting from last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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May 16, 2012

Why would we not continue at that level?

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May 16, 2012

I just cannot understand why in the President's request, though, that there was a reduction in this program in terms of costs in the Marine Debris Program.

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May 16, 2012

Do you work with coastal communities in terms of the potential of these hazardous materials? Is the Environmental Protection Agency involved?

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May 16, 2012

We are just beginning the process. It is not at the end of the process.

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May 15, 2012

I have been calling for a comprehensive inventory for over three years now.

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Apr 23, 2012

The business of when rural state senators talk about rural people or poor people in far-off places and people say, 'Oh, well, they're just, you know, pandering to their constituency,' is really not at all the case.

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Apr 23, 2012

I think we've pushed real hard on, as Senator Nelson said, broadband, and through the stimulus package, which some people say, 'I never want to see the likes of that again.'

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Mar 28, 2012

We want to provide a pathway to entrepreneurship for those who are inclined.

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