Paul R. LePage
The Public Record
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October 1, 2026
Housing costs remain out of control, first and foremost, stopping the illegal aliens from coming into our state and taking what housing is available should be stopped.
— Paul R. LePage
The reason I have a problem with Medicare For All is they’re not telling you the truth.
Well, are they here legally? If they’re not here legally, they’ve broken the law. Unfortunately, and [ICE] have a job to do now.
My son’s wife’s dad is here legally. But he’s being deported because he came from a country that’s not the liking to certain people in Washington. That’s not right.
ICE should focus on criminals, rather than people with work permits who have long been in the country.
I wanted every small business to know one thing: Maine was open for business.
When I became governor, my goal was to make government smaller, not bigger.
I’ve worried about payrolls. I’ve balanced budgets. I’ve hired people. I’ve fired people. It’s just part of what the world of business is all about.
The Constitution is very clear, and I do not support any restrictions on the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
If it’s gonna go against the Second Amendment, there’s no compromise,” LePage said at the press conference. “The Constitution is very clear, and I do not support any restrictions on the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
It’s so, so important that as your governor in the state of Maine, I fought for the Second Amendment,” LePage said, of the constitutional right to bear arms. “The Second Amendment is freedom. It’s all about our ability to move around and…
JD Vance being here today is a warning shot to every fraudster, scam artist and corrupt bureaucrat protecting our broken system.
Way, way too close to Platner. Way too close to Bernie. Way too close to AOC. That whole gang.
If they partner with the state, and the state has a major role to play, then I think governing at the local level is much better than governing from Washington.
As governor, I have witnessed far too many cases of the Federal Government's inability to quickly address problems facing citizens across Maine.
The mechanism laid out in the bill are simply not the way to achieve the goal of keeping our waterfronts working.
The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing, and so there is conflict in regulations.
Reducing taxes, improving the science that underlies fisheries management, eliminating a burdensome and unnecessary regulation on small business and fair trade policies are far more important.
Nationally, the deferred spending on our parks and our monuments is in the billions of dollars. And that is what I fear.
If it is land that is properly managed, it is valuable. If it is land that is just going to be put into preservation, it is dangerous.
Oh, absolutely. I believe that it is important to protect the culture of the United States. And this designation does not do that.
I believe that this land is in Maine, and the Maine people ought to make the decision on how we are going to preserve it, how we are going to conserve it, and how we are going to use it.





