WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Jared Golden (ME-02) opposed recently announced plans to close the Maine Veterans' Homes (MVH) in Machias and Caribou. In a letter to the MVH Board, the Members of Congress urged the board to engage with the congressional delegation, the governor, and state lawmakers to identify other options that would  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and U.S. Representatives Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., and Trent Kelly, R-Miss., joined lawmakers from the Maine congressional delegation in a letter urging Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to include funding for three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in next year's FY2023 budget. "As you work to finalize the Department of the Navy's FY 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: On Monday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) denounced the U.S. Supreme Court case West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a Republican-led case challenging the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases and address the climate crisis. The baseless hearing comes on the same day the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a major new scientific report  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that Maine will receive $28 million to expand broadband services across the state. This funding was provided through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Broadband Infrastructure Program and authorized through the bipartisan COVID-19 relie more PR

BANGOR, Maine, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) issued this statement on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. "Ketanji Brown Jackson is an experienced federal judge with impressive academic and legal credentials. "I will conduct a thorough vetting of Judge Jackson's nomination and look forward to her public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee and to meeting with her in my office." more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: On October 3, 1993, during the Battle of Mogadishu, U.S. Army Master Sergeant Gary Gordon--a native of Lincoln, Maine--gave his life to save the crew of a Black Hawk helicopter that had been shot down over the city. Realizing that the injured crew could not survive an advance of enemy forces with only aerial coverage, MSG Gordon requested that his helicopter mission commander deposit him on the ground to d more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2022: The Office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today released the February episode of Senator King's "Inside Maine" podcast outlining the needed investments coming to Maine from the American Rescue Plan and Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Senator King was joined by Maine Governor Janet Mills, and Andrew Butcher, President of the newly-formed Maine Connectivity Authority responsible for e more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is introducing legislation to cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin nationwide - building on a Maine law that caps out-of-pocket insulin costs for those with state-regulated commercial insurance. The Affordable Insulin Now Act will require Medicare and private plans to make sure no patients' out-of-pocket costs for insulin exceed $35 per month - the same cap as Maine - lo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced legislation today that would codify the abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade (1973) and affirmed by Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). The Senators will also file their bill, titled the Reproductive Choice Act (RCA), as an amendment to the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), which the Senate will attempt to ta more PR