WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), along with Representatives David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Brian Higgins (D-NY), today introduced the bipartisan Cold War Service Medal Act. The legislation would recognize veterans who served in the Cold War with medals for their distinguished service. Cold War veterans do not currently have a service medal, unlike veterans who've served in other Ameri more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King, co-chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, today announced the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) has awarded Pioneer Broadband in Houlton $5,543,142 to expand affordable, high-speed, reliable broadband connections to over 1,600 households across rural Northern Maine. The investment in connectivity will make a massiv more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) has joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in introducing the Battery Material Processing and Component Manufacturing Act. The Senators' legislation will support clean energy technologies, create jobs, support global competitiveness, and improve domestic supply chains by strengthening America's domestic battery manufacturing industry. "As global supply chains str more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Oct. 27, 2021: * * * U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), former Governor of Delaware; Mark Warner (D-Va.), former Governor of Virginia; and Angus King (I-Maine), former Governor of Maine, today released the following statement: "As former governors, we care deeply about closing the tax gap and making sure everyone is paying their fair share. "Misconceptions of what the financial reporting proposal would d more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: To help improve disaster preparations, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation that would correct an undercount in emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. The EMS Counts Act would require the U.S. Department of Labor to collect accurate occupational data on first responders in order to ensure a correct count of EMS personnel across the nation. Under th more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: In a bipartisan effort to improve mental health care across the nation, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tina Smith (D-MN), members of the Senate Health Committee, introduced the Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act, legislation that would permanently repeal the Medicare 190-day lifetime limit for inpatient psychiatric care. "During their life, people with serious mental illnesses may need re more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, and Angus King, I-Maine: * * * U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), former Governor of Virginia; Tom Carper (D-Del.), former Governor of Delaware; and Angus King (I-Maine), former Governor of Maine, today released the following statement: "As former governors, we care deeply about closing the tax gap and making sure everyone is paying their fair share. "Misconceptions of wh more PR