WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Severe Weather Season, King and Colleagues Call on White House to Nominate an Experienced FEMA Administrator * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With Maine facing a severe weather season, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) joined his colleagues calling on the White House to nominate an experienced Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator. In a letter to President Donald Trump, King and his  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Golden grills Navy Secretary over potential lapse in destroyer procurement that could cost jobs at BIW * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today questioned the Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations on the lack of procurement funding for DDG-51 destroyers in their FY26 budget request. These ships are built at Bath Iron Works, and a lack of procurement would harm domest  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Spars with Interior Secretary Over Harmful, Arbitrary Budget Cuts to National Parks * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, Senator Angus King (I-ME), co-chair of the National Parks Subcommittee, demanded answers from Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum as to why the National Park Service's (NPS) budget is being cut by $1.2   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King: Modern, Cost-Effective Weapons Systems Should be Deployed in Red Sea, Future Conflicts * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke with Secretary of the Navy John Phelan and raised the importance of properly funding cutting-edge directed energy programs -- the class of weapons systems that use electromagnetic  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Presses Secretary of Defense on Inadequate Shipbuilding Budget Request, PNSY Hiring Delays Washington, D.C. - At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget request for the Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of Defense Pete He  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Speaks at 2025 Alzheimer's Impact Movement Advocacy Forum * Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video from the event. Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, delivered remarks at the 2025  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Durbin Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Help Runaway and Homeless Youth * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Dick Durbin (D-IL), introduced the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2025. This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize key federal grant programs to provide community-based programs with funding to help thou  more