WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today asked energy security experts from the Department of Energy (DOE), and the private sector, if they believe there are cyber "sleeper cells" that have infiltrated the nation's energy grid and may be positioned for a future attack. Robert Lee, CEO of Dragos - a leading energy cybersecurity compan more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- 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 top Department of Defense (DoD) officials about efforts the Department is taking, and resources it is using, to curb the influx of illegal drugs that are killing 300 Americans a day. In a conversation with General Laura Richardson, Commander of the United States Southern Command, Senator King questioned why DoD offi more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that President Biden has approved the State of Maine's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for several Maine counties in the wake of last December's severe winter storm that battered the state. Governor Mills requested the Major Disaster Decl more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that President Biden has approved the State of Maine's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for several Maine counties in the wake of last December's severe winter storm that battered the state. Governor Mills requested the Major Disaster Decla more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that President Biden has approved the State of Maine's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for several Maine counties in the wake of last December's severe winter storm that battered the state. Governor Mills requested the Major Disaster Declar more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven this week joined Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Angus King (I-Maine) in introducing the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act. This legislation would allow meat and poultry products inspected by state Meat and Poultry Inspection (MPI) programs to be sold across state lines. At present, 29 states, including North Dakota, have inspection programs, certified by the Foo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today called attention to the potentially detrimental impact Republican-proposed budget cuts would have on Americans' jobs and way of life. In a budget hearing on Thursday, Pingree heard directly from U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore about the how these budget cuts would a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: 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  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: At a hearing today to review the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) fiscal year 2024 budget request, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, pressed Secretary Pete Buttigieg to explain why USDOT has proposed to eliminate funding for RAISE grants and the Bridge Formula Program. RAISE grants  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- 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, asked Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to justify why the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, and FDIC chose to insure all the deposits at Silicon Valley Bank. Senator Collins noted that this creates an unfair situation for well-managed community banks, which will be fo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: At a hearing to review the Department of State's fiscal year 2024 budget request, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Biden Administration to make a much more forceful argument for supporting Ukraine in order to reverse declining public support. Senator Collins ex more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), 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.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) wrote the Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Michael Barr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are introducing legislation that would make it easier for small farms to sell their locally-produced, meat products to nearby communities. The Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act would give states the option to certify custom-slaughtered meats for sale to consumers, restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and more. Custom-slau more PR