WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Laphonza Butler (D-CA) introduced the Specialty Crops Security Act, legislation to increase the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG) program authorization from $85 to $100 million per year and expand opportunities for specialty crop stakeholders to provide input into how program funding is used by state departments of agricult  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: To listen to the Inside Maine Podcast click here The Office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) today released the April episode of his "Inside Maine" podcast, in which he discussed just a few of the 185 important projects being supported by over $450 million of Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) secured by the Maine delegation in the FY24 Appropriations legislation. During the podcast, Deputy Direct  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced the Maine Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) has been awarded $2,500,000 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations package to support an energy resiliency pilot program. As Maine faces increasingly extreme weather and storms, moderniz  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE and HERE for individual high-resolution photos Senator Susan Collins recently spoke with a group from Presque Isle who traveled to D.C. through the MSAD1 Adult and Community Education program. During their visit, Senator Collins answered questions from the group and discussed the current issues under consideration in the U.S. Senate. "It was a pleasure to meet fellow Mainers from Aroostook C  more