WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Michael Guest, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: In a Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) warned that the number of encounters on the southern border since President Biden took office will soon surpass the population of Mississippi. "Total encounters under this [Biden] Administration, taking numbers since February of 2021, are 2,735,000 encounters -- a number greater than the population of thirteen states -- a num more PR

RUMFORD, Maine, May 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks at Rumford's 50th anniversary celebration of the enactment of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This landmark legislation - authored by former Maine Senator Edmund Muskie - has helped restore and protect Maine's waterways, including the Androscoggin River. "Senator Edmund Muskie is rightly called the father of the modern environmental movement. That makes Rumford i more PR

RUMFORD, Maine, May 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, visited the current site of the Rumford Fire Station and met with on-duty firefighters as well as town officials. She was also shown the serious structural issues at the current firehouse and received a briefing on the plans for the new firehouse. Senator Collins secured $1 million for the replacement of the Rumford Fire S more PR

BRUNSWICK, Maine, May 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: On the heels of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that details recent efforts and obstacles in reducing methane emissions, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, called for Congress and the Biden administration to step up their efforts to counter the harmful emissions. The GAO's Federal Actions Needed to Address Methane Emission more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Chairman of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, laid out his two long-term priorities for the National Park Service (NPS) that he would like to see addressed the FY2023 appropriations package: increased funding to support necessary park maintenance, and an increase to 23,000 full-time equivalent positions staffing America's greatest treasures. In a hearing of the Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 20, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced the University of Maine System (UMS) will receive $976,496 to improve Maine's digital connection to scientific research and data. The System's "You Can Get There from Here" program, funded by the National Science Foundation will create a high-speed network between the University of Maine (UMaine) and other research intuitions across more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) helped lead a national effort to honor police officers, sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers in Maine and throughout the country for serving our communities with valor, dignity, and integrity. They joined a bipartisan group of 86 Senators in introducing a resolution recognizing this week--May 15, 2022, through May 21, 2022--as National Police more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) helped lead a national effort to honor police officers, sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers in Maine and throughout the country for serving our communities with valor, dignity, and integrity. They joined a bipartisan group of 86 Senators in introducing a resolution recognizing this week--May 15, 2022, through May 21, 2022--as National Police  more PR