WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act. This bipartisan legislation would implement recommendations from a 2021 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, along with a follow-up 2022 report, both of which found Medicare beneficiaries face challenges accessi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act. This bipartisan legislation would implement recommendations from a 2021 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, along with a follow-up 2022 report, both of which found Medicare beneficiaries face challenges accessing  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services received $8,000,000 through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Early Childhood Development's Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program. This funding will allow the State of Maine to expand access to high-quality preschool for c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services received $8,000,000 through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Early Childhood Development's Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program. This funding will allow the State of Maine to expand access to high-quality preschool for   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following the recent Election Day, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) have introduced the Voter Choice Act to support the adoption of a ranked choice voting (RCV) model for federal elections, also known as an "instant runoff." The Voter Choice Act provides $40 million in federal grants to cover up to 50 percent of the cost for state and local governments th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King is joining his colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden urging him to tackle the fentanyl crisis during his meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In their letter, the senators focus on the devastating impact of fentanyl in the United States and the PRC's ineffective policies to control the fentanyl supp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Representatives Jared Golden (ME-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter today to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) urging them to completely exclude Lobster Management Area 1 (LMA 1) from the Wind Energy Area (WEA) for potential wind power development in the Gulf of Maine. The letter was sent following last month  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Read the letter here. Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Representatives Jared Golden (ME-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter today to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) urging them to completely exclude Lobster Management Area 1 (LMA 1) from the Wind Energy Area (WEA) for potential wind power development in the Gulf of Mai  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Representatives Jared Golden (ME-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter today to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) urging them to completely exclude Lobster Management Area 1 (LMA 1) from the Wind Energy Area (WEA) for potential wind power development in the Gulf of Maine. The letter was sent foll  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, in conjunction with America Recycles Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced ecomaine is among 25 selectees nationwide to receive over $33 million in Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) grants. With a focus on low-income communities and individuals living in multi-family housing, the $2 million grant will help ecomaine increase the recycling rate in Maine via a targeted pilot  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2023: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. and Angus King, I-Maine, today led colleagues in introducing legislation to close the carried interest loophole and ensure hedge fund managers and private equity CEOs pay their fair share in taxes. "Our nation's tax code is riddled with loopholes that give a  more