WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in both chambers of Congress to introduce the EAGLES Act to help prevent acts of mass violence. The EAGLES Act, named after the mascot for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a mass violence incident in 2018, would expand the U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) to inclu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in both chambers of Congress to introduce the EAGLES Act to help prevent acts of mass violence. The EAGLES Act, named after the mascot for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a mass violence incident in 2018, would expand the U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) to includ more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King has joined bipartisan legislation to address the nationwide shortage of affordable child care, which is affecting participation in the workforce. The Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act would provide competitive grants for states to train child care workers and build or renovate child care facilities. The legislation comes as families across the country struggle to access avail more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, announced the Appropriations Subcommittees chairs, ranking members, and full rosters for the 118th Congress. "There are so many critical challenges our country faces right now, and we are glad to have this capable and committed group of Senators to lead our subcommittees th more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) re-introduced the Outdoors for All Act, legislation that would expand outdoor recreational opportunities in urban and low-income communities across the nation. This bipartisan bill is being led by Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-Calif.-44) and Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio-10) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Out more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today discussed Russian President Vladimir Putin's key objectives in his unprovoked war on Ukraine as the conflict approaches its one year anniversary. In a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), King questioned Mr. Roger Zakheim, the Washington Director at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, about Putin's strategy more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, announced that U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) will remain Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development for the 118th Congress. "Last Congress, we delivered record federal funding to where people need it most - affordable housing, infra more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins was named the Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees and sets the annual budget for the Department of Defense. Senator Collins will serve in this new leadership role on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in addition to serving as the Vice Chairman of the full Appropriations Committee. "As the Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Su more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine), and Democratic Senator Tim Kaine (Va.) re-introduced the Reproductive Freedom For All Act - bipartisan legislation protecting women's abilities to make their own health care decisions by enacting the core protections of Roe v. Wade and related Supreme Court cases into law. "A woman's health care d more PR