WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Welch, King Introduce Bicameral States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act to Improve Interstate Health Care Workforce Licensing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act, bipartisan legislation to improve inter  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden decries Trump order restricting collective bargaining, will introduce legislation to reverse it WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement today regarding President Trump's executive order seeking to end collective bargaining rights for unionized federal employees across several agencies: "The right for workers to collectively bargain is sacrosanct and any  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Tells DoD Nominee: Commit to Research and Development Because "Technology Wins Wars" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King urged the Department of Defense (DoD) to commit significantly more attention to advancements in technology that reduce costs and win wars. In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), King also pressed the DoD on what it is doing to combat brain trau  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree, Dean Demand Answers from State Department on Exchange Programs Funding Freeze Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) led 46 Members of Congress in demanding answers from U.S. Department of State Secretary Marco Rubio on the ongoing grant disbursement freeze of educational and cultural exchange programs. The letter to Secretary Rubio follows   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree, Merkley: EPA's Elimination of Scientific Research Arm Threatens Clean Air and Water for All Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are sounding the alarm over the EPA's illegal plans to dismantle the Office of Research and Development (ORD) and  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree: Trump's Latest Assault on Worker Rights is Explicit Union Busting In a statement on Friday, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree condemned President Trump's Executive Order to strip collective bargaining rights from workers across the federal government, calling the move explicit union busting that threatens the livelihoods of thousands of Maine workers: President Trump's E  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan and Peters Introduce Resolution to Preserve Independent USPS WASHINGTON --U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced a bipartisan resolution to support the independence and critical public service mission of the United States Postal Service, emphasizing the essential role the Postal Service has played in connecting and serving Americans, especially in rural co  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Blackburn, King Introduce Bicameral States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act to Improve Interstate Health Care Workforce Licensing WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act, bipartisan legislation to improve intersta  more