WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and co-chair of the Diabetes Caucus, questioned top pharmaceutical companies at a hearing titled, 'The Need to Make Insulin Affordable for All Americans'. Senator Collins noted that current practices in the insulin market are rife with perverse incentives and are opaque, even to people who have  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Chellie Pingree announced that Portland Ship Yard has been awarded $739,202 through the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration's (MARAD) Small Shipyard Grant Program. This funding will allow the shipyard to purchase a 60-ton vessel trailer and install a new indoor ventilation system. The project is part of the shipyard's moderniz  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Chellie Pingree announced that Portland Ship Yard has been awarded $739,202 through the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration's (MARAD) Small Shipyard Grant Program. This funding will allow the shipyard to purchase a 60-ton vessel trailer and install a new indoor ventilation system. The project is part of the ship  more

BRUNSWICK, Maine, May 13 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced legislation to promote electric school buses. The BIDIRECTIONAL Act would create a Department of Energy (DOE) program dedicated to deploying electric school buses with "bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) flow capability," or the ability to use the bus batteries to power the electrical grid when the  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: In a bipartisan, bicameral effort to provide vital assistance to farmers affected by PFAS, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden introduced the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act. The legislation, which was also co-sponsored by Senator Shaheen (D-NH) and Representative Leger Fernandez (D-NM) would authorize grants for states to prov  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, urged FBI Director Christopher Wray and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram to provide support for the Southern Maine Gang Task Force and  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, called on the Administration to provide Ukraine with swift support. In addition, Senator Collins questioned Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the delivery of 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Duri  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, called on the Administration to provide Ukraine with swift support. In addition, Senator Collins questioned Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the delivery of 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Duri  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023, and letter: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Representative Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.), Co-Chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), are urging President Joe Biden to nominate a new National Cyber Director (NCD). In a letter to the President, King and Gallagher lay out the importance of the National Cyber Director role and stress that the current vacancy endangers America's nat  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan that fell into the hands of U.S. adversaries. Senator Collins said: Another t  more