WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, introduced the Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act. This bipartisan legislation would expand Medicare coverage for diabetes self-management training (DSMT) sessions, where diabetes educators help train Medicare patients on how to manage their glucose, maintain   more

NORWICH, Connecticut, June 10 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Congressman Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), and Congressman Greg Murphy (R-Md.) reintroduced the Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development (ICELAND) Act, legislation that would add Iceland to the list of nations eligible for investment and trade in the U.S provided U.S  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: In case you missed it, Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act this week, legislation to direct the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced a Lincoln Academy student, Noah Arbuckle, is one of the first-place winners of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Pollution Prevention Works: A Storytelling Challenge for Students." Noah created a video that features the semiconductor manufacturing company GlobalFoundries and the pollution prevention (P2) activities impl  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Congressman Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), Congressman Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) reintroduced the Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development (ICELAND) Act, legislation that would add Iceland to the list of nations eligible for investment and trade in the U.S provided U.S. nationals   more

PORTLAND, MAINE, June 10 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following statement on June 9, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement on the seven-count federal indictment of former President Donald Trump: "To say that America is in uncharted waters this morning would be an understatement. According to reports, a former President of the United States will soon be arrested for a series of federal felonies including, in all likelihood, endange  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release and letter on June 9, 2023: U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) sent a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra asking for information on the membership, process, timeline, and scope of work of the recently announced Interagency Working Group  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- 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 National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Senator Susan Collis, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Chief of the National Guard Bureau General Daniel Hokanson on the recent accusation against a member of the Massachusetts' Air National Guard for leaking classified documents in a  more

BREWER, Maine, June 10 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks and met with Maine members of the American Legion at their 104th Annual State Convention in Brewer, Maine. "For more than a century, the American Legion has been committed to ensuring veterans and their families have access to the care and resources they have earned and deserve," said Senator Collins. "Members of the American Legion ar  more

BANGOR, Maine, June 10 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks at Maine Veterans of Foreign Wars' (VFW) 102nd state convention. The State Convention consists of a series of business meetings and updates on veterans' issues. "Around our state and in our communities, the VFW provides support to patriots serving today, as well as to their families, and offers a helping hand to those who served in the  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine), and Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) sent a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra asking for information on the membership, process, timeline, and scope of work of the recently announced Interagency Working Group  more