WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: In an effort to make more homes energy efficient and help residents save on their utility bills, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the Weatherization Assistance Program Improvements Act. This bipartisan bill seeks to improve public health and lower household energy costs by bolstering the federal Weatherization Assistance Program more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today voted against Republicans' dangerous energy package, H.R. 1, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. After the vote, Pingree released the follow statement: "Under President Biden, Congressional Democrats have made historic progr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today and more than 200 of her Democratic colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives reintroduced the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) to codify the right to an abortion and protect abortion access nationwide. The legislation, which passed the House twice in the 117th Congress but was blocked by Senate Republicans, would establish the feder more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), has cosponsored bipartisan legislation to strengthen financial support for military families who lost loved ones in service to our country. The Caring for Survivors Act of 2023 will adjust monthly benefits for these families, bringing the payments in line with other federal programs. The Dependency and Indemnity Compensa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- 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 a top Pentagon official about the Army's current efforts to assist servicemembers with the transition from active duty to veteran status. In a conversation with General James McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, the Senator pushed for closer coordination with the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that serv more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, today celebrated the Senate unanimously passing bipartisan legislation he co-sponsored that would increase benefits for 30,000 Maine veterans and their families. As Maine people continue to struggle with rising costs, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2023 would give the Departm more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following statement on March 30, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement on the Manhattan grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump: "I believe it is important for the legal process to play out fairly and expeditiously, in New York or anywhere else. "Like any other American, President Trump is entitled to due process of law. I strongly condemn statements by President Tr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) this week reintroduced the Weatherization Assistance Program Improvements Act, bipartisan legislation to improve public health and lower household energy costs by bolstering the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). Senator Coons led the effort in the Energy Act of 2020 to  more PR