WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation to allow Americans to use '529' education savings accounts for skills training, credentialing, and certification programs. Current law only permits workers and families to use '529' accounts to pay for college, university, and vocational schoo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation requiring an assistant secretary lead the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). CESER, which was created in 2018, was initially led by a Senate-confirmed assistant secretary. It is currently headed by an unconfirmed direc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Angus King asked Department of Defense officials to ensure that common mental health conditions are not preventing young Americans from joining the Armed Forces. As the U.S. military faces serious recruiting challenges, King pressed Under Secretary of the Army Gabriel Camarillo on the need for an efficient, streamlined health cleara more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) have introduced the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act. This bipartisan legislation would allow meat and poultry products that pass state inspections to be sold across state lines. Currently, meat products must be processed at one of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) certified facilities. If that same pr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: On National Water Day, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and David Rouzer (R-N.C.) reintroduced the Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act, or the Healthy H2O Act, to provide grants for water testing and treatment technology directly to individuals and nonprofits in rural communities. Water quality improvement systems installed at the faucet or within a building can provide more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), introduced legislation requiring an assistant secretary lead the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). CESER, which was created in 2018, was i more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Angus King (I-Maine) reintroduced the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act. This bipartisan legislation would allow meat and poultry products inspected by state Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) programs to be sold across state lines. "South Dakota producers raise some of the highest-quality meat and poultry in the world," said Rounds. "However, me more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: In a continuation of her efforts to expand Alzheimer's patients' access to treatments, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, urged U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to direct the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reconsider its unfair coverage decision that is b more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the limited funding increase requested by the State Department for a program intended to disrupt the deluge of deadly fentanyl coming into the United States. Overdose fatalities have surged in recent years, claiming the lives o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and the Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, met with Bath Iron Works (BIW) President Chuck Krugh today to discuss the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process as well as the latest developments at the shipyard. "As the fiscal year 2024 appropriations season gets underway, I am continuing  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the bipartisan Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act, or The Healthy H2O Act, to provide grants for water testing and treatment technology directly to individuals and non-profits in rural communities. The Healthy H2O Act is co-sponsored by Senators Angus King (I-ME), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). Currently, nearly 4 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the bipartisan Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act, or The Healthy H2O Act, to provide grants for water testing and treatment technology directly to individuals and non-profits in rural communities. The Healthy H2O Act is co-sponsored by Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). Currently, nearly  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Angus King (I-Maine), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) wrote the Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Michael  more PR