WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: Ahead of today's House Education and Labor Committee hearing on removing barriers to organizing, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) reiterated her support for workers pursuing unionization in Maine and across the country, drawing attention to Chipotle's union-busting tactics in Augusta: "This summer, Chipotle abruptly closed a store in my district within weeks of workers filing to u more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today called attention to the suspicious and potentially illegal union-busting tactics in Maine by multi-billion-dollar chains Chipotle and Starbucks. In a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on removing barriers to organizing, fellow New England Representative Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) raised Pingree's concerns, asking former National Labor Re more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $385 million in nine projects that will benefit Maine's forest products and agriculture industries while helping to combat climate change. The grants, which were awarded under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodit more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $385 million in nine projects that will benefit Maine's forest products and agriculture industries while helping to combat climate change. The grants, which were awarded under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, today urged the Pentagon's top nuclear nominee to ensure the United States' nuclear arsenal and deterrents are adapting to confront evolving threats. In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, King questioned U.S. Air Force General Anthony Cotton, nominee to be Commander of United States S more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Joe Courtney (CT-02) led a coalition of representatives from the New England Congressional Delegations in writing to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees, urging them to include additional funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the upcoming government funding package. As winter approaches, funding for LIHEAP is important for ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) today introduced legislation to remove barriers and inequities from federally funded physician residency programs. The bipartisan Fair Access in Residency (FAIR) Act, which is strongly supported by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) as well as the University of New England College of Medicine (U more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Health Committee, participated in a hearing titled, "Stopping the Spread of Monkeypox: Examining the Federal Response." This was the Committee's first hearing to examine the federal government's response to the monkeypox outbreak. Witnesses included Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Dr. Rochelle Wal more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: In an effort to provide a permanent fix to the severe erosion at Camp Ellis, U.S. Senator Susan Collins and U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to urge them to preserve a provision for Camp Ellis that they advocated for in the Water Resources Development Act more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: In an effort to provide a permanent fix to the severe erosion at Camp Ellis, U.S. Senator Susan Collins and U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to urge them to preserve a provision for Camp Ellis that they advocated for in the Water Resources Development Act  more PR

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King, Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today applauded the Senate's unanimous confirmation of Cape Elizabeth resident Nathaniel Fick to be the State's Department's first -ever Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy. In the role, which was recommended by the CSC, Fick will coordinate America's international response to cyberthreat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $385 million in nine projects that will benefit Maine's forest products and agriculture industries while helping to combat climate change. The grants, which were awarded under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commod more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, issued the following statement on Sept. 15, 2022: * * * Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) released the following statement. "The Respect for Marriage Act is a simple but important step which provides certainty to millions of Americans in loving marriages. "Through bipartisan collaboration, we've crafted commonsense language that respects rel more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) have introduced bipartisan legislation to help keep America's national defenses keep up with rapidly changing technologies. The American Defense Programs, Logistics, and Acquisitions for our Nation's Security (American Defense PLANS) Act would study the Department of Defense's (DOD) acqui more PR