WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following statement on March 1, 2022: * * * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden's first official State of the Union address. "Tonight, we marked America's continued awakening from the pandemic. Leading our nation through an unprecedented litany of crises, President Biden and our Democratic Congress have produced historic economic results. The results of the Ameri more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) led a group of 34 Members of Congress in urging President Joe Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to extend and redesignate South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), safeguarding the lives of both current TPS holders and South Sudanese who have arrived in the United States since 2016. TPS status for South Sudan is set to expire on May 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Maine Governor Janet Mills welcomed the announcement that the Biden Administration is extending federal cost share measures to July 1, 2022, amid the ongoing public health emergency. Currently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides a 100 percent federal cost share for eligible COVID-19 emergency response measures to more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Maine Governor Janet Mills welcomed the announcement that the Biden Administration is extending federal cost share measures to July 1, 2022, amid the ongoing public health emergency. Currently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides a 100 percent federal cost share for eligible COVID-19 emergency response measures t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Maine Governor Janet Mills welcomed the announcement that the Biden Administration is extending federal cost share measures to July 1, 2022, amid the ongoing public health emergency. Currently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides a 100 percent federal cost share for eligible COVID-19 emergency response measures  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today released the February edition of "Answering the Call: Maine's Veteran Voices," Senator King's monthly series in which he shares the stories of the lives, selfless service, and sacrifice of Maine's veteran community. In the fourth interview of the series, conducted in partnership with the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, Senator King sp more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a draft National Coverage Determination (NCD) that proposes to restrict coverage of a new class of Alzheimer's treatments, monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid plaque, to Alzheimer's patients who are enrolled in qualifying clinical trials. In response to this coverage decision, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a draft National Coverage Determination (NCD) that proposes to restrict coverage of a new class of Alzheimer's treatments, monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid plaque, to Alzheimer's patients who are enrolled in qualifying clinical trials. In response to this coverage decision, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME)--a founder and more PR