Friday - March 27, 2026
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Wednesday March 25, 2026 ( 3 items )  

King, Ricketts Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Provide Mental Health Services to Incarcerated Veterans
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Ricketts Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Provide Mental Health Services to Incarcerated Veterans * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and U.S. Representatives Herb Conaway, MD (D-NJ) and Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) are introducing bicameral, bipartisan legislation to support mental health services for incarcerated veterans. The Get Justice-Involv  more

Merkley Celebrates Senate Passage of His Bipartisan Bill to Wipe Out Non-Flushables from Wastewater Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Celebrates Senate Passage of His Bipartisan Bill to Wipe Out Non-Flushables from Wastewater Infrastructure * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced that his bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act unanimously passed the Senate. Merkley leads the WIPPES Act with Maine's U.S. Senator Susan Collins. The WIPP  more

Senators Collins, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Connect Retired Government Laboratory Animals with Loving Homes
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Connect Retired Government Laboratory Animals with Loving Homes * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Animal Freedom from Testing, Experimentation, and Research (AFTER) Act. The bipartisan legislation would ensure that every federal agency that uses animals for research has policies in pl  more