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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Saturday March 30, 2024 ( 2 items )  

$3 Million for Maine Maritime Academy Shipbuilding and Marine Operations Program Secured by Senator Collins
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the SenateAppropriations Committee, announced that she secured $3 million in Congressionally Directed Spending for Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) 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. "Maine Maritime Academy provides students with the ski  more

For Vietnam War Veterans Day, King Interviews National Guard Helicopter Pilot
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: On this Vietnam War Veterans Day, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs (SVAC) and Armed Services Committees (SASC), released his latest episode of "Answering the Call: Maine's Veteran Voices." In the 13th interview of the series, produced in partnership with the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, Senator King sat down with Ed Stanhope, an Auburn native, who   more