WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced a bill today to require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide inmates from jurisdictions that allow inmates to vote, like the District of Columbia, Maine, and Vermont, information on how to register to vote and request absentee ballots. "It is impera more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today advanced an increase in the number of H-2B visas through an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations bill. The provision would give DHS the authority to add up to 64,716 additional visas in FY2022 which could nearly double the number of H-2B visas available next year to seasonal businesses in Maine and across the cou more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, a member of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following statement on July 13, 2021, at a hearing entitled "Rural American Recovery: The Role of Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship": * * * The health of the economy in rural communities is strongly tied to the overall well-being of the American economy. Rural areas hold the vast majority of our country's land and supply the rest of the country with the food, water, and energy we d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced a bill today to require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide inmates from jurisdictions that allow inmates to vote, like the District of Columbia, Maine, and Vermont, information on how to register to vote and request absentee ballots. "Maine is only more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) co-sponsored the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NOPAIN) Act. The legislation aims to address barriers to non-opioid pain management for those enrolled in Medicare, which will help increase alternatives to opioids for treating patients and stem the opioid epidemic across the nation. "Our nation's opioid epidemic has devastated far too many families and commun more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, issued a statement celebrating the swearing-in of Chris Inglis, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June to serve as the nation's first-ever National Cyber Director. The newly-created National Cyber Director position was a key recommendation of the Cyber Solarium Commission, and was one of the 25 CSC re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Seeking to make higher education more affordable, accessible, and achievable for students, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced the Partnerships for Affordability and Student Success (PASS) Act. This bipartisan legislation would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reestablish a federal-state partnership for increasing need-based aid, provide grants to institutions to imp more PR