WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) are calling on the Biden administration to hold China accountable for breaking promises to the Maine lobster industry and provide much needed transparency on a 2020 trade deal - in the wake of a disclosure that China has failed to hold up its side of the deal with the United States. In a letter to U.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) are calling on the Biden administration to hold China accountable for breaking promises to the Maine lobster industry and provide much needed transparency on a 2020 trade deal - in the wake of a disclosure that China has failed to hold up its side of the deal with the United States. In  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), and Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) are urging the Biden Administration to fund critical baseline research and scientific studies to advance sustainable offshore wind opportunities in the Gulf of Maine. In a letter to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Amanda Lefton, the New England lawmakers urged BOE  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter to Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, urging him to name a DDG-51 destroyer after Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, a Lincoln native and master sergeant in the United States Army's Delta Force special operations unit. MSG Gordon sacrificed his life while rescuing a downed helicopter c  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Maine Governor Janet Mills are urging the Biden Administration to extend federal cost share measures amid the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, which are set to expire on April 1, 2022. Currently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides a 100 percent Federal cost share for eligible COVID-19 emergency r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Lawmakers from the Maine and Mississippi congressional delegations today urged Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to include funding for three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the Biden administration's FY2023 budget for the U.S. Navy. U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with Representatives Chellie   more

PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Maine Governor Janet Mills are urging the Biden Administration to extend federal cost share measures amid the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, which are set to expire on April 1, 2022. Currently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides a 100 percent Federal cost share for eligible COVID-19 emergency response measure  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Lawmakers from the Maine and Mississippi congressional delegations today urged Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to include funding for three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the Biden administration's FY2023 budget for the U.S. Navy. U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with Representatives Chelli  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced a $3,600,000 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant for the Casco Bay Island Transit District (CBITD) to replace an outdated, aging ferry in their fleet with a new, hybrid vessel. The funding, awarded through FTA's competitive Passenger Ferry Grant Program and supported  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced a $3,600,000 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant for the Casco Bay Island Transit District (CBITD) to replace an outdated, aging ferry in their fleet with a new, hybrid vessel. The funding, awarded through FTA's competitive Passenger Ferry Grant Program and supported b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: Last night, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a bipartisan resolution co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) in support of Ukraine in the face of increased Russian hostility. The Senators' resolution is a renewed bipartisan message from the U.S. Senate in firm support of the United States' Ukrainian partners in response to President Putin's in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine), and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging him to move forward with the march-in petition submitted for the prostate cancer drug Xtandi. The lawmakers are urging Secretary Becerra to hold a public hearing on the Xtandi petit  more