WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: The Senate passed a bipartisan appropriations package that will fund the government at updated levels through the end of September. U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, successfully pushed for a number of provisions that were incorporated in the final bill. "One of Congress' most important responsibilities is to pass an appropriations bill that sets the government's  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - the Vice Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee - which funds significant programming to address the substance use disorder epidemic, issued the following statement after final fiscal year (FY) 2021 government funding legislation was sent to the President's desk to be signed into law. Through her leadership o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: The House and Senate both passed a bipartisan bill this week to help prepare young Americans for careers in fishing. The Young Fishermen's Development Act, legislation Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Jared Golden (ME-02) helped introduce last year, would provide federal grant funding for training and education on seamanship, navigation, vessel  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 22: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after government funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2021 was sent to the President's desk to be signed into law. In the legislation, Senator Shaheen included and supported numerous measures that invest in important New Hampshire and national priorities and delive  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) are applauding the signing into law of their Save Our Seas 2.0 Act. The bipartisan bill, introduced in June, seeks to tackle the problem of plastic waste on a global scale by spurring innovation and finding uses for the plastic waste that already exists to keep it from entering the oceans. The legislation builds on the initial progress made by  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) are applauding the signing into law of their Save Our Seas 2.0 Act. The bipartisan bill, introduced in June, seeks to tackle the problem of plastic waste on a global scale by spurring innovation and finding uses for the plastic waste that already exists to keep it from entering the oceans. The legislation builds on the initial progress made by   more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Dec. 24 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: An interprofessional team of University of New England students will advance to the televised round of the "Greenlight Maine" Collegiate Challenge, a televised competition that pits students' business ideas against each other for the chance to win $10,000 in kickstart money. Morgan Dube (M.S. Physician Assistant, '22), Pablo De La Guardia Criado (Business, '21) and Matt Harkins (Exercise Science, '22)  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSRep) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news on Dec. 22: Congress passed its $1.4 trillion Omnibus spending bill along with other year-end legislation which includes both wins and losses for wildlife. The legislation has some gains for climate, provides some crucial funding for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale and for human-wildlife coexistence efforts. Unfortunately, the bill continues a damaging provision that that blocks Endangered S  more