WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Responding to grave concerns about public health and military readiness as the coronavirus spreads in Maine, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released a statement urging the Department of Defense to extend deadlines for ships being built at Bath Iron Works (BIW). "Bath Iron Works shipbuilders know the work they do is critical to American national security and mil  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 19: Delegation wrote to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, urging them to take action to protect the health of shipyard employees during the COVID-19 outbreak. In their letter, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden said that the safety of shipyard workers is "paramount." They also told Secretary Esper and  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 19: Responding to grave concerns about public health and military readiness as the coronavirus spreads in Maine, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released a statement urging the Department of Defense to extend deadlines for ships being built at Bath Iron Works (BIW). "Bath Iron Works shipbuilders know the work they do is critical to American national securit  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: The Maine Delegation wrote to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, urging them to take action to protect the health of shipyard employees during the COVID-19 outbreak. In their letter, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden said that the safety of shipyard workers is "paramount." They also told Secretary Esper and Ac  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 19: The Maine Delegation wrote to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, urging them to take action to protect the health of shipyard employees during the COVID-19 outbreak. In their letter, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden said that the safety of shipyard workers is "paramount." They also told Secretar  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 15: * * * - Maine Statehood Day is Sunday, March 15th * * * In honor of Maine's 200th anniversary, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King authored a resolution that was passed by the U.S. Senate unanimously this week. Maine became our nation's 23rd state on March 15, 1820. "It is a pleasure to join my fellow Mainers in celebrating our bicentennial and the generations of people who have wr  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: In honor of Maine's 200th anniversary, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King authored a resolution that was passed by the U.S. Senate unanimously this week. Maine became our nation's 23rd state on March 15, 1820. "It is a pleasure to join my fellow Mainers in celebrating our bicentennial and the generations of people who have written an inspiring and remarkable history," said Senator Collins. "Our s  more