WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced today that they secured $1,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill to construct an anaerobic biodigester at the Forest Products Hub in Madison. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommitte more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced today that they secured $1,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill to construct an anaerobic biodigester at the Forest Products Hub in Madison. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommitt more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced today that $1 million in funding they requested for the construction of a new Rumford Fire Station was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced today that $1 million in funding they requested for the construction of a new Rumford Fire Station was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,000,000 to expand access to residential substance use treatment in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "Northern Maine is ex more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $1,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill to help the Independent Transportation Network of America (ITNAmerica) increase senior transportation options. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus fund more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,489,000 for health care equipment and services in the Androscoggin County region in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be sign more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,500,000 for age-friendly renovations at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $1,500,000 for the Rockland commercial fish pier redevelopment project in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus funding package passed the H more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,600,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Interior Appropriations bill to support the installation of a PFAS treatment system at the Anson Madison Sanitary District wastewater treatment facility, which will serve the entire State of Maine. The omnibus funding package passed the House and more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,620,000 to expand substance abuse prevention and treatment services in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, announced that $1,725,000 in funding that she requested for the relocation of the Corinna Fire Department Fire Station was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced today that they secured $1,700,000 for the wastewater treatment facility that serves the towns of Livermore Falls and Jay in the Fiscal Year 2022 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee. The omnibus funding package passed the House more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced today that they secured $1,700,000 for the wastewater treatment facility that serves the towns of Livermore Falls and Jay in the Fiscal Year 2022 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee. The omnibus funding package passed the Hous more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $120,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill to support economic redevelopment and community revitalization in Danforth. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus funding pac more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $14,180,000 for nine water and wastewater infrastructure projects across Maine in the Fiscal Year 2022 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "Maintaini more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $2,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill to support construction of Skowhegan's Run of River project. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation and Housing Appropriations Subcommittee. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and n more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that $2,500,000 she requested for the Auburn Public Safety building project was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations bill. Senator Collins, the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, visited the site of the fut more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, announced that $2.5 million in funding she requested for the planning and design of a replacement Naval Support Activity (NSA) Cutler Firehouse was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $200,000 for a new generator for Fish River Rural Health's Madawaska Clinic in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "This new ge more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $250,000 for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office to purchase body-worn cameras and in-car camera systems in the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $3,000,000 to construct and modernize operating rooms at Maine Medical Center. Senator Collins successfully pushed to include the funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. Senator Collins visited Maine Medical Center last Novem more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $3,100,000 for infrastructure improvements at the Loring Commerce Centre in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the Presid more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that $45,046,000 she requested for 12 Maine road improvement projects was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now hea more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that $5,250,000 she requested for three Maine airport improvement projects was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be sig more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $5,810,000 for two key projects to expand workforce training for nursing and other health care professions in the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor and Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $650,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Housing Appropriations bill to support the construction of a new youth center and sports facility in Gardiner. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored the Housing Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that $7,200,000 she requested for the replacement of Dover Bridge was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $700,000 to engineer the expansion of the Eastern Trail from Kennebunk through Wells and North Berwick in the fiscal year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus funding package passed more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that $732,000 she requested for the Walkable Houlton project was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill. Senator Collins, the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation and Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, visited downtown Houlton to review the planned improvements last October. The omn more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, announced today that $750,000 in funding she requested for the construction of a new Washburn Public Safety building was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations bill. Last October, Senator Collins toured the existing Washburn Publi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $850,000 to support the construction of a York County emergency operations center in the Fiscal Year 2022 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into la more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $900,000 to help local law enforcement agencies in towns across the Midcoast region purchase equipment for police officers and administrative staff. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $95,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Services Appropriations bill to help United Way of Southern Maine expand access to quality child care. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "The ongoing p more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that $17,065,000 to support Maine's lobster industry was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee. Representa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,010,000 to install a Commercial Kitchen Incubator in Bangor in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "This n more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,027,000 to establish a mobile mammography service for Piscataquis and Somerset counties in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured a total of $15,050,000 in the government funding bill to improve infrastructure in Searsport. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. The funding includes $9,200,000 to reconstruct a secti more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that she successfully secured more than $200,345,598 for 105 Maine projects located across the state in the final Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations bill. Of that amount, 37 of the projects totaling $99,307,710 were funded through the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, which more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced today that they secured $411,710 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Housing Appropriations bill to support the renovation of Johnson Hall in Gardiner. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this funding bill. The omnibus funding package pas more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced today that they secured $411,710 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Housing Appropriations bill to support the renovation of Johnson Hall in Gardiner. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this funding bill. The omnibus funding package pa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $7,522,000 for infrastructure and economic development in the Katahdin Region in the Fiscal Year 2022 Housing Appropriations bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President' more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $871,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill to support the Red Cross' blood collection and distribution efforts. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "E more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that $12,960,000 she requested for Maine Northern Rail improvements was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $2,850,000 for the Perkins Cove Revitalization Project in the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored the Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $4,565,000 to help promote workforce development opportunities across Maine. A senior member of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Collins successfully pushed to include the funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, announced that $388,888 in funding she requested for the renovation of the Harrison Food Bank & Community Center was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the Pres more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that $394,000 she requested for Safe Voices in Lewiston was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Housing Appropriations bill. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $394,000 in the Fiscal Year 2022 Housing Appropriations bill to support the purchase of a waterfront parcel in Stonington. As the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins co-authored this bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $643,000 for a new mobile unit for Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP) in the Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into la more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced today that she successfully secured $7,100,000 for five Maine public safety buildings and municipal complexes in the Fiscal Year 2022 government funding package. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "As a senior membe more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $89,526,000 to support research at the University of Maine in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bills. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "The University of Maine is at the f more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, announced today that she successfully secured a total of $6,025,000 for three Maine dredging projects in the Fiscal Year 2022 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "As a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 10, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that $17,065,000 to support Maine's lobster industry was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee. Representat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: With gas and home heating prices rising at near-record rates and necessary sanctions against Russia likely to drive prices higher, Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02), Dusty Johnson (SD-AL), Jim Baird (IN-04), and Don Bacon (NE-02) today proposed a comprehensive, three-pronged, bipartisan plan to the Biden Administration to increase oil and gas production and help reduce energy prices. "By making a multi-year p more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 10, 2022: This morning, at the annual worldwide threats open hearing, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, questioned Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director Lieutenant General Scott Berrier about the urgent need to send additional aircraft to Ukraine. In response to her questioning, General Berrier verified that the Ukrainians could make good use of additional aircraft to defend their own airspace. Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today announced that 92 Maine projects included in his Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests will be receiving $136,002,598 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2022 budget that passed by a vote of 68-31. Authorized in 2021 on a bipartisan basis, CDS funding reflects funding priorities advocated for by the lawmakers closest to the projects and  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that $17,065,000 to support Maine's lobster industry was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee. Represent more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representative Jared Golden (ME-02) announced today that $1,000,000 in congressionally-directed spending for the renovation of the roof of the Bates Mill #5 building in downtown Lewiston has been included in final federal appropriations legislation. The legislation has passed both houses of Congress and will be signed into law by the president i more PR