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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Saturday November 23, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Capito, Colleagues' Bill to Expand Alzheimer's Care and Prevention Efforts to Be Signed into Law
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Reauthorization Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-  more

Daines, King, Cramer, Warner Introduce "America the Beautiful" Act
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Bill Reauthorizes the Legacy Restoration Fund U.S. SENATE U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Angus King (I-Maine), along with Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), today introduced the"America the Beautiful Act." The bill would reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) and increase funding for public land management. "Our country is home to incredible nation  more

From the Senate Floor, Senator Collins Recognizes Maine Advocates During American Diabetes Month
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks from the Senate floor recognizing several Mainers for their work to raise awareness about diabetes. Senators Collins and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the U.S. Senate Diabetes Caucus, authored a bipartisan resolution recognizing November 2024 as American Diabetes Month. A transcript of Senator Collins' rem  more

National Parks Chairman King Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Preserve and Manage Public Lands
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King (I-ME), Chairman of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, has joined his colleagues to lead the introduction of a bipartisan bill to preserve and manage America's public lands. More specifically, the bipartisan American the Beautiful Act would reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) and increase its funding to ensure that America's public lands can  more