WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), joined the sixth annual Aspen Cyber Summit to highlight the evolving nature of conflict in the 21st century. He was joined by U.S. Representatives Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) and John Katko (R-N.Y.), who agreed with Senator King's assessments, emphasized America's need for a clear and definitive cyber doctri more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The House Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural and Rural Development issued the following testimony by Dana Doran, executive director of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, as part of a hybrid hearing on Sept. 29, 2021, entitled "Sustainable Forestry's Role in Climate Solutions": * * * My name is Dana Doran, and I am the Executive Director of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine (PLC). The PLC is the voice of independent logging and more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The House Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural and Rural Development issued the following testimony by Mark Thibodeau, regional manager for ReEnergy Biomass Operations, as part of a hybrid hearing on Sept. 29, 2021, entitled "Sustainable Forestry's Role in Climate Solutions": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss sustainable forestry's role as a climate solution. I will speak specifically to wood energy as a climate soluti more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The House Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural and Rural Development issued the following testimony by Adam Daigneault, associate professor of forest policy and economics at the University of Maine, as part of a hybrid hearing on Sept. 29, 2021, entitled "Sustainable Forestry's Role in Climate Solutions": * * * I am Dr. Adam Daigneault, Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Economics at the University of Maine. I have been working on issues related  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) co-sponsored the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act, bipartisan legislation that would give metastatic breast cancer patients access to support and medical care years sooner than current law allows. Metastatic breast cancer accounts for 90 percent of breast cancer deaths, and the average life expectancy from diagnosis is just three years. "Breast cancer is the sec more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) this week led a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act that would provide medical professionals with consistent, common-sense legal protections while volunteering during federally-declared disasters. Under current law, the combination of federal and state policies to protect the valiant efforts  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that 13 organizations throughout Maine have received a total of $8,844,705 to support rape crisis centers and assist victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The funding was awarded through the Office of Violence Against Women, an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice. "We all have a responsibility to ensure tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that 14 organizations throughout Maine have received a total of $8,844,705 to support rape crisis centers and assist victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The funding was awarded through the Office of Violence Against Women, an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice. "We all have a responsibility to ensure th more PR