WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the fiscal year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes $740.3 billion for the Department of Defense and $27.8 billion for Department of Energy national security programs, passed the Senate by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 88-11 today. The House of Rep  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) issued the following statement after his vote for legislation to lift the debt ceiling and prevent default by the federal government. "Just as members of Congress have done nearly 100 times since World War II, under presidents of both parties, I voted yesterday to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," said Golden. "Let's be clear: a default on our countr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) last night joined the House of Representatives in voting to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress for obstructing his role in the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack on the United States Capitol incited by Donald Trump. "When Mr. Meadows was in Congress and we had a Democratic president, he was zealous in h  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) last night joined the House of Representatives in passing the Combating International Islamophobia Act, which aims to address the rise in Islamophobia worldwide by requiring the State Department to create a Special Envoy for combating Islamophobia and include state-sponsored anti-Muslim violence in the Department's annual human rights record. "Earlie  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Just before Thanksgiving, I was honored to join President Biden at the White House for the signing of the most expansive investment in American infrastructure since the construction of the interstate highway system. "From funding to repair our aging roads, bridges and ports to high-speed broadband expansion and legacy pollution cleanup," the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act "is a once-in-a-generation  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) co-sponsored the Humane Cosmetics Act, bipartisan legislation that would help end the testing of cosmetic products on animals and prohibit the sale of products developed using animal testing in the United States. "Cosmetic testing on animals is not only cruel, but also outdated given the variety of effective alternatives to assess product safety that exis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today celebrated the Senate's 89 to 10 passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), bipartisan legislation to strengthen America's national security, support our men and women in uniform, and boost Maine communities. Senator King secured  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Susan Collins, R-Maine, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., today release  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., chair of the Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion, along with Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Rick Scott, R-Fla., Kyr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Congressman Jared Golden announced today that more than 350 Maine timber harvesting and hauling businesses have been approved for a total of $12,348,389 in COVID-19 relief. The funding was awarded through the Pandemic Assistance to Timber Harvesters and Haulers (PATHH) program, which was created by a law Senator Collins and Representative Golden co-authored.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that Downeast Community Partners has received a total of $1,177,159 for its Head Start and Early Head Start programs. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families' Office of Head Start. "Every child deserves the opportunity to thrive, and early c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that Downeast Community Partners has received a total of $1,177,159 for its Head Start and Early Head Start programs. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families' Office of Head Start. "Every child deserves the opportunity to thrive, and early ch  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the STEM Education in Accounting Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish the accounting profession as a valuable STEM career pathway and promote diversity within the field. The bill comes at a time when the accounting profession, like many sectors of the economy, is finding itself with a shortage of talent to fill th  more