WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * During Suicide Prevention Month, King and Colleagues Urge Secretary of VA to Reinstate Funding for Suicide Prevention Efforts * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), led his colleagues in urging the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reinstate funding for suicide prevention efforts that has been terminated for the upcomin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree Co-Sponsors Bipartisan Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act * On Thursday, September 4, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree joined a bipartisan group of Representatives in introducing new legislation to authorize more than $280 million over five years for national cord blood and bone marrow transplant programs. Authored by Chris Smith (R-NJ) and cosponsored by Reps. Pingree, (  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Receives ANCOR Congressional Medicaid Champion Award * Click HERE and HERE for individual photos. Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video of Senator Collins' speech. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins was today awarded the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) Congressional Medicaid Champion Award. ANCOR, a nonpartisan network of provider  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, King, Lawmakers Slam Treasury for Creating Loopholes In Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax * "These notices weaken CAMT under the cover of bureaucratic rulemaking and give the largest and wealthiest corporations yet another get-out-of-paying-taxes-free card." Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) led Senators Jo  more