I am having trouble squaring the Administration's national security strategy with a budget request that proposes to increase non-defense spending by 8.5 percent, while defense spending would increase at a rate of 3.3 percent.
Collins questions the alignment of defense budget with national security strategy.
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Fortunately, the people of Maine are smart, and they know lies and distortions when they see it.
But to be fair to the Department of Homeland Security, they couldn’t enter into contracts when the government was shut down by the Democrats.
It has not had an impact on the state of Maine, in that Maine has actually expanded its law.
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