ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Vice-Chair of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC) and Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, today concluded a three-day climate impact tour of Acadia National Park where she hosted U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL), Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA), and Ann McLane Kuster (D more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will soon publish Requests for Applications (RFAs) for two new grant programs - the Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant program and the Seafood Pandemic Response Safety (SPRS) Block Grant program - to support agricultural stakehol more PR

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following statement on Sept. 10, 2021: * * * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in recognition of the 20 year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. "Twenty years ago, the September 11th attacks changed our country forever. Those of us old enough to remember the horrific moment the first hijacked jet crashed into the Twin Towers will never forget it. 9/11 was among th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Chair of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition, concluded a three-day climate change tour of Acadia National Park in Maine. Quigley led four members of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, including Representatives Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Annie Kuster (NH-02), and Nanette Barragan (CA-44), on the sixth Climate Change Tour. D more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2021: * * * The Office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released the following statement from Senator King on President Biden's COVID-19 plan. "As threat of the delta variant overwhelms our hospitals and sets back our economic recovery, I support President Biden's efforts to follow the science and encourage more Americans to take the common sense steps to get past this pandemic - whether th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will soon publish Requests for Applications (RFAs) for two new grant programs - the Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant program and the Seafood Pandemic Response Safety (SPRS) Block Grant program - to support agricultural sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and 11 of his Senate colleagues submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court today encouraging the Court to protect religious educational institutions from discrimination in the form of disqualification from certain programs. In the pending case, Carson v. Makin, the Court is considering whether Maine violated religious liberty rights by restricting the use of otherwise gen more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that 29 fire departments in Maine have received a total of $6,220,151 to upgrade equipment and support personnel. This funding was awarded through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grants and the FY 2020 Staffing for Adequate Fire Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants "Firefighters put their lives on the line every day to protect local  more PR