BRUNSWICK, Maine, March 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), co-chairs of the Senate Arctic Caucus, issued the following statements supporting the decision of Arctic intergovernmental forums to publicly denounce Russia's unprovoked attacks against Ukraine. As Russia continues their attacks on Ukrainian sovereignty, seven nations of the Arctic Council (all but Russia) released a joint statement   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act - a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) - was signed into law. The legislation, which passed both chambers of Congress with overwhelming support, will stop perpetrators from using predispute arbitration agreements to push survivors of sexual assault and harassment into private arbitration proceedings. "  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues in urging the Administration to continue support for the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to 27 million seniors and individuals with disabilities. "As you consider annual updates for plan year 2023," wrote the Senators, "we ask you to ensure that payment or policy changes al  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues in urging the Administration to continue support for the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to 27 million seniors and individuals with disabilities. "As you consider annual updates for plan year 2023," wrote the Senators, "we ask you to ensure that payment or policy changes a  more

BRUNSWICK, Maine, March 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) have introduced the Strategy to Reduce Russian Energy Influence Act, which would direct the Biden administration to evaluate how Russian energy influence can be countered globally. If passed, the bipartisan bill would require U.S. Department of State, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Energy to determine how existing federal laws  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) this week joined Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in introducing the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act which would prohibit the importation of Russian crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and coal. They were joined by Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-Maine), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C  more