WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following statement on June 24, 2022: * * * After reviewing the legislative text of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement. "A few weeks ago, in response to the Uvalde school massacre, I called on Congress to focus on a bipartisan process that could deliver meaningful results rather than repeating yet another cycle of partisan debate and advocacy for proposals that do not have sufficient support to become law. Time a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following statement on June 24, 2022: * * * Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's announcement today of its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The court has effectively reversed the Roe and Casey decisions, overturning decades of settled law that gave Americans the right to access abortion care. "Today's decision by the Supreme Court is a grave mistake. The majority opinion is wrong on principle and it more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) issued this statement following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling: "Today's catastrophic ruling is the culmination of a decades-long effort by Republican extremists to install anti-choice justices on a High Court that routinely overrules Congress and the public's will with impunity. Enabled by Senate Republicans, this shamefully partisan Supreme Court has decided again more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 24, 2022: Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today voted for urgently-needed gun violence prevention legislation, S. 2938, the Safer Communities Act. This commonsense bill includes many provisions first passed by Pingree and the House earlier this month, including funding for red flag laws, enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, increased mental health resources, and more life-saving provisions. "For three decades while Rep more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued this statement following the release of the Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. "The threshold question of whether abortion is legal needs to be consistent at a national level. States can account for regional differences with regulations like parental notification requirements, but the basic right needs to be the same for all American women. "The Supreme Court has abandoned a fi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following statement on June 24, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court issued an opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. "Today's decision to overturn nearly half a century of precedent upon precedent is a dangerous, blatantly political ruling that will rob millions of women the fundamental right to make decisions about their own health, safety, and lives. The right to a safe, legal abortion has been reaffirmed by the Cou more PR