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*Maine Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Sunday March 30, 2025 ( 4 items )  

After Visiting Guantanamo Bay, Senators Blast Trump Admin for Wasting Taxpayer Dollars & Misusing Military Resources
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * After Visiting Guantanamo Bay, Senators Blast Trump Admin for Wasting Taxpayer Dollars & Misusing Military Resources Delegation scrutinizes military role in DHS migrant relocation operations WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined a delegation of U.S. Senators in traveling to Naval Station Guant  more

EPA Releases Public Communication From Merrell Bros
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated March 10, 2025, from Merrell Bros Inc., Kokomo, Indiana: * * * To: Mr. David Tobias Office of Water Office of Science and Technology Health and Ecological Criteria Division Environmental Protection Agency 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20460 RE: Merrell Bros. Inc. comments related to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0504; Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment: Perfl  more

Lujan, Klobuchar, Colleagues Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks and Hungry Families
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- 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

Markey, Advocates Slam Trump and DOGE Attempts to Gut Social Security
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Advocates Slam Trump and DOGE Attempts to Gut Social Security Watch: Senator Markey, Advocates Demand: No Cuts to Social Security Boston (March 28, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, held a press conference today to discuss how the Trump administratio  more