WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Husted appointed to Senate Committee on Appropriations Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee announced her appointment of Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) to serve on the powerful Appropriations Committee, after Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) was confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The committee is responsible for drafting legislation that allocat  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Murkowski Introduce Legislation to Strengthen American Fisheries * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have introduced legislation to strengthen the American seafood industry by treating it the same as the nation's farmlands. The American Seafood Competitiveness Act would expand access to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan and grant programs  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chair Collins Announces Senator Husted to Join Appropriations Committee Senator Fischer will take gavel on Legislative Branch subcommittee * Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) will join the Committee after Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was confirmed as Secretary   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Preserves $190 Million Federal Investment in Maine's Rural Hospitals and Health Centers * WASHINGTON, D.C. -This week, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, intervened to preserve Maine's $190 million in first-year funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). This program is a $50 billion initiative to be awarded over five years   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 27, 2026: * * * Senator Collins Statement on Passage of DHS Funding Package U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the Senate vote to pass the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding package: "Passage of this package brings us closer to ending the reckless an  more