WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Congressman Jared Golden announced that the government funding bill that was signed into law last night included $1 billion in supplemental appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides funding to help low-income households pay their energy bills. In total, the government funding bill included $5 billion for LIHEAP, which brings the tot more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Angus King and a bipartisan group of his Senate colleagues are urging U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young to prioritize resources for the northern border as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 President's Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In a letter, the senators outlined the need to resume normal operating hours at the northe more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), senior member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) sent a letter just before the holiday season to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy calling on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to implement proven best practices to address the workforce shortage impacting retention and causing significant service delays. The more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and longtime champion of children's online privacy protections, led his colleagues Senators Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) in celebrating passage of the CAMRA Act in the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus package. The CAMRA Act directs the National Institutes of Health (N more PR