WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Passamaquoddy Tribe will receive $7,741,450 in federal funding to restore fish access to migratory and spawning habitats. The grant from the Federal Highway Administration will replace four road-stream culverts in Downeast Maine, which will benefit a variety of fish species including Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, river more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced this week that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) program has awarded over $35 million to conserve spawning and migratory habitats for native fish species across Maine's Second District. "Maine's unique ecosystems are a huge part of what makes our state so special," said Golden. "These efforts to restore ou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine's Congressional Delegation is pushing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to shut down illegally operated Chinese marijuana growing operations in Maine. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden ask the DOJ to address the illegal growing operations run by foreign governments or entities. The letter c more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Defense, announced that she secured $76 million in Department of Defense funding that could benefit research and development efforts at the University of Maine (UMaine) in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Department of Defense Appropriations Act. By a bipartisan vote of 27-1, this measure advanced through the markup o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT), the Maine Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), and the Passamaquoddy Tribe have received a total of $35,119,271 through the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) program. This program, established through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment more PR