WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King, Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today pressed a top Department of Defense nominee to prioritize America's cyber and electronic warfare defenses. In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, King urged Milancy Harris - nominee to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security - to make sure the country's cyberdefens more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today urged a top Biden administration official to invest in storage technologies as the country works to transition to clean energy and confront the challenges of climate change. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, King stressed the "golden opportunity" energy storage presents as the Senate considers climate legislation, an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment issued the following testimony by Rachel Schattman, an assistant professor of sustainable agriculture at the University of Maine, involving a hybrid hearing on July 19, 2022, entitled "Regenerative Agriculture: How Farmers and Ranchers are Essential to Solving Climate Change and Increasing Food Production": * * * My name is Rachel Schattman, and I serve as an assistant professor of sustainable agriculture at the  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today to pass the bipartisan CHIPS & Science Act through the House of Representatives. The bill aims to improve supply chains, create jobs by bringing production back home, and reduce our reliance on foreign manufacturers in unfriendly countries like China. "Over the last two years, we've learned in real time the true costs of companies moving their manu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined several of her House colleagues in writing a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting an update on its investigation into allegations of market manipulation by the nation's four biggest beef packing companies. Over the last few decades, the four largest beef packing companies have grown and consolidated from controlling roughly 25 percen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today applauded the Senate's near-unanimous passage of bipartisan legislation to support U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water projects across the country - including several projects in Maine. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, supported by both Senators, invests in the construction and maintenance of essential community water infr more PR