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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Sunday April 14, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Collins, King Working to Open Japanese Market to $100 Billion U.S. Potato Industry
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Coming on the heels of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to Washington and his address to a joint session of Congress, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues urging President Biden to press the Prime Minister on opening Japanese markets to U.S. fresh potatoes. In the letter to President Biden, the Senators suggest that the Japanese agricultural  more

Collins, King, Pingree Announce Nearly $3 Million to Improve Maine Marinas
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $2,922,731 in Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) funding for infrastructure improvements at DiMillo's Marina in Portland and Peaks Island Marina. Funding for BIG is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and was reauthorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Collins, King, and Pingree helped   more