WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Broadband Caucus, is welcoming an announcement from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that its ReConnect Broadband program will now require all participants in the program to provide high-speed connections with at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for both download and upload; the previous standards were 25 Mbps for download and 3 Mbps  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: The Maine delegation announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a design for a new Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) building at Togus. The firm Triple C - The A&E Group, LLC will design the project. The new facility was announced last year after dogged work from Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), along with Senators Susan Collins  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: The Maine delegation announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a design for a new Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) building at Togus. The firm Triple C - The A&E Group, LLC will design the project. The new facility was announced last year after dogged work from Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), along with Senators Susan Colli more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins cast her 8,000th consecutive roll call vote today, extending her unbroken voting record that has spanned nearly 25 years. Senator Collins is the only Senator in history to have cast 8,000 votes without ever having missed a vote during her entire time in the Senate. She has the Senate's third-longest consecutive voting streak. "Growing up in Maine, I learned from more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 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 top Pentagon nominees on the importance of securing America's cybernetworks. During his questioning, Senator King emphasized the need to prioritize cyberattack testing in order to identify and fix any vulnerabilities in Department of Defense networks. In response to Senator King's questioning, John Sherman -  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: The Maine delegation announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a design for a new Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) building at Togus. The firm Triple C - The A&E Group, LLC will design the project. The new facility was announced last year after dogged work from Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), along with Senators Susan Col more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced bipartisan legislation to promote the use of preventive health care services, like physicals, mammograms and other cancer screenings, and routine examinations. Studies have found that more than one in three adults reported delaying or forgoing health care because of coronavirus-related concerns. Other statistics show that the odds that more PR