On the day after Election Day, I sent an email to Sen. Susan Collins in which I shared the following thoughts:
I think yesterday’s election results were very decisive in both Maine and around the nation. In Maine, I am heartened to see that we choose to maintain our freedoms to vote and that we strive to protect human life after the horrendous Lewiston shootings of 2023.
Around the nation, we have seen a referendum on Donald Trump and the disastrous policies of the Republican Party. It is fairly clear that giving people the choice between affordable health care and food on the table (which is what this government shutdown represents) is unacceptable to the majority of the American people.
I also let Collins know that I look forward to seeing her and her Senate colleagues arrange to reopen the government in a way that preserves health care subsidies for those who need them and also provides food and essential services to Mainers and Americans.
Sarah Domareki
Dover-Foxcroft
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