WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed $4 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand the Eastern Trail in Southern Maine. The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, builds on the Congressionally directed funding Pingree secured for the Easter more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter on June 27, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) led a bipartisan letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Committees on Agriculture urging them to address harmful PFAS (per- and polyfluoralkyl substances) contamination in the 2023 Farm Bill to help provide safe, clean water to farmers and rural communities, more PR

KITTERY, Maine, June 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks at the annual Town of Kittery Independence Day Celebration in Kittery, Maine. The festivities drew nearly one hundred Mainers and included a reception at the Kittery Historical Museum. Senator Collins introduced Declaration of Independence original signatory and Kittery native son, General William Whipple. "It was wonderful to Mainer more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), introduced the Clean Cooking Support Act, a bill that would address the health, environmental, and economic problems caused by exposure to smoke from traditional cookstoves and open fires. The bipartisan legislation reinforces the U.S. government's commitment to spurring the adoption of clean cooking around the world. "Our bill aims to address a s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: On the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. v. Windsor decision, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) led 46 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the bipartisan Refund Equality Act to ensure that legally-married same-sex couples have the tax refunds they always should have been able to claim. The bill would allow these couples - who, until the U.S.  more PR