NOTING
NOTING THAT TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THE UPCOMING ELECTION IS RIGGED.
I ASKED SENATOR COLLINS IF SHE
AGREED WITH HIM.4@
>> DOMAIN IS THE PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF A STATE4@ THAT HAS
BEEN USING ABSENTEE BALLOTS
AND, WITHOUT EXCUSES HAVING TO
BE GIVEN, FOR MANY YEARS4@, AND
IT'S WORKED VERY WELL.
SO, I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE
THAT4@ NOT ONLY BECAUSE I DON'T
AGREE WITH IT, BUT I WORRY THAT
IT WILL UNDERMINE PEOPLE'S
CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION AND @
THE RESULTS .
>> WHEN ASKED ABOUT YOUR RUN
FOR 4@THE SENATE, WHEN YOU FIRS
RAN FOR THE SEAT, YOU SAID THAT
YO4@U WERE A SUPPORTER4@, AND I
ELECTED YOU WOULD SERVE TWO
TERMS AND THAT WOULD BE IT, YOU
ARE NOW RUNNING FOR YOUR FIFTH
TERM4@, WHAT HAPPE4@NED4@ TO TH
TERMS AND THAT WOULD BE IT, YOU ARE NOW RUNNING FOR YOUR FIFTH TERM4@, WHAT HAPPE4@NED4@ TO TH-
TERM PLAN?4@
>> WHAT I LEARNED WAS THE VALUE
OF SENIORITY, AND THAT
EXPERIENCE REALLY MATTERS IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.4@4@
I WOULD NOT BE IN LINE TO BE
THE NEXT CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, A
POSITION THAT A MAIN OR HAS NOT
HELD 4@SINCE 1933, HAD I NOT RU
FOR REELECTION. IN MANY W4@AYS4
THE ELECTIONS ARE NOT4@ 4@AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO
IMPOSE TERM LIMITS IF THEY WANT
TO BUY VOTING FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
I BELIEVE THAT THE TIME WHEN I
SAID IT, THAT I UNDERESTIMATED
THE VALUE OF SENIORITY AS TIME
WENT ON .
4@ >> LET ME4@ ASK YOU ABOUT CLIMA
CHANGE.4@
MAINE IS NOT BEEN NEARLY AS
AFFECTED4@ WE KNOW ABOUT THE
FIRES IN THE GULF AND SO FORTH,
BUT MAINE IS NOT UNTOUCHED4@ BY
ANY MEANS, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS ADDRESSING
CLIMATE CHANGE WITH THE URGENCY
THAT IT REQUIRES?
>> I DON'T4@. I HAVE BEEN WORKI
ON CLIMATE CHANGE4@ FOR A NUMBE
OF YEARS, THE GULF OF MAINE IS
ONE OF THE FASTEST WARMING
BODIES OF WATER IN THE WORLD.
I HAVE BEEN4@ TO ANTARCTICA, TH
IS NOT WHERE SOMEONE GOES FOR
VACATION4@, AND, I SPENT FOUR
DAYS THERE, A FEW YEARS AGO, TO
TALK WITH SCIENTISTS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.4@
>> YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED
IN THE SUBJECT.
YOU'VE WORKED ON IT, BUT4@4@ TH
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IN THE
SENATE DO NOT SHARE YOUR
PASSION FOR IT.
THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART,
CONTENT TO DO NOTHING.
IS ANYTHING GOING TO CHANGE IN
THE NEXT 2 TO 4 YEARS?4@
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO
SAY THAT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES
IN THE REPUBLICAN SIDE ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN THE ISSUE.4@
THE TWO SENATORS FROM ALASKA 4@
ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE
ISSUE.
THE SENATORS FROM FLORIDA4@ ARE
VERY INTERESTED IN THE ISSUE.
AND, HERE IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING
TO GET4@ TO THE SENATE FLOOR, I
NOT BEFORE THE ELECTION,
PROBABLY,4@4@ THAT IT'S BUILT U
LEGISLATION4@ THAT I'VE
INTRODUCED TO HAVE A MANHATTAN
STYLE PROJECT, TO INCREASE4@ TH
ABILITY TO STORE ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY, SO THAT WE CAN STORE4@
WIND ENERGY WHEN THE WIND ISN'T
BLOWING, SOLAR ENERGY WHEN THE4
SUN ISN'T SHINING.
IF WE COULD FIGURE THIS OUT, IT
WOULD MAKE THE ELECTRIC GRID
MORE RESILIENT, ALTERNATIVES
WOULD BE MORE USEFUL, THEY
WON'T HAVE TO HAVE4@ THE BACKUP
OF A COLD FIRE POLLUTING
POWERPLANT4@ AND, IT WILL ALSO
MAKE ELECTRICITY4@ MORE
AFFORDABLE.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
BILL, THAT'S PART OF A BROADER
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENTAL BUI4@LD TH
I HOPE WE WILL PASS THIS YEAR.
>> MANY VOTERS IN MAINE FEEL
YOU ARE TOO CLOSELY ALIGNED4@
WITH THE REPUBLICANS IN THE
4@ U.S. SENATE.4@
AND IF, SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL
WAS ELECTED, WOULD YOU SUPPORT
HIM AGAIN4@?
>> REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE FOR
THE PERSON4@ AND LATER, MITCH 4@
McCONNELL, DEMOCRATS4@ 4@WILL R
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER,
CHUCK SCHUMER.4@
AND THE ISSUE IS, ARE YOU AN
INDE4@PENDENT VOICE WHO PUTS4@4
MAINE PEOPLE FIRST.
I SAID THAT MY OPPONENT IS A
STRAIGHT PARTY 4@LINE PERSON TH
SHE'S HIGHLY PARTISAN.4@
SHE CALLED REPUBLICANS
TERRORIST AT ONE POINT.
THAT IS NOT MY STYLE.
AND I'VE NOT HESITATED TO
DISAGREE WITH MY PARTY, OR THE
PRESIDENT WHEN I THOUGHT THEY
WERE WRONG.
MY VOTE TO4@ RETAIN THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT4@ FOR THE
FIRST REPUBLICAN SENATOR TO
SPEAK OUT, IN FAVOR OF
RETAINING THE ACT, IT'S A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF THAT4@4@ .
>> THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
CALLED THE MOST NEGATIVE SENATE
CAMPAIGN IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU AND YOUR OPPONENT,4@ WILL
HAVE SPENT TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, MUCH OF IT GOING
TOWARDS TELEVISION ADVERTISING4
IN MAINE THAT TEAR DOWN THE
OTHER PERSON, DO YOU THINK THAT
THIS CAMPAIGN HAS SERVED THE
PEOPLE OF MAINE WHILE?
>>4@ I DON'T.
I WOULD POINT OUT THAT I'VE
BEEN THE SUBJECT OF ADS THAT
LIE ABOUT 4@MY RECORD THE IN P
@ MY REPUTATION, AND ATTACK 4@MY
INTEGRITY FOR TWO 4@YEARS NOW.
IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER
SEEN.
AND, MY OPPONENT HAS HAD MORE
DARK MON4@EY POURED INTO THE
STATE OF MAINE4@, TO ATTACK ME,
NOT TO PROMOTE HER, BUT TO
ATTACK ME, THEN ANY RACE IN 4@O
HISTORY4@ .
>> IT'S GONE BOTH WAYS, ANYONE
WHO TURNS ON THE TV, KNOWS THAT.
THERE IS JUST AN UNENDING
TORRENT4@ OF ADS, SO AGAIN, LET
ME JUST 4@ASK YOU, ARE YOU PROU
OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT YOU'VE
REACHED?4@
>> I AM PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN I
HAVE WAGED, BECAUSE I'VE NOT
MISREPRESENTED MY OPPONENTS
RECORD. SHE