WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced that SPACE Gallery, a nonprofit organization that supports contemporary artists in Maine, will receive $250,000 in pandemic relief from the American Rescue Plan. The Portland arts organization is among 66 grantees across the country to be awarded a total of $20.2 million in funding through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This emer  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced a $249,352 grant was awarded to the Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) for a project that aims to develop nature-based climate resilience solutions for vulnerable coastal Casco Bay municipalities. The National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) grant, awarded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined all 49 of her Republican Senate colleagues in filing a formal challenge against the Biden administration's vaccine mandate under the Congressional Review Act, the official process for Congress to eliminate an executive branch rule. The resolution has been received by the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on which Senator   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: U.S Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Chairman of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, today celebrated the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee's bipartisan passage of his legislation to designate the York River as part of the National Park System's "Wild and Scenic" Rivers program. The designation would protect the river and surrounding areas from development and provide important  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) that will help address the maternal mortality crisis among women veterans passed both the Senate and House by overwhelming margins and is now headed to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. "Providing support to our veterans and those who serve today  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), introduced the Clean Cooking Support Act, a bill that would address the health, environmental, and economic problems caused by exposure to smoke from traditional cookstoves and open fires. The bipartisan legislation reinforces the U.S. government's commitment to spurring the adoption of clean cookstoves around the world and seeks to take a whole-of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced a resolution celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and applauding the role UNICEF has played in protecting the rights and lives of vulnerable children worldwide. UNICEF was established on December 11, 1946 to provide assistance to vulnerable children aroun  more