In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.

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.

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities

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

If the parties get too close together they lose their identities, if they get too far apart you're not going to get a whole lot done because you almost always need to have some folks on the other side of the aisle to accomplish anything.

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.