WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is praising the Biden Administration for extending and redesignating South Sudan for Temporary Protection Status (TPS) through May 3, 2025, safeguarding the lives of both current TPS holders and South Sudanese who have arrived in the United States since the last redesignation in 2022. The news comes just days after Pingree led a group of 19 Members of Congress in urgi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Augusta, MAINE - Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden today applauded President Joe Biden's approval of the State of Maine's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for a June 29 storm in Franklin County that caused more than $6.5 million in infrastructure damage. Last month, Governor Mills requested that President Biden more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden today applauded President Joe Biden's approval of the State of Maine's request for a Major Disaster Declaration for a June 29 storm in Franklin County that caused more than $6.5 million in infrastructure damage. Last month, Governor Mills requested that President Biden issue Major Disast more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has received $450,000 for Alzheimer's disease prevention and care programs through the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act, a bipartisan bill authored by Senator Collins to create a public health infrastructure across the country to combat A more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Community Concepts in Oxford and Franklin Counties a total of $6,597,254 for their Community Concepts, Head Start and Early Head Start Programs. The grants are being awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Community Concepts in Oxford and Franklin Counties a total of $6,597,254 for their Community Concepts, Head Start and Early Head Start Programs. The grants are being awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has awarded Kennebec Valley Community Action Program (KVCAP) a total of $4,275,384 for its Head Start and Early Head Start Programs. The grants are being awarded through the DHHS Administration for Children and Families. "Early investments in education are critical fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON D.C. -- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a total of $3,495,000 to the towns of Bethel and Milo for wastewater treatment and sewer facility upgrades. Currently, the Mill Hill pump station suffers from several broken pipes that leak waste into the surrounding area.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King today shared a productive exchange with a top scientist about the urgent need for consistent labeling on AI generated content to help Americans assess the authenticity of the information they are consuming. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, King asked Dr. Rick L. Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director at Argonne National Laborator more PR