Kelly Ayotte: “It also seems to me not only important in terms of the shipyard, but a way to save taxpayers' dollars.”

Before the Boston Tea Party, we had the Pine Tree Riots here in New Hampshire. That's because the British tried to come in and tax our pine trees and take them for their own, and we said no way.

Make no mistake of it, this is a tax increase on Granite Staters.

As a murder prosecutor and former Attorney General, I understand the need to pursue and deliver justice.

I said from day one we wouldn’t let beautiful areas of our state become a dumping ground for out-of-state trash.