WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chairwoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today celebrated the passage of nine out of twelve government funding bills for fiscal year 2022. "After the devastation of the pandemic and decades of disinvestment, the American economy leaves behind working families, small businesses, and our communities. The bills passed by the House this   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: Citing recent natural disasters including excessive heat, raging wildfires, and devastating droughts, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today emphasized the urgent threat posed by climate change in a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. During the hearing, Senator King pressed Dr. Geraldine Richmond, nominee to serve as Under Secretary for Science, Department of Ene  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, today announced that he worked on a bipartisan basis to provide the Office of the National Cyber Director (NCD) with $21 million through the Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Senator King has repeatedly championed the NCD, which was a key recommendation of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission - including by int  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, unveiled new bipartisan legislation with Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) to reform the U.S. government's investigation and response to suspected directed energy attacks, also referred to as "Havana Syndrome," and   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Comprehensive Suicide Project has received a total of $849,000 to support youth suicide prevention programs in Maine. This funding was awarded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention & Control. "Suicide is a leading cause of death among Maine youth, and this heartbreak has affect  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Comprehensive Suicide Project has received a total of $849,000 to support youth suicide prevention programs in Maine. This funding was awarded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention & Control. "Suicide is a leading cause of death among Maine youth, and this heartbreak has affec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today pressed Lieutenant General Laura Richardson, nominee to be General and Commander of the United States Southern Command on the importance of providing added stability to the economies of "Northern Triangle" nations - El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala - to curb the flow of migration from those nations to the United States. In today's hearing of the Se  more