WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing on Antisemitism on Campuses, Senator Murray Details How Trump and Musk Gutting Office for Civil Rights Worsens the Problem Senator Murray : "If you want to fight antisemitism, you should support OCR. It is as straight forward as it gets. It's like saying if you want to fight fires--you should support the fire department. Well, I hate to tell you all: Trump is axing the fire department.  more

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. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Congressional Delegation Reintroduces Legislation to Improve Safety Net for Small Farmers Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jim Himes (CT-04) reintroduced the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2025. This legislation improves the farm safety net and expands federal crop insurance by allowing   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

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 28 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Mills Swears In Julia Lipez as Associate Justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court Governor Mills also swears in new and returning members of Maine Superior and District Courts Governor Janet Mills today swore in the Honorable Julia Lipez as an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Justice Lipez joins the Supreme Judicial Court from the Maine Superior Court, where she has served  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Hayes, Connecticut Delegation Reintroduce Legislation to Improve Safety Net for Small Farmers WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), joined by Congressman John Larson (CT-01), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), reintroduced the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2025. This legislation improves the farm safety n  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 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and 24 of their colleagues in pressing the U.  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 29 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has declined to approve Versant Power's request to revise its Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) regarding overdue operations and maintenance (O&M) payments from interconnection customers, specifically those operating distributed generation facilities. The Commission rejected Versant's proposal to allow disconnection for customers more than 60 days late on their O&M payments. Versant Power had sought to amend its T&Cs to enforce t  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 29 -- The Maine Secretary of State issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Maine Secretary of State's statement on Executive Order for election administration Augusta -- The Maine Secretary of State Department continues to review and analyze the impact of President Trump's recently signed executive order entitled "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections." The order impacts both the Bureau of Corporation, Elections, and Commissions  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 29 -- The Maine Secretary of State issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Public comment period now open on wording of ballot question AUGUSTA -- Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is now accepting public comment on the wording of a citizen initiative question that will appear on the Nov. 4, 2025, General Election ballot, unless enacted by the Legislature as written. The department's Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions certified An Act t  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Leads Push Demanding Trump Rescind Illegal Anti-Voter Executive Order Senators to Trump: "Requirements in this illegal order would likely disenfranchise millions of American voters...places a variety of other process burdens on voters, especially married women, rural residents, and low-income voters, and communities of color." WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ra  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 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney, Connecticut Delegation Reintroduce Legislation to Improve Safety Net for Small Farmers WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), joined by Congressman John Larson (CT-01), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) reintroduced the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2025. This legislation improves the farm s  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons, colleagues press USDA to not take food away from food banks and hungry families WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and 24 of their colleagues demanded more information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture about the cancellation of previously approved emergency food assistance funding for food banks and other emergency food providers. The  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 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1117) entitled "St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - in Cumberland County, Maine": * * * St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company (SLR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon its perpetual freight easement over an approximately 24.23-mile rail line between milepost 1.7  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Attack on the Minority Business Development Agency Will Harm Small Businesses In recent weeks, Trump escalated his assault on small businesses by signing an Executive Order to gut the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The MBDA was created to assist businesses owned by people of color -- who face the greatest barriers to  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * U.S. Department of Education Directs Schools to Comply with Parental Rights Laws The Department's Student Privacy Policy Office Notifies Educational Institutions Receiving Federal Funding of Their Compliance Obligations under FERPA and PPRA Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) sent a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to Chief State School Off  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * U.S. Department of Education Launches Investigation into Maine Department of Education for Alleged FERPA Violations Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) launched a directed investigation into the Maine Department of Education for alleged violations of the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA). This investigation comes amid report  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

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Booker, Colleagues Introduce Honor Farmer Contracts Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and 15 of his Democratic colleagues in introducing the Honor Farmer Contracts Act, legislation to release illegally withheld funding for all contracts and agreements previously entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Pres  more