WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced Family Planning Association of Maine, also known as Maine Family Planning, has received $224,865 from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The federal funding will go towards Maine Family Planning's Title X telehealth project to expand family planning services for those in need throughout Maine. Title X is the only federal grant program dedica more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed the news that President Biden will hold a White House conference on hunger, nutrition, and health this September, following repeated calls from dozens of Democratic and Republican Representatives. Pingree, who also serves on the House Appropriations Committee, championed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus spending bill that provid more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: As the cost of home heating oil soars to record levels, U.S. Senator Susan Collins questioned U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing today about the steps her Department is taking to improve and expand access to the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). Senator Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, has long championed fund more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA) includes a provision she championed authorizing $45 million for a permanent solution to the severe, ongoing erosion at Camp Ellis. The bill passed the Environment and Public Works Committee by a vote of 20-0 and now must be voted on by the full Senate. The $45 million authorized by WRDA would en more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Angus King (I-Maine), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to introduce the Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Ac more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is calling on President Joe Biden to expedite the Administration's investigation into solar panels and cells imported from Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia. In a letter to President Biden, King and a bipartisan group of 21 Senators highlight the challenges the investigation is already creating for the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Chair of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, today celebrated action by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to advance legislation that will address increased National Park visitation, modernize access to public lands, and recognize the importance of Downeast Maine. As part of Senator King's efforts to help more people access public lands by utili more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Chair of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) celebrated President Joe Biden signing into law their bipartisan Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAPLand) Act to digitize public land mapping records. The legislation, which passed the Senate unanimously and was cosponsored by Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), will enhance the nation's outdoor  more PR