WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 66 of her colleagues in the House, led by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to expand efforts to welcome Afghan refugees into the United States. In the letter, the lawmakers call on Biden to provide humanitarian parole to Afghans in need, including to the families of U.S. citizens and la more PR

BANGOR, Maine, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the City of Auburn has received a total of $3,400,000 to address lead hazards in 110 housing units, helping to make homes safer for low-income families with children. Senator Collins, the Ranking Member of the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, championed this funding and wrote a letter of support on Auburn's behalf to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban  more PR

LINCOLN, Maine, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins attended the unveiling ceremony for the Master Sergeant Gary Gordon Medal of Honor Memorial. The Special Forces Charitable Trust hosted the ceremony to honor and remember MSG Gordon, a Lincoln native and a master sergeant in the United States Army's Delta Force special operations unit who sacrificed his life while rescuing a downed helicopter crew in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oc more PR