WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Deluzio, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Veterans Firearm Suicide Prevention Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman and Navy veteran Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Senator Angus King (I-ME), Senator and Navy veteran Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Congressman, former FBI Special Agent and federal prosecutor Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01), and Congressman and Arm  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Colleagues: Get Spies Out of Our National Labs Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 March 11, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Guarding American Technology from Exploitation (GATE) Act, legislation that would ban foreign scientists from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Cuba from visiting or working in Department of En  more

PORTLAND, Maine, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: * * * Dominican National Faces 10+ Years in Prison for Massachusetts-to-Bangor Fentanyl Trafficking Alexis De Leon used a Facebook account to arrange drug deals BANGOR, Maine: A Dominican national pleaded guilty to two counts in U.S. District Court in Bangor today for his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court records, from August 2023 to June 2024  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden votes for Continuing Resolution to avoid government shutdown WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today in favor of a seven-month Continuing Resolution, or "CR," to fund the government and avoid a harmful government shutdown. Without a new spending agreement in place, government funding is scheduled to lapse on March 14. In a shutdown, the president would have broad discretion  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Demands Answers About Cancellation of Hundreds of Contracts Supporting Veteran Care WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) is demanding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins provide transparency into the cancellation of 585 VA contracts. In a letter to Secretary Collins, the Senator requested a ful  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 12 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Announces Settlement Agreement Will Bring $35 Insulin to Mainers AUGUSTA - Attorney General Aaron M. Frey announced a settlement agreement with Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC after scrutiny over the company's pricing of insulin products. Under the settlement, Mainers who are uninsured or who have commercial health insurance will be eligible to purcha  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal, Democratic Caucus Press Trump Administration To Address Consequences Of Social Security Workforce Layoffs WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 45 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter calling on Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek to address concerns about President Donald Tr  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Cassidy, colleagues celebrate AmeriCorps Week WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and a group of colleagues introduced a resolution in celebration of AmeriCorps Week, which runs March 9-15. Founded more than 30 years ago to increase national service opportunities while providing a pathway to education, AmeriCorps members come from all   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 12 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * State of University of Maine System is strong and innovative, Chancellor tells Legislature In his first in-person address to a joint session of the Legislature since becoming Chancellor in 2019, Malloy highlighted the System's enrollment and retention growth, and its increasing output of new talent and innovation necessary to power the state's economy. AUGUSTA, Maine -- Despi  more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Twenty-Eight Leaders And Members Of The Valentine Avenue Crew Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Frank A. Tarentino, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"); Leslie R. Backschies, the Acting  more

ORONO, Maine, March 12 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * University of Maine System's USDA funding 'temporarily' paused ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine System (UMS) learned Monday that its funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been temporarily paused. An email forwarded to the University of Maine that appears to have originated from the USDA's Office of the Chief Financial Officer directs the Department'  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * UPDATE: Thousands Already Benefitting as Social Security Fairness Act Implementation Continues Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) responded to a letter she sent last month, along with 27 of her Senate colleagues, calling for the immediate implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA). Signed into law in January,   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Sanders Blast Trump Administration for Abruptly Freezing All Student Loan Repayment Programs Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., led 23 Democrats in sending a letter to the Department of Education blasting the Trump administration for abruptly freezing all income-driven stu  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Cornyn Introduce Bill to Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains, Counter Chinese Dominance WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the Critical Minerals Security Act, which would help secure U.S. access to critical mineral supply chains and counter Chinese industry dominance. More specifically, the legislation will direct the U.S. Department of the Int  more