| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Saturday March 19, 2022 ( 3 items ) |
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As Gas Prices Rise, Rep. Pingree Cosponsors Bill to Fight Big Oil's Greed, Provide Rebates to American Consumers
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release:
With gas prices skyrocketing in recent weeks, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced she has cosponsored legislation to curb profiteering by big oil companies and provide American consumers relief at the pump. The Stop Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act, introduced in the U.S. House by Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), would create a windfall profit tax on excessive corporate profits and ret
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Rep. Golden Presses Feds for More Maine Lobstermen Representation on Regulation Advisory Panel
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release:
Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) called on the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) today to expand representation of lobstermen on its Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (ALWTRT) by including members of the Maine Lobstering Union Local 207 (MLU).
The ALWTRT is a council of stakeholders charged with making recommendations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for addressing
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Rep. Pingree Secures Nearly $1M to Support Implementation of Maine's Climate Action Plan
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 18, 2022:
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today highlighted $990,000 in federal funding she secured for the University of Maine's Climate Science Information Exchange in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden. One of ten community projects funded through Pingree's appropriations requests, the Maine Climate Science Information Exchange (form
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