WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), chair of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, introduced legislation to increase broadband and cellular service at U.S. National Parks. The Connect Our Parks Act will direct each National Park to assess where broadband service is needed and develop a  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) announced the SIREN Reauthorization Act was favorably reported out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee by a 20-1 vote. This legislation, which Senator Collins authored with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), would reauthorize the Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) grant program to support rural EMS agencies f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), co-chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, announced that the Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2023 passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee by a 20-1 vote. This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize and strengthen vital Type 1 diabetes research happening at the National Institutes of Health and rene more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, announced that a pair of bills that would cement and build on the important progress that has been made to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer's disease advanced the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee by a 20-1 vote. More than six million Americans are more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced new bipartisan legislation to help improve maternal care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Building on their bipartisan Protecting Moms Who Served Act, which was signed into law in 2021, the Maternal Health for Veterans Act would strengthen oversight of the VA maternity care coordination while au more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King are joining a group of colleagues in sponsoring bipartisan legislation that would amend federal school lunch program guidelines to expand students' access to milk in schools. The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act allows schools to offer additional healthy milk options in schools to improve students' nutrition intake as a critical step toward improving child health  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King are joining a group of colleagues in sponsoring bipartisan legislation that would amend federal school lunch program guidelines to expand students' access to milk in schools. The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act allows schools to offer additional healthy milk options in schools to improve students' nutrition intake as a critical step toward improvi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023, and a letter: Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, along with her colleagues U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee ra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senator Angus King is calling on the Biden administration to do everything in its power to lower prescription drug costs for Americans. In a letter with Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Lloyd Doggett, King urges Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to ensure a current Administration Working Group is taking steps to en more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: As House Appropriators work on the government funding bill for Fiscal Year 2024, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is pushing back against Republican threats to essential food benefits like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). In today's full committee markup of the fiscal year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administrat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), today celebrated the signing into law of his bipartisan legislation to increase benefits for 30,000 Maine veterans and their families. As Maine people work to keep up with higher prices, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2023 ensures that the Department of Veterans Affairs' more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, announced that the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 unanimously passed the committee by a 17-0 vote included multiple provisions authored by Senator Collins. The bill authorizes funding, provides legal authorities, and enhances congressional oversight for the U.S. Intelligence Comm more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks at the Military Women's Memorial Celebrating 75 Years of Women Serving in the United States Armed Forces alongside Frist Lady Jill Biden. The event recognized Women Veterans Recognition Day and the 75th Anniversary of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948, the legislation that gave women a permanent place in the US military and the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with students from across Maine in Washington to wish them luck as they compete in the final round of the National History Day contest this week. Following victories in Maine's statewide competition, these students will represent our state as they compete alongside nearly 3,000 of America's top young historians. "I am very proud to welcome the bright and tal more PR