WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act introduced by U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to help address the critical need for more Direct Support Professionals in the workforce by improving the data collected on workforce trends. Direct Support Professionals assist with communication, provide on-the-job coaching, and hel  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King announced the City of Bath has been awarded $1,673,000 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations package to upgrade aging wastewater infrastructure on Commercial Street. The funding will be used to upgrade a 50-year old pump system under the Sagadahoc Bridge, replace the main sewer under Commercial Street at the waterfront and   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King has announced that MaineHealth has been awarded $119,000 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations package to purchase a refrigerated van to support its medicine and food insecurity programs in the Portland area. A refrigerated van will allow MaineHealth to develop a Food-as-Medicine program to serve those with substance abuse   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $13,768,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for health care workforce training in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill. Congress has passed the bill, and the President has signed it into law. "In the midst of a growing demand for medical  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the SenateAppropriations Committee, announced that she secured $3,057,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for the University of Maine (UMaine) to develop a doctoral nursing program in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill. Congress has passed the bill, and the President has signed it into law. "Increa  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $1,477,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for the Island Institute in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill. Congress has passed the bill, and the President has signed it into law. "The lobster industry has significantly impacted Maine's economy  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE and HERE for individual high-resolution photos Farmington, ME - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins participated in the University of Maine at Farmington's (UMF) ribbon cutting ceremony for the University's new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center. Governor Janet Mills and UMF President Joe McDonnell were also in attendance, along with early childhood education students currently   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: March 26, 2024 -- U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) have introduced a Senate resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to open a formal investigation into the acts of sexual violence and sexual torture committed by Hamas during and after the October 7 t  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Earlier this month, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the White House as it hosted 35 local elected officials and community leaders from across the states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine as part of its 'Communities in Action' event series. During the forum, Biden-Harris Administration officials highlighted the impacts of the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and Inflation Reduction A  more