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You Can't Have The Legislative And Executive Branch Working In A Parallel Universe...the Partisanship That Has Gripped Washington Has Prevented Us From Dealing With The Issues That This Country Needs To Grapple With To Determine Its Future.

One Difficulty In Making The Senate Work The Way It Was Intended Is That America's Electorate Is Increasingly Divided Into Red And Blue States, With Lawmakers Representing Just One Color Or The Other.

We Recognized In 1996 That, With Progress In The Field Of Genetics Accelerating At A Breathtaking Pace, We Need To Ensure That Advances In Treatment And Prevention Of Disease Do Not Constitute A New Basis For Discrimination.

I Have Been Immeasurably Honored To Serve The People Of Maine For Nearly 40 Years In Public Office And For The Past 17 Years In The United States Senate. It Was Incredibly Difficult To Decide That I Would Not Seek A Fourth Term In The Senate.

I Understand Why So Many Americans Are Fed Up With Government. The 112th Congress Was Almost Universally Derided As The Worst Ever. It Was The Most Polarized Body Since The End Of Reconstruction, According To One Study, And I Grew Embarrassed By Its Partisan Bickering, Inactivity, And Refusal To Address The Vital Challenges Facing America.