WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: This evening, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to call for adjustments of Senate procedures to defend the democratic process against partisan restrictions of voting rights in 19 state legislatures nationwide. Long reluctant to change the filibuster, Senator King signaled in March 2021 that he would change his thinking if the tactic was used to "simpl  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) voted to close debate on both the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, two bills he has co-sponsored to defend voting rights in the face of state-level laws that would make it harder for millions of Americans to exercise their Constitutional right to vote. The bills were blocked by a Republican filibuster - the second time  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) celebrated House passage of their bipartisan and bicameral legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Special Headquarters Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Company, classified U.S. Army units that served in World War II, known widely as the Ghost Army. These units were in  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced $8,225,000 in new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge and survey the Scarborough River and the Josias River at Perkins Cove. This new federal investment comes as the Biden Administration continues its nationwide focus on maintaining and improving infrastructure resilience. "Maine wate  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Tina Smith (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to reinforce and expand our public health workforce amidst significant shortages. The Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act would help restore the public health workforce at the state, local, and tribal levels to support the COVID-19 response effort. These measures   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that four Maine dredging projects in Ogunquit, Scarborough, Milbridge, and Bar Harbor totaling $18,455,000 were included in the Army Corps of Engineers' work plan for Fiscal Year 2022 - funding secured through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law last November. Senator Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportati  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that four Maine dredging projects in Ogunquit, Scarborough, Milbridge, and Bar Harbor totaling $18,455,000 were included in the Army Corps of Engineers' work plan for Fiscal Year 2022 - funding secured through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law last November. "These critical dredging projects f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) today celebrate the House of Representatives passage of their bipartisan and bicameral legislation to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Special Headquarters Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Company, classified U.S. Army units that served in World War II, known  more