WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) issued the following statement in response to media reports of a months-old draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade. "If accurate, the draft Supreme Court ruling circulated last night would be a dangerous, seismic shift in which the Court overturns half a century of established precedent and overrides the most basic, private rights of half the nation. "The decision being considered in this prelim more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, issued the following statement by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland involving a hearing on April 28, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request: * * * Thank you for being with us today to discuss the fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Department of the Interior. Joining the Secretary today is Denise Flanagan, Director of Budget. Our focus for today's hearing is the President's $16.1 billion dollar  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, issued the following statement at a hearing on April 27, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request for the U.S. Forest Service": * * * I'd like to welcome to the subcommittee the 20th Chief of the USDA Forest Service, Randy Moore. We are so pleased to talk with you today and hear your thoughts on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Forest Service. Joining the Chief today is Andria Weeks, Acting Director of Strategic  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) issued this statement following media reports of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. "I share the feelings of outrage, fear, and utter shock that millions of women across the country are experiencing right now. If this draft Supreme Court opinion is genuine and Roe v. Wade is overturned, a deeply partisan court will be undoing nearly 50 years of an established right to body  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) applauded the inclusion of his bipartisan bill, the Outdoors for All Act, as part of the America's Outdoor Recreation Act of 2022, which was marked up and unanimously voted out of the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee today. The Outdoors for All Act, which Padilla introduced with Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), would expand access to parks and outdoor recrea more PR