WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 10, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, today pressed members of the U.S. Intelligence Community to improve assessments of "will to fight" after intelligence reports misjudged the resolve of forces in Afghanistan and Ukraine, overestimating in the first case and underestimating in the latter. In a hearing of the Armed Services Co more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, ranking Republican member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2022: House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Committee Chair Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (D-Ohio) and Angus King (I-Maine) and more than 30other members in introducing the National Park Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2022. "You shouldn't visit a national park a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that 10 Maine airports will receive a total of $14,795,574 to make critical infrastructure improvements. This funding comes from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Fiscal Year 2022 Airport Improvement Program. Senator Collins co-authors the appropriations bill that funds this program each yea more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 10, 2022: At an Appropriations hearing today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins sharply criticized the Biden Administration's proposal to eliminate a successful potato breeding research program that supports critical work at the University of Maine. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack testified at the hearing to justify his Department's Fiscal Year 2023 budget. This is the second con more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 10, 2022: At an Appropriations hearing today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins lambasted the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) lack of responsiveness to PFAS contamination that has caused substantial harm to family-owned farms in Maine. PFAS contamination from wastewater sludge that was spread as fertilizer has prevented some Maine farms from selling their products, creating financial hardship for th more PR