WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Following a push from Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 34 Members of Congress, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan has been redesignated and extended for 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Wednesday. This comes as South Sudan experiences new and escalating armed conflict, devastation from environmental disasters, and an intensifying humanitarian crisis more PR

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 2, 2022: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement of $130 million in supplemental American Rescue Plan funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP). This funding, which is divided into $65 million for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 each, will promote competition and create more and better markets for local and regional food  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) joined a number of his colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to ensure that no Ukrainian national currently in the United States is forced to return to Ukraine during Russia's unprovoked attack on the nation. In a bipartisan letter signed by over 40 Senators, King and his colleagues call for the designation of Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status - which would allow  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following statement by Ben Harvey, chairman of the National Waste and Recycling Association, involving a hearing on Feb. 2, 2022, entitled "Legislative Proposals to Improve Domestic Recycling and Composting Programs". Harvey is also the president of E.L. Harvey and Sons. * * * My name is Ben Harvey, and I am president of Westborough, Massachusetts-based E.L. Harvey & Sons Inc., a full-service waste and recycli more PR