WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Hurricane Season, Welch Leads Colleagues in Calling on President Trump to Nominate an Experienced FEMA Administrator * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week led his colleagues in urging President Trump to expeditiously nominate a qualified Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator that will restore confidence in the agency as peak disaster season approac  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Slams DOGE Attacks on USGS Scientists and Budget Cuts in Letter to Interior Department Secretary WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Martin He, Ranking Member on the Senate Committee of Energy and Natural Resources sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum expressing his grave concern surrounding the Tr  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Fight Trump Administration's Cuts to the Job Corps Program * Washington, D.C. - After the Trump administration attempted to shutter the nation's largest jobs training program for low-income and at-risk young people, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, an  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Investing in Millinocket: EPA, Maine officials highlight former paper mill site revitalization * BOSTON (June 9, 2025) - Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Regional Administrator Mark Sanborn joined Commissioner Melanie Loyzim of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Commissioner Michael Duguay of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Devel  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues to White House: "Immediately Reverse" Damaging, Unconstitutional Cuts to Job Corps * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With the Trump administration attempting to shutter the nation's largest jobs training program for low-income and at-risk young people, Senator Angus King (I-ME), alongside 39 of his Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer urg  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 10 -- The Maine Emergency Management Agency issued the following news on June 9, 2025: * * * Maine Emergency Management Agency Invites Local Governments to Submit Proposals for Low-Interest Hazard Mitigation Loan Program Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is working to help local governments obtain low interest loans (1 percent interest rate or less) to implement hazard mitigation project and planning initiatives designed to reduce risks from natural hazards and dis  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Leads Letter to Champion STARBASE Education Program for Kansas Students * Salina, KS - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) led a bipartisan letter requesting full funding for the U.S. Department of Defense's STARBASE program for fiscal year 2026. Senator Marshall has long been an advocate for the STARBASE programs, which provide unique, hands-on Science, Technology, Enginee  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, McCormick introduce legislation to reduce overcrowded emergency departments * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and David McCormick (R-Pa.) introduced the Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, bipartisan legislation to help alleviate emergency department overcrowding by improving the efficiency of emergency care to deliver better  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins 39 Colleagues in Fighting Trump Administration's Illegal Termination of the Jobs Corp Program * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 38 of his colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to immediately reverse its decision to illegally and abruptly terminate Job Corps center operations which have left 25,000 students and t  more