Time to clarify the work of the US senator | Letter
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Somebody needs to tell Dan Kleban that the only question for a senator is not, as he said in a recent op-ed, what’s right for Maine, it’s what’s right for the country (“Washington has forgotten how to do what’s right. I haven’t,” July 14).
A congressman might legitimately advocate mostly for Maine, not a U.S. senator.
That’s where Sen. Susan Collins has failed us: While tending to Maine’s trees, she has failed to see that the forest is on fire.
Jeff Blake
Portland
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Tagged: election 2026, letter to the editor, senate 2026
