WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on April 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today applauded the Senate's 67 to 27 vote to go to conference on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, containing two CSC recommendations to strengthen the nation's cyberdefenses. The bipartisan legislation, which previously passed the Senate in June 2021, invests in American technological innov more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on April 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces with jurisdiction over the United States' nuclear arsenal, expressed concern that the war in Ukraine may erode support for nuclear non-proliferation efforts worldwide, and pressed a top Biden administration official for her assessment of the situation. In a hearing to examine the state of America's nuclear act more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: In a House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee budget hearing today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) underscored the widespread per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination affecting Maine farms and families, and questioned U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on what resources and funding the Department needs to address the issue. "We're finding [PFAS] all over our  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan, bicameral bill to further support Ukraine amid Russia's deadly invasion. Modeled after a World War II-era program, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, introduced in the Senate by Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), allows President Joe Biden to supply Ukraine more e more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, co-led a hearing on the U.S. Department of Transportation's budget request for fiscal year 2023. Senator Collins questioned Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on a number of transportation issues, including protecting states' flexibility in using highway funding, prioritizing infrastructure funding for r more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust has received a total of $2 million to help conserve the headwaters of Kennebago River and its outstanding fish and wildlife resources, including its heritage strain of Eastern Brook Trout. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' North American Wetlands Conservation Act. "The Kennebago more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust has received a total of $2 million to help conserve the headwaters of Kennebago River and its outstanding fish and wildlife resources, including its heritage strain of Eastern Brook Trout. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' North American Wetlands Conservation Act. "The Kennebag more PR