WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Chair of the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee, today spoke on the floor in support of a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown while encouraging her Republican colleagues to remember their "solemn duty to exercise our power of the purse" and come to the table to negotiate a full annual appropriations package to avoid the need fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: A recent report that inflation has hit a 30-year high confirmed what the American people have been feeling in their wallets for months. The soaring cost of virtually everything, from gasoline to groceries, is a growing crisis that affects families across our nation. One of the most alarming increases is in the cost of heating oil, which is up by approximately 60 percent nationally from this time last year. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, today stressed the economic benefits of Maine's recreation industry and the need to make outdoor opportunities available to more Americans during a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee. King specifically pointed to two pieces of legislation under consideration by the committe more PR