WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today introduced Nathaniel Fick, nominee to be the State's Department's Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In his opening remarks, King highlighted the significant importance of the diplomatic role which was recommended by the CSC, and urged more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) appeared before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration at a hearing titled "The Electoral Count Act: The Need for Reform." Senators Collins and Joe Manchin (D-WV) were invited to offer remarks by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO)--the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Rules Committee--to discuss the bill they introduced on July 20th as part of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on Aug. 2, 2022, with 25 senators: * * * U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and 25 of her colleagues--including Senators Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Al more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2022, with 25 senators: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and 25 of his colleagues--including Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Steve Daines (R-Mon more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: In a confirmation hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) urged a top nominee to support accountability in the Intelligence Community by protecting whistleblowers. During his questioning, King stressed the historic importance of America's whistleblower protections at otherwise secret agencies, and asked Terrence Edwards - nominee to be Inspector General at  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today questioned election experts on proposals to reform the Electoral Count Act (ECA) of 1887 and what provisions must to be in any final bill to effectively protect America's electoral process. In a hearing of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee focused on changes to the ECA, King laid out threats the ambiguous law poses to our democracy, stress more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Observer Group, today released the below statement after the Senate voted near-unanimously to admit Sweden and Finland into the defensive alliance following Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The vote comes shortly after Senator King joined a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Eastern Eur more PR