WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden's bipartisan permitting reform bill passes House * WASHINGTON Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today celebrated the House's passage of his bipartisan Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act. The bill, which he first introduced with Republican House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) in July, would modernize the National Environmental Po  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * House Passes Historic Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, introduced by Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Representative Jared Golden (D-Maine). Chairman Westerman issued the follo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King's Bipartisan MAPWaters Act Heads to President's Desk * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), a senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), and John Barrasso (R-WY) expressed their appreciation to their Senate colleagues for unanimously passing their bipartisan legislation that will increase public access to all available information about fede  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Demands Coast Guard Immediately Abandon Reclassification of Hate Symbols * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem calling on the Coast Guard to immediately abandon a policy change that made certain displays, such as swastikas and nooses, no longer classified as hate symbols. After originally   more