Gov. Paul LePage's nominees for farm agency, DHHS confirmed
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Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, a former co-chair of the Appropriations Committee, congratulated Bernhardt for his commitment to finding efficiencies but said it would not be enough to offset the department’s funding shortfall.
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“This job is too critical to the lives of Maine people to give to somebody who doesn’t have experience in social services,” said Sen. Margaret Craven, D-Lewiston, a member of the Health and Human Services Committee. “Mayhew’s experience is one-dimensional, and I worry that her point of orientation will be the hospitals. It is also vexing that Maine taxpayers will be now paying for her on-the-job training.”
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