WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Huffman, King Lead Amicus Brief Opposing Trump's Illegal Monument Scheme Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), and Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.), along with Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), filed an amicus brief in federal court opposing Pres  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Leads Bicameral Amicus Brief Challenging Trump's Plans for Illegal Monument on National Park Service Land * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, is joining several of his Senate and House colleagues in filing an amicus brief that would put a stop to President Trump's plan to construct a commemorative arch on federal p  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Celebrates Progression of Camp Ellis Jetty Project Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Maine Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the construction contract for Camp Ellis to construct a spur jetty. Senator Collins secured $23 million to prevent erosion at Camp Ellis in Saco in 2025. The funding supports the construction  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * The 19th: This Democrat built a farm-to-politics career. Now she's working with MAHA moms. * Published in The 19th Long before entering politics, Rep. Chellie Pingree was a self-described hippie, a back-to-the-lander and an organic farmer. In the 1970s, after attending college in Maine, she saw an opportunity to live a more sustainable life there. She decided to stay, and moved to an island of  more