WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced 18 Maine Community Health Centers will receive $11,171,482 from the American Rescue Plan. The Maine health centers were granted American Rescue Plan funding by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) as part of a nearly $1 billion investment by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to centers  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted with her Democratic U.S. House colleagues to pass the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), which would protect abortion access nationwide and finally codify the protections established by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey decisions. Passage of the WHPA comes just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an em more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins spoke on the Senate floor today to highlight the policy changes embedded in the $3.5 trillion spending bill that would fundamentally change the nature of work and threaten to trap low-income Americans in intergenerational cycles of poverty. "Government assistance provides a hand up and aids families that are struggling to overcome barriers to a better life. Wo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined 21 of her colleagues in introducing the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act. The legislation, led by Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, would address the outstanding issues related to the Administration's rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. "The chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- 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, today pressed U.S. military leaders on their assessments preceding the Afghanistan withdrawal initiated in negotiations between the Trump administration and the Taliban, and the advice they provided President Biden regarding the best ways to keep American troops and citizens safe during August evacuations. In response to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: In a continuation of their efforts to protect seniors and people with disabilities from abusive guardians, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bob Casey (D-PA), the former and current Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, introduced the Guardianship Accountability Act. The legislation addresses many of the recommendations in the Aging Committee's report, "Ensuring Trust: Strengthening State Efforts t more PR