I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations.

President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.

Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001 are eligible for federally funded research.

The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.