HALLOWELL, Maine, May 12 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is celebrating the official launch of Maine's first-ever network of virtual dental homes. As a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, Pingree fought for $650,000 in Community Project Funding to help the Children's Oral Health Network of Maine create a community-based oral health care system to make vital dental services more convenient and accessibl more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) voted today to pass the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act. This bipartisan legislation, which was cosponsored by Golden, would ensure that federally-employed firefighters receive the same access to job-related disability and retirement benefits as their peers who are state, county, or municipal firefighters. "Firefighting is a dangerous job and a career of public more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted with 367 of her U.S. House colleagues from both sides of the aisle to pass a $39.8 billion aid package in support of Ukraine. The package will provide urgently needed security, economic, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine as they continue to defend their sovereign nation against Russia's unjust invasion. The legislation also includes funding for refugee support serv more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Ahead of today's expected vote on the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) in the Senate, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is sharing results from an abortion access survey of Mainers conducted in wake of the draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Of the 3,530 respondents, 82% (2,854 individuals) said they want Congress to pass legislation making abortion safe, legal, and accessi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: Ahead of today's sure-to-fail Senate vote on partisan legislation that is substantively the same as the bill that the Senate rejected on a bipartisan basis in February, Senator Collins released the following statement: "I support codifying the abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade and affirmed by Planned Parenthood v. Casey. That's not what the Women's Health Protection Act would do,"  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) voted to advance the Women's Health Protection Act, legislation which would codify the longstanding precedent of Roe v. Wade into federal law and protect a woman's right to make these vital healthcare decisions. The King-sponsored bill, which fell short of the threshold required to move forward, would have secured a healthcare provider's right to provide ab more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Chairman of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, today led a Subcommittee hearing with a top National Park Service (NPS) official to review critical legislation designed to support America's National Parks and the communities that rely on them - including his bill to expand affordable housing on Bar Harbor. During the hearing, King received strong suppo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), chair of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to grow the public-private partnerships that support our National Parks. The National Park Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2022 would reauthorize federal funding for the Congressionally-chartered National Park Foundation through  more PR