WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: 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 and the Senate and no more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: 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 Subcommittee, Senator Collins co- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-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 Subcommittee more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Angus King announced that $357,000 in funding they requested for the Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) to expand online education opportunities was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee. The omnibus funding package passed  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Angus King announced that $357,000 in funding they requested for the Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) to expand online education opportunities was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee. The omnibus funding package passed the House and the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: 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 passed the House and the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: A bipartisan group of 8 Republicans and 7 Democrats today called on the Biden Administration to ramp up the transfer of further defense materiel to Ukraine, strengthen sanctions, and bolster humanitarian aid. The representatives specifically called on the Administration to work with NATO allies to provide the S-300 surface-to-air missile system, an air defense system both Ukraine and some NATO allies have in  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 15 2022: The Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill signed into law today included a provision Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) fought for to fund two DDG-51 destroyers. The inclusion of the funding in the spending bill finalizes the reversal of the Biden Administration's proposal to cut production of DDG-51 destroyers -- the ships built at Bath Iron Works -- down to only a single ship this year more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: 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. Representative Pingree is a seni more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) and U.S. Congressmen Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) led 30 of their Congressional colleagues in potato-producing states in a bipartisan, bicameral letter calling on the USDA to press its counter-agency in Mexico to honor and expedite the U.S.-Mexico trade deal restoring U.S. fresh potato exports to Mexico. Despite more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus includes $475 million to support the Dry Dock #1 modernization project at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery. This funding includes $250 million for military construction for the dry dock requ more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus includes funding for which she strongly advocated to construct two DDG-51 destroyers. The omnibus passed the House and the Senate. President Biden is scheduled to sign the legislation into law this afternoon. The legislation more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Following a successful bipartisan effort co-led by U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), a member of the Senate Health Committee, the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus appropriations package included a provision that will clarify the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ability to regulate products containing synthetic nicotine as tobacco products. The omnibus passed the House and the Senate and now heads to the Pres more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, today pressed a top Pentagon official for his assessment of the benefits and drawbacks of returning to a nuclear deal with Iran. In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, King asked General Kenneth McKenzie - Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) - if a renewed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Act more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) and U.S. Congressmen Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) led 30 of their Congressional colleagues in potato-producing states in a bipartisan, bicameral letter calling on the USDA to press its counter-agency in Mexico to honor and expedite the U.S.-Mexico trade deal restoring U.S. fresh potato exports to Mexico. Despite  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke on the Senate floor following the Senate's passage of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 (S. 623). The bill would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the country starting in 2023. In 2018, Florida legislature's enacted year-round DST. However, for Florida's change to apply, a change in the federal statute is required. Nineteen other state more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King celebrated the Senate's unanimous passage of a resolution designating March 27, 2022 as "Maine Maple Sunday." The resolution, which was authored and introduced by the two Maine Senators, recognizes the importance of Maine maple syrup production to the state's communities, economy, and culture. "Maine is proud to be the one of the country's largest maple syrup pr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King celebrated the Senate's unanimous passage of a resolution designating March 27, 2022 as "Maine Maple Sunday." The resolution, which was authored and introduced by the two Maine Senators, recognizes the importance of Maine maple syrup production to the state's communities, economy, and culture. "Maine is proud to be the one of the country's largest maple syrup p more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-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 in th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the Chair and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Parks, are urging the Biden administration to provide information on the impact of increased National Park visitation on the parks, visitors, and local communities. In a letter to National Parks Service Director Charles Sams, the Senators call for a Congressional briefing on the imp more PR