WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden announces release of $1.6 million in federal funds for Auburn-Lewiston airport upgrades WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today announced the release of $1.6 million in previously frozen funds for airport terminal upgrades previously awarded to the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. "This project will support the growth and success of Androscoggin County," Golden said. "The release  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Demand Information on $400 Million Qatari Plane Bribe WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is joining his colleagues today in demanding the Department of Defense be transparent with them about the substantial national security risks of the $400 million Air Force One bribe from the Qatari royal family. Just days after Senator King told Scripps News that the jet transfer  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Questions Secretary of Transportation on Rural Airports Program, Maine Maritime Academy Washington, D.C. - At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of Transportatio  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Secures $23 Million to Prevent Erosion at Camp Ellis Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $23 million for the Maine Army Corps of Engineers to prevent erosion at Camp Ellis in Saco. This funding, which was included in the Fiscal   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Secures $8 Million USDOT Partnership for UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Infrastructure (ARPA-I) is moving forward with an $8 million partnership with the University of Maine's (UMaine) Advanced Structures and Composites C  more