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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2023-06-09 ( 5 items )  
Collins, Shaheen Introduce Reauthorization of Special Diabetes Program (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation today to reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program. The Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2023 would reauthorize and strengthen vital Type 1 diabetes research happening at the National Institutes of Health and renew critical treatment, educ more PR

Cortez Masto, Heinrich, Collins Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Permanently Ban Bump Stocks (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Banning Unlawful Machinegun Parts (BUMP) Act, legislation to prohibit the sale of bump stocks and other devices that allow semi-automatic firearms to increase their rate of fire and effectively operate as fully automatic weapons. "My hometown was forever changed b more PR

Heinrich, Collins, Cortez Masto Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Permanently Ban Bump Stock Devices (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Banning Unlawful Machinegun Parts (BUMP) Act, legislation to prohibit the sale of bump stocks and other devices that allow semi-automatic firearms to increase their rate of fire and effectively operate as fully automatic weapons. U.S. Representative Dina Titus (D-Nev.) has introduced companion more PR

In Agriculture Hearing, Pingree Draws Hardline on GOP Threats to SNAP (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Maine's First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and her Democratic colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee today vehemently defended essential programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) under threat from House Republicans in what may be the Committee's only hearing on Nutrition, the fourth Title of the Farm Bill. "The thing that I find really distressing ab more PR

Pingree Celebrates World Oceans Day With Introduction of Bipartisan Bill to Support Aquaculture Farmers and Harvesters (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: On World Oceans Day, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Rob Wittman (R-Va.), and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to uplift and support aquaculture and aquaculture farmers and harvesters. The Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood (SHELLS) Act will create a program office for aquaculture within  more PR