WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2022: * * * Following news from the Biden Administration that the U.S. has successfully carried out a counterterrorism mission killing Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released this statement: "More than two decades have passed since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 changed our country forever. In 2011, President Obama delivered a sense of justice  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Reproductive Freedom For All Act. This legislation would enact in federal law the essential holdings of Roe v. Wade and related cases, protecting abortion rights and contraception access. This would undo the damage of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the Supreme Court decision overturning Ro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with Emine Mutlu, a recent fellow with the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Youth Professionals that is held in Germany. Emine - a Hancock native - previously served as an intern in Senator Collins' Washington, D.C., and Bangor offices. She is a graduate of Ellsworth High School and Maine Maritime Academy. "It was wonderful to welcome Emine back to my D.C. office and dis  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release and a July 28, 2022, letter: The Human Rights Campaign last week sent a letter to every senator signed by 170 companies calling on them to support the Respect for Marriage Act. The bill, introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), would repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, enshrine marriage equality in federal law and provide add  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: United States Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Co-Chair of the Senate Semiconductor Caucus, applauded the U.S. House of Representatives passing his bipartisan legislation to improve federal permitting for semiconductor manufacturing. The bill, which unanimously passed the U.S. Senate in January, would help create jobs and strengthen American national security by adding the manufacturing of semiconductors and   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced that a U.S. operation resulted in the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al Qaeda and a planner of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. "When the Twin Towers fell and the Pentagon was attacked   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: The Office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today released the July episode of Senator King's "Inside Maine" podcast, in which Senator King and his guests discussed the significant investments coming to Maine communities from 2022 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS). Senator King was joined by recipients from four organizations receiving CDS: Town of Vinalhaven planner George Kendri  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and dozens of House Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden and U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to extend the pause on student loan payments, which is set to expire on August 31. Payments have been paused for more than two years as borrowers across the U.S. face continued financial strain due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Resuming student loan payments would  more