WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), the Ranking Member of the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Todd Young (R-IN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in introducing bipartisan legislation to help communities plan for and recover from major disasters. The Reforming Disaster Recovery Act would strengthen the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on July 23, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced that the Senate Armed Services Committee's markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 includes a number of important priorities that he advocated for to advance national security and support Maine communities, including the reapportionment of a second DDG-51 Flight III destroyer. By authorizing two DDG-51s - in  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) introduced legislation to help communities plan for and recover from major disasters. The Reforming Disaster Recovery Act would strengthen the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) disaster recovery grants for states, local governments, and tribes. This  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted for the ALLIES Act, bipartisan legislation designed to protect Afghan partners and expedite the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) process as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan. The Afghan SIV Program was created in 2009 to provide safety for Afghan interpreters, contractors, and security personnel who worked with the U.S. government in more PR