WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: The Senate unanimously passed the Access to Baby Formula Act, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME). The bill--which now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law--would help alleviate the nationwide shortage of baby formula by requiring major formula manufacturers to develop action plans and provide FDA and USDA with flexibility more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and letter on May 19, 2022: The Senate unanimously passed the Access to Baby Formula Act, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME). The bill--which now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law--would help alleviate the nationwide shortage of baby formula by requiring major formula manufacturers to develop action plans and provide FDA and USDA more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), joined by Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-02), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), Tony Gonzales (TX-23), and 18 bipartisan members of Congress, put new pressure on the Biden Administration today to reverse its decision to lift the Title 42 public health order and to help bring Golden's Public Health and Border Security Act of 2022 to the House and Senate Floor for a vote. "Until the Adm more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: In a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies hearing on Thursday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) pressed FDA Commissioner Robert Califf for answers on the FDA's timeline for making the COVID vaccine available to children age 5 and younger. "I totally understand and appreciate how important it is to evaluate s more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to stop price gouging at gas pumps. The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, introduced by Reps. Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-Wash.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif), would give the President the power to issue an Energy Emergency Declaration that would make it unlawful to increase gasoline and home energy fuel prices i more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- 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 Maine will receive more than $31 million to rehabilitate and replace bridges across the state. This funding, which was provided through the Federal Highway Administration, was authorized by the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations law that Senator Collins co-authored. This  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release and letter on May 19, 2022: Amid the nationwide scarcity of baby formula, U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and a bipartisan group of her colleagues are introducing legislation and pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for answers to help alleviate shortfalls that families are experiencing. Senator Collins is an original co-sponsor of the Access to Baby Formula Act. This bipartisan bill would more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and letter on May 19, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today called on President Joe Biden to address the national shortage of baby formula and swiftly develop a coordinated strategy that can get the life-sustaining product back on shelves as soon as possible. In a letter to the President, King joined more than thirty of his Senate colleagues in urging the administration to immediately assign a coord more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today urged Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to expedite federal consideration of the University of Maine's offshore wind research program to ensure timely research into both the economic opportunities of the technology and potential impacts on other key industries, including fisheries. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) voted to pass additional funding that will help Ukraine continue to resist Russia's unprovoked and brutal invasion. The legislation passed by a widely bipartisan margin of 86 to 11, and will deliver significant resources in the months ahead to strengthen Ukrainian defenses and provide much-needed humanitarian relief for the Ukrainians who are displaced or u more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced a $24.2 million investment from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support under-served and economically disadvantaged communities across the State of Maine to conduct brownfields assessments and clean up abandoned industrial and commercial properties. "We welcome this funding from the EPA's Brownfields Programs, which will help more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced a $24.2 million investment from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support under-served and economically disadvantaged communities across the State of Maine to conduct brownfields assessments and clean up abandoned industrial and commercial properties. "We welcome this funding from the EPA's Brownfields Programs, which will hel more PR