WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: To fight corruption and help restore faith in government, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced the reintroduction of the Stop Foreign Payoffs Act today. The Stop Foreign Payoffs Act would bar high-ranking public officials -- members of Congress, presidents, vice presidents, and cabinet secretaries, as well as their close families -- from earning a salary from or holding an investment in a  more PR

FAYETTE, Maine, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) hosted U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh in Fayette and Augusta Tuesday to learn firsthand from Maine loggers and discuss opportunities and challenges facing the logging workforce. The congressman convened a roundtable between Secretary Walsh and members of the Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine, to discuss issues including logger recruitment e more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, issued the following supportive statement regarding President Biden's plan to restore protections for Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, Bears Ears, and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments: "I applaud President Biden for reinstating protections for Northeas more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: On Thursday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) questioned U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack about the agency's timetable for reinstating the Organic Livestock and Poultry practice rule, which was withdrawn during the Trump administration. Pingree, a long-time organic livestock farmer, stressed the importance of meaningful, well-defined standards for organic liv more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced she is cosponsoring legislation that would make Indigenous Peoples' Day a federal holiday, replacing Columbus Day. H.R. 5473, the Indigenous Peoples' Day Act, was recently introduced by Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA). Maine is among the 13 states, including the District of Columbia, that recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day as a holiday on the state  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), and Angus King (I-Maine) reintroduced the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act to provide medical professionals with a limited, but consistent, level of legal protection while volunteering during federally-declared disasters. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: The Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks (HAVANA) Act--legislation authored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) along with Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) to support American public servants who have incurred brain injuries likely from directed energy attacks--was signed into law. The legisl more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Angus King cosponsored a bipartisan bill to address prenatal substance exposure and improve infant health. The Advancing FASD Research, Services, and Prevention Act of 2021 (FASD Respect Act), would assist early prenatal intervention by providing support to prevention efforts and for individuals and families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Senator Susan Collins  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues in introducing a resolution designating October 2021 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The resolution recognizes the grave threat cyber-attacks pose to our national security, and highlights simple steps individuals and businesses can take to protect their networks. "Ameri more PR