WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: The House Natural Resources Committee today advanced H.R. 6707, the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act, with bipartisan support. The bill, introduced earlier this year by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and cosponsored by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), would update federal law to give Wabanaki tribes the same access to future beneficial federal laws as nearly every other fede more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today signed on to the Healthcare Providers Safety Act to protect patients and abortion care providers who have faced heightened harassment and violence by anti-abortion extremists emboldened by the Supreme Court's pending challenge to Roe v. Wade. "Patients and providers entering reproductive health care centers should have the same level of securit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) announced that multiple health care bills she co-sponsored advanced as part of the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act, which passed the Senate Health Committee by a vote of 13-9. The bipartisan package will now be considered by the full Senate. "As we continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential that we work to improve and strengthen our  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to improve access to civic education with a $1 billion investment across K-12 and higher education, to counter decades of cuts to instruction on America's founding principles. The Civics Secures Democracy Act would expand educational programming in history and civics by providing funding for state education agencies, nonprofits, and  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement on June 15, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Cory Booker (D- N.J.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Angus King (I-Maine), Joe Manchi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: This week U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the All-American Flag Act, which would require the federal government to only buy flags completely produced and manufactured in the United States. "American flags should be made in America, period," Senator Brown said. "Today, half of the materials that our women and men  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) announced that the Simplifying Small Business Retirement Savings Act - a bipartisan bill she co-authored with Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) - passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee by voice vote. The bill advanced as part of a larger retirement security package, the RISE & SHINE Act, a critical step before consideration by the full Senate. Sm more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced that the Modernizing Accelerated Approval Act they co-authored advanced yesterday as part of the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act, a package to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) user fee amendments. Their bipartisan legislation more PR