Tom Allen Quotations

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that the most important thing in this country is to increase payments for interest on the national debt.

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

In this part of the world, only Maine gives winter the welcome and the worship it should have.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

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

By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America!

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.

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.

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

Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people

Through their work with fetal tissue, researchers hope to find ways to harness embryonic stem cells which have the ability to become any type of human cell and could provide new treatments for many illnesses.

I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.

Winter in #‎ Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity.

Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation continues to rely on a confused, antiquated system of ocean governance.

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.

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

Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response

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.

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.

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

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

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.

There is no more immoral set of priorities.

We felt like we needed to get on them fast, ... Letting (Penn) play from behind was our goal.

We're not going to win big games with just 13 points.

We're a company in transition with new employees.

Obviously, we have our hands full. They've got a great offense, and we're working our tails off to try to slow them down.

Neither one of those guys had ever played there, but they both stepped up. And (tackle) Mark Crawford, prior to last week, he hadn't played since eighth grade, but he's 6-2, 295 (pounds) with good speed. The whole group is so raw, but the technique will come. There is great upside.

Peter Wiley was both my valued colleague and dear friend. My staff and I are all in shock at his untimely passing.

But David is the starter for sure. He's done a great job to put himself in position to physically be able to play the position. So we know he can get the job done.

I have a problem with the way we're getting to the finish line on privatization. . . . Sometimes, it costs us money. It costs us embarrassment, too.

I find hard to believe we are having this hearing today to consider $10 billion in cuts to Medicaid, ... Survivors of Hurricane Katrina are now scattered across the country and in need of significantly more Medicaid resources than they did before.

He's a great athlete and is going to play both ways for us at wide receiver and corner back.

There aren't as many unknowns. I want to maximize our players' strengths by being multiple.

We must invest in America's children to give them the opportunity for success and to strengthen our nation's competitive edge in the global economy.

Hurricane Katrina was a colossal natural disaster compounded by an unprecedented breakdown in the government response. Above all, it shows what happens when government is run by people who denigrate the role of government in our lives.

I also plan to introduce legislation that will develop a system to measure and document changes resulting from reductions in mercury emissions.

It gives us more depth at both positions. It will allow us to rotate the guys and keep them fresh.

I would like to see our commercial fees competitive with the cities. As a matter of fact, I would like to see a little bit of an incentive.

We feel he really developed in the offseason. He worked very, very hard.

We had our best two practices of the year on Monday and Tuesday. I think the kids hopefully understand the sense or urgency we have now. We just (have) to get better every day.

Traditionally, our offensive line is depleted every year. Seniors usually dominate it so this is unusual for us. We normally have a starter or two back in the skill positions, but we have the opposite of that this year.

We didn't handle the heat very well tonight, but, that's okay because it's a process. I'm not going to get discouraged by a setback.

We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.

When she moved out to go be with Rick, she told me I'd like him, that he was pro-choice and a humanist. But I don't think there's a humanist bone in that man's body.

(Tonight) showed our inexperience on defense. You can't simulate this kind of speed in practice, but, you can learn and get better playing the very best.

We got a lot of guys in the mix at defensive tackle right now so we're not even 100 percent sure who the starters are going to be.

We had the game wrapped up and let up. We didn't take care of business.

We chose this design because it allows Vela the flexibility to serve our customers.

Both CEI and the Genesis Fund have proven track records in providing financing services to support affordable housing and community development projects in target Maine communities, ... CEI will use its grant to supply equity capital for its affordable housing initiatives in Western Maine. The Genesis Fund grant will enable the organization to provide permanent financing for both affordable housing and community facility projects in underserved Maine communities. These CDFI grants are yet another example of how a modest investment of federal aid can go a long way in making it possible for Maine people to address important community needs.

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.

One adjective - kind - is repeated by all who knew Peter. Peter was also a devoted husband, father, grandfather and son.

You really have to go through the fire before you learn handle the heat,

The best thing about our team is we have a lot of kids that nobody really knows about. But in time, we feel like they will emerge.

No matter how you divide them up, there are only about a dozen teams that are a lot bigger than everybody else. So unless you take those 12 to 15 teams and let them just play, you're going to have a gap somewhere.

Every time you play Penn, you know it's going to be a hard-fought game. We've gone there three times since I've been here, and every time it has gone down to the last play or last possession. Our kids really love going there.

I'm just going to let you listen for a bit, guys.

He's just a tough kid, who is very football-smart. He's not the biggest, not the strongest and not the fastest. He reads the blocks well and just makes plays.

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.

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq.

To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.

The Sudanese have delighted me, not only in their generosity and simplicity, but also in their tendency to take tea with milk and not to hesitate to dunk biscuits in it. As an Englishman, you can imagine the feeling of fraternal closeness that this activity has generated.

Incivility is a symptom, not the disease. We've always had partisan conflict in Congress, and we always will. Yet when I worked for a year (1970-71) on the staff of Sen. Ed Muskie of Maine, this was a different place, more collegial, more sensitive to data, more concerned about all of the American people. I think because the for-profit media prizes conflict above cooperation and sound bites above analysis, politicians have learned to adapt to those tendencies. Consequently, our public debates are dumbed down as our problems grow more complex.

The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities

Their offense is very impressive and very explosive. We've got to find a way to slow them down. They're going to get some points on you because they've got too many good athletes and too good a scheme.

These kids understood what is not immediately obvious; that they were going to pay the bills for tax cuts that had been passed today or in the last 4 years, and for the war in Iraq, because essentially we are borrowing money to do those things.

This is all sweetness, but the work force here did this over a number of years. This is a great day for northern Maine.

You've got to go through fire to learn how to handle the heat. We didn't handle the heat (Friday), but it's OK because it's a process. I'm not going to get discouraged because we had a setback. We did some good things, and I'm still excited to see what we can be.