WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is cosponsoring legislation to defend Americans' access to medication abortions where legal after the Supreme Court eliminated nearly a half century of precedent by overturning Roe v. Wade. The Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act would codify current FDA guidelines so that women in states where the right to an abortion is still protected can access the medication more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on July 21, 2022: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today urged the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to investigate Chipotle for closing its store in Augusta, Maine within hours of workers filing to unionize. "The timing of Chipotle's store closure in my district is more than alarming, it raises serious concerns of illegal union-busting. My constituents at the Augusta store followed the rules and more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is among 83 lawmakers urging President Biden and United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Becerra to issue a Public Health Emergency declaration to ensure continued access to abortion care nationwide. In the letter, Pingree and 82 other members of Congress wrote: "As we have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, a public health emergenc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Rep. Chellie Pingree voted to pass H.R. 8294, a package of six government funding bills which will help families and communities across America, including the Interior and Environment bill she authored. The transformative investments in the bill will lower the cost of living, create good-paying American jobs, lift up working families, meet the needs of Maine veterans, strengthen our national security, and s more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and House Democrats today passed legislation to codify the right to contraception, now under threat following the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The Right to Contraception Act (H.R. 8373), will ensure that Americans continue to have the legal right--first recognized in the landmark Griswold v. Connecticut case-to access and use contraceptives. It more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and House Democrats today once again passed the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) to codify the right to an abortion protect abortion access nationwide in wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The WHPA would establish the federal right for health care providers to carry out an abortion, and for patients to receive abortion care, fr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and House Democrats today passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which would proactively protect marriage equality for same sex and interracial couples. Although the Supreme Court's recent Dobbs decision does not immediately impact LGBTQ+ people's right to marry who they love, the Court majority's reasoning in Dobbs could be used to target fundamental rights like the ri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on July 20, 2022: From the Senate floor this afternoon, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks urging her colleagues to support legislation she introduced with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and 14 of their colleagues to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887. "I want to express my gratitude to my friend, Senator Manchin, and to all the members of our bipartisan group for their har more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on July 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King and Representative Chellie Pingree announced today that Maine will be receiving $62.2 million from the American Rescue Plan to grow and support small businesses. The new State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funds will create four different programs, including two venture capital programs that will boost Maine startups with fewer than 10 employees to generat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on July 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Chairman of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, today welcomed the Energy and Natural Resources Committee's overwhelmingly bipartisan passage of his legislation to create more affordable year-round and seasonal workforce housing on Mount Desert Island (MDI). As housing shortages on the island threaten economic growth, the legislation would transfer p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on July 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today celebrated the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's bipartisan passage of his bill with Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to give coastal communities infrastructure funding from wind development. The Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies & Ecosystems (RISEE) Act would amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (G more PR