WASHINGTON, March 30 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata testified last week before key lawmakers of the Appropriations Committee to emphasize American Samoa's appropriations situation, while expressing concern about the new challenges faced as a fishing-based economy. "Tuna is to American Samoa, what the potato is to Idaho and the lobster is to Maine - without them our economies and identit more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit smoking at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The legislation would repeal an antiquated 1992 law that requires the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to furnish and maintain designated indoor or outdoor smoking areas. Supported by the VA, the bill would bring the Department in line with sm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today reintroduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA), comprehensive legislation that sets a bold vision of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in U.S. agricult more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Armed Services Committee, voted with a bipartisan group of 65 colleagues to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs). If passed by the House and signed by the President, the bill would formally end the Gulf and Iraq wars, and reassert Congress' Constitutional role in committing our country to war. The 1991 and 2002 AUMFs--which pa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: In honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs (SVAC) and Armed Services Committees (SASC), released his latest episode of "Answering the Call: Maine's Veteran Voices." In the 10th interview of the series, produced in partnership with the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, Senator King sat down with N more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology unanimously passed Congresswoman Chellie Pingree's (D-Maine) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023, setting the legislation up for a House vote this Congress. Pingree, who is ranking member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, released the following statement on the committee's decision: "Oc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter on March 29, 2023: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined more than 90 of her colleagues in the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC), led by Chair Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), in pushing the Biden Administration to do more to ensure that insurers follow the law and comply with the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraception coverage requirements that guarantee women can get FDA-approved birth control  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- 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, once again raised the issue of PFAS with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, encouraging him to continue to focus on additional research to assist farmers who have been harmed by these forever chemicals. Secretary Vilsack was testifying at an Agricultur more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, touted legislation she introduced with Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act, which would shorten the waiting period before asylum seekers more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: The Senate last night passed a resolution introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recognizing March as Women's History Month. "Women's history month is a chance to celebrate the remarkable achievements made by women throughout our nation's history," said Senator Feinstein. "But it's also an opportunity to inspire the next generation of women leaders to step for more PR