WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representative Jared Golden are cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to protect locally-owned radio broadcasters from costly red tape and financial hardship. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA) declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charges that create financial difficulties for small, independent radio statio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) questioned U.S. leaders and experts in the nuclear energy field about the need and timeline for centralized nuclear waste storage. Pointing to nuclear waste storage at the former Maine Yankee power plant, Senator King highlighted waste build-up as fundamental problem which needs to be addressed. Senator  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: In a bipartisan, bicameral effort to provide vital assistance to farmers affected by PFAS, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden introduced the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act. The legislation, which was also co-sponsored by Senator Shaheen (D-NH) and Representative Leger Fernandez (D-NM) would authorize grants for states to provide financial  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: In a bipartisan, bicameral effort to provide vital assistance to farmers affected by PFAS, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden introduced the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act. The legislation, which was also co-sponsored by Senator Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Representative Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) would authorize grants for states to provide financi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: Following troubling reports that affordable housing complexes in Maine may lose federal protections, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take action that will safeguard critical housing. "We understand and appreciate that USDA RD is working to prioritize Section 515 properties for preservation,"  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: Following troubling reports that affordable housing complexes in Maine may lose federal protections, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take action that will safeguard critical housing. "We understand and appreciate that USDA RD is working to prioritize Section 515 properties for preservation," Pi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: At the request of officials representing Portland, U.S. Senator Susan Collins sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, urging DHS to halt sending asylum seekers from the southern border if they lack a verified destination address. DHS's practice of facilitating the movement of asylum seekers without confirming that the destination city has resources a more PR