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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2021-07-13 ( 2 items )  
Rep. Pingree Announces $1.9 Million Grant to Bigelow Labs (10)
WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced Bigelow Laboratories in East Boothbay, Maine has received a grant of $1,997,178 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study deep-ocean ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change and human-caused environmental impacts. "Two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by deep ocean seafloor, but we don't know much about these e more PR

To Stabilize Afghanistan Withdrawal, Sen. King Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Protect Allies (10)
WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced that he is cosponsoring the bipartisan Afghan Allies Protection Act, to help protect the Afghan civilians who risked their lives to support the U.S. mission. This bill would increase the number of authorized visas, remove extraneous paperwork requirements and improve the program's efficiency during the withdrawal more PR