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00:00:01THE ONLY WAY TO BRING BACK
00:00:10PROSPERITY IS TO VOTE REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER, AND IF YOU KNOW ANY
00:00:14DEMOCRATS, TELL THEM THEY ARE VOTING ON WEDNESDAY THIS YEAR.
00:00:18THANK YOU ALL. GOD BLESS AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:00:30>> MAINE REPUBLICAN SENATOR
00:00:33SUSAN COLLINS FOLK ABOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S TARIFF
00:00:37POLICY AND MAIL-IN VOTING DURING
00:00:40MARTZ -- REMARKS AT A PARADE.
00:00:44IT CAME BEFORE JD VANCE'S VISIT
00:00:48TO CAMPAIGN FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PAUL LEPAGE.
00:00:55>> WHY ARE WE HERE?
00:00:59>> THIS IS MY SEVENTH PARADE.
00:01:06EVERY YEAR I PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE PARADES AND IT'S A
00:01:08GREAT CHANCE TO HEAR WHAT IS ON
00:01:12PEOPLE'S MINDS AND MOST OF ALL CELEBRATE MAINE.
00:01:20QUENCH YOUR AGAINST NEW TARIFFS ON CANADA, YOU WERE AGAIN SEALED TARIFFS ON CANADA.
00:01:24IT SEEMS AN EFFORT TO PUT OFF
00:01:25THE NEXT ROUND, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS?
00:01:29>> I MET WITH THE CANADIAN
00:01:41AMBASSADOR, I URGED HIM TO MAKE
00:01:42SURE THAT ONE AREA I ENCOURAGE
00:01:53HIM TO TAKE CARE OF THAT BECAUSE
00:01:55I REALLY WANT THIS TO GO BACK TO
00:01:59THE VERY FRIENDLY ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT WE
00:02:02HAVE WITH OUR CANADIAN NEIGHBORS.
00:02:10WE PRODUCE A LOT IN MAINE, OUR BLUEBERRIES, POTATOES, OUR
00:02:13LOBSTER, OUR NUMBERS, THAT IS PROCESSED ACROSS THE BORDER.
00:02:21IF IT COMES BACK WITH A HUGE
00:02:23TARIFF ON IT, PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 50%, THAT INCREASES THE COST OF
00:02:28HEATING, BUILDING HOMES, AND
00:02:36SOME OF OUR BEST-KNOWN PRODUCTS. I HAVE ALREADY REPEATEDLY AGAINST THE CANADIAN TARIFFS.
00:02:44YESTERDAY I THOUGHT WE HAD AN
00:02:46AGREEMENT, THIS MORNING IT HAS COLLAPSED.
00:02:53I HOPE IT WILL BRING AN AGREEMENT.
00:02:57THE U.S. POST OFFICE YESTERDAY PUT OUT A NEW RULE THAT IT WILL NOT DISTRIBUTE MAIL-IN BALLOTS
00:03:01AND STATES THAT HAVE NOT TURNED OVER THEIR VOTER ROLLS. AS YOU KNOW, MAINE IS ONE OF
00:03:05THOSE STATES, WHAT ARE YOUR
00:03:10CONCERNS ABOUT THAT RULE ON
00:03:14MAIL-IN VOTING?
00:03:16>> IN MAINE HAVE A
00:03:22DISPROPORTIONATELY SENIOR POPULATION.
00:03:24A LOT OF TIMES ELECTION DAY CAN
00:03:29BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET TO THE POLLS.
00:03:32OF COURSE I MAY NOT BE IN GOOD HEALTH, THAT MAY NOT HAVE
00:03:35DRIVER'S LICENSES ANYMORE. SO MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE VERY
00:03:40IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF MAINE.
00:03:43I DO NOT SUPPORT RESTRICTIONS
00:03:47THAT MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SENIORS TO CAST VOTES ON
00:03:51ELECTION DAY.
00:03:54NOW, I DO SUPPORT REQUIRING
00:03:58FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNING UP TO VOTE
00:03:59FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SHOW PROOF
00:04:03THAT THEY ARE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
00:04:06ONLY AMERICAN SHOULD BE VOTING IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS.
00:04:11SO I DON'T THINK IT'S BURDENSOME
00:04:13TO SHOW A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
00:04:15OTHER ID TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE
00:04:19AN AMERICAN AND SHOULD HAVE
00:04:24EVERY RIGHT TO VOTE IN AN AMERICAN ELECTION.
00:04:25>> WHEN YOU GO TO BELFAST, YOUR
00:04:32OPPONENT HAS BEEN SAYING A LOT OF NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU LATELY,
00:04:34INCLUDING THAT YOU VOTED TO
00:04:41LEAVE SOCIAL SECURITY, THAT WOULD BE A NEW POINT HE IS MAKING IN PERSON.
00:04:44DO YOU WANT TO SPOHN FOR THAT?
00:04:47>> IT HAS BEEN VERY
00:04:51DISAPPOINTING THAT TROY AND
00:04:56CHUCK SCHUMER AND HIS AFFILIATES ARE JUST NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
00:05:02THEY HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY THAT I VOTED TO CUT MEDICAID, WHEN IN
00:05:06FACT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
00:05:12I HAVE BEEN THE ONE WHO HAS
00:05:16FOUGHT TO BRING MORE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO THE STATE OF MAINE.
00:05:21SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS LATEST
00:05:24ATTACK ON SOCIAL SECURITY IS, BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
00:05:30I AM THE AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL
00:05:32SECURITY -- THAT HAS REMOVED
00:05:37UNFAIR PROVISIONS THAT THE LAW
00:05:40SAYS -- ANYONE WHO HAS WORKED
00:05:47FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
00:05:49SECTOR KNOWS SECURITY -- SOCIAL
00:05:56SECURITY BENEFITS, WE PASSED THAT LAW.
00:06:00IT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO
00:06:0425,000 FAMILIES IN THE STATE OF MAINE.
00:06:09SO CONTRARY TO WHAT IS BEING
00:06:11SAID, I HAVE INCREASED SOCIAL
00:06:13SECURITY BENEFITS FOR THOSE FAMILIES.
00:06:16>> ON MONDAY THE VICE PRESIDENT
00:06:23-- WILL WE SEE YOU THERE AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT COMING TO MAINE?
00:06:27>> I ALWAYS WELCOME ANYONE
00:06:30COMING TO THE STATE OF MAINE. JUST RECENTLY I WAS WITH THE
00:06:33SECRETARY OF ENERGY, WHERE WE
00:06:40CELEBRATED THIS NEW BATTERY TECHNOLOGY THAT IS CUTTING EDGE
00:06:43AND WILL HELP THE RESILIENCE OF
00:06:48THE ELECTRICAL GRID IN NEW ENGLAND.
00:06:49I HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED SO I
00:06:55WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN THE VICE PRESIDENT, BUT I REALLY
00:06:58APPRECIATED THE SECRETARY.
00:07:01THANK YOU.
00:07:04>> A LITTLE COOLER TODAY THAN
00:07:08SOME OF THE OTHER PARADES. WE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU.
00:07:13♪
00:07:19[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
00:07:33♪
00:08:06[CROWD NOISE]
00:08:35>> I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD SEASON
00:08:39THIS YEAR.
00:08:46WHEN DOES SCHOOL START?
00:08:47>> WEDNESDAY.
00:08:50>> THAT'S GREAT.
00:09:24[CHANTING "SUSAN COLLINS!"]
00:09:36>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:09:39>> THIS WEEK ON C-SPAN2, WE ARE
00:09:45BRINGING YOU LIVE TALK RADIO SIMULCASTS FEATURING OFFICIALS ACROSS AMERICAN POLITICS.
00:09:51THE MICHAEL SMIRK HONORS PROGRAM, CHALLENGING BOTH SIDES
00:09:54OF THE LEGAL SPECTRUM.
00:09:58THOM HARTMANN HOST THE THOM HARTMANN PROGRAM WITH HIS TAKE ON THE DAYS POLITICAL STORIES.
00:10:03THEN, THE HOWATT CAR SHOW WITH HIS TAKE ON POLITICS, CULTURE,
00:10:07AND THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
00:10:11WATCH LIVE THIS WEEK ON C-SPAN2.
00:10:14SHE'S BEEN NOW, OUR FREE MOBILE VIDEO APP, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:10:23>> DEMOCRACY IS ALWAYS AN
00:10:26UNFINISHED CREATION.
00:10:27>> DEMOCRACY IS WORTH DYING FOR.
00:10:30>> WE ARE HERE AS A SANCTUARY OF
00:10:34DEMOCRACY.
00:10:35>> GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES ALL
00:10:39ONCE AGAIN TO THE GREAT DEMOCRACIES. >> AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS BIGGER
00:10:43THAN ANY ONE PERSON.
00:10:44>> FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY MUST BE
00:10:48CONSTANTLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED.
00:10:49>> WE ARE STILL AT OUR CORE A DEMOCRACY.
00:10:55♪