WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced that he will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Senator King's decision comes one day after he met with Judge Jackson to better understand her judicial philosophy. "After carefully reviewing Judge Jackson's record, attending portions of her nomination hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: In an effort to alleviate the significant backlog at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of 100 of their colleagues in sending a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig last month. The group urged the IRS to suspend notices that are distracting the agency from its mission to address customer service and proc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: In an effort to alleviate the significant backlog at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of 100 of their colleagues in sending a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig last month. The group urged the IRS to suspend notices that are distracting the agency from its mission to address customer service and proce more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Four chiefs of Wabanaki tribes in Maine appeared today before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples to testify on behalf of H.R. 6707, the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act. The bill would update federal law to give Wabanaki tribes the same access to future beneficial federal laws as nearly every other federally recognized tribe in America. "H.R. 6707 would ensure that our  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced a $31 million investment from the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) to lower costs and increase energy efficiency for Maine's hardworking families. The Infrastructure Law Pingree helped pass expanded WAP so more working families can have their homes retrofitted. WAP home retrofitting includes installing insulation, updating heating and cooling systems, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and the U.S. House of Representatives passed one of the most comprehensive marijuana reform bills ever introduced in the U.S. Congress. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act decriminalizes marijuana at the federal level and aims to correct the historical injustices of failed drug policies that have disproportionately impacted communities of more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: More than one month after Putin launched his unjust war on Ukraine, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) along with a bipartisan group of senators have requested answers from President Biden's national security advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan on the speed, specifics, and supply of lethal aid provided to Ukraine. Senators Blackburn, Ernst, and Gilli more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, Chairman of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, and Representative Jared Golden are introducing a bipartisan, bicameral bill to designate a Downeast Maine National Heritage Area. The legislation, which is cosponsored by Senator Susan Collins and Representative Chellie Pingree, would designate all of Hancock and Washington counties as an area with national importance, qualifying the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) announced that Maine will receive a total of $31,245,144 to help low-income Maine families make energy-efficient improvements and lower their heating and electric bills. This funding was authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and provided through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) - the Department of Energy's largest re more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) announced that Maine will receive a total of $31,245,144 to help low-income Maine families make energy-efficient improvements and lower their heating and electric bills. This funding was authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and provided through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) - the Department of Energy's largest r more PR

NEW YORK CITY, New York, April 2 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 1, 2022: U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today visited the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss how the U.S. and international community can best support women and girls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. They participated in a series of meetings to discuss how to protect the rights and freedoms of Afghan women, particularly more PR