WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) reintroduced their bipartisan Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act that would improve diabetic patients' access to therapeutic shoes by allowing nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician associates/physician assistants (PAs) - who often act as sole primary care providers for many patients with diabetes - to prescribe this important treatment metho more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023, and letter: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) sent a letter yesterday to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) urging the agency to release additional information on its investigation protocol and how it shares findings with the public regarding the causes of a recent increase in whale strandings along the Atlantic Coast. "...In the past two months alone, the Marine Mammal more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, who recently met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv, questioned top experts on the impact of international sanctions aimed at punishing Russia for Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), King highlighted the relatively underwhelming impact of sanctions on the Russian economy and asked Dr. Angela Stent - D more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is calling for the Biden administration to limit the sale and availability of short-term, "junk" healthcare plans that offer insufficient coverage to Maine people. In a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, King and 34 of his colleagues call for the Administration to limit the sale and availability of short-term, limited-du more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden welcomed $17,961,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for Maine through the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support Maine communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: The bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) urging the Biden Administration to provide F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine grew to 16 Members as Kiev continues its fight against Russia's unprovoked and brutal invasion one year into the conflict. "...[W]e write to respectfully request that your Administration provide Ukraine with increased air superiority capability, inclu more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins ( more PR

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing their oversight efforts around the Chinese spy balloon, U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair and Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today sent a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to take decisive action to prevent future violations of U.S. airspace. "We write today in response to recent events of the China spy balloon and ot more PR