WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Today, Thursday, November 30, at 1:15 p.m. ET/11:15 a.m. MT, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) will host a virtual press conference with New Mexico and Maine press corps to announce their newly introduced legislation, the Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act (GOSAFE) Act. The legislation is designed to protect communities from gun vio more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE to watch. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Defense, delivered remarks on the Senate floor today to urge action on the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills and warn against the dangers of a year-long continuing resolution. A transcript of Senator Collins' remarks are as follows: Madam President, I come to t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree announced the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) will receive over $7 million in funding from the Federal Transit Administration to modernize and improve ferry service between Lincolnville and Islesboro. "Ensuring that Maine's island communities are well connected to the mainland is essential," said Representatives Golden and Pingree. "These fun more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), introduced the Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act, legislation to protect communities from gun violence, while safeguarding Americans' constitutional right to own a firearm for legitimate self-defense, hunting, and sporting purposes.  The GO more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the wake of mass shootings across the country, including at home in Lewiston, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) will be introducing legislation today with his colleague, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), to curb mass killings, without hindering Americans who own a firearm for self-defense or the marksmen who head to the shooting range or the woods during hunting season. The Gas-Operate more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine's First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and all Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee today wrote to Chair Glenn "G.T." Thompson (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member David Scott (D-Ga.) urging they ensure the billions of dollars passed in the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) be used only for the intended purpose: to aid rural communities, businesses, and utilities in their clean energy trans more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Susan Collins' (R-ME) bipartisan resolution designating November 2023 as National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month. In the United States, more than 1,200,000 students experienced homelessness during the 2021-2022 school year, including an estimated 13,530 in West Virginia and 4,400 in Maine. Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - In a letter to United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, U.S. Senator Susan Collins expressed her strong opposition to any consolidation of Maine's two United States Postal Service (USPS) processing facilities located in Hampden and Scarborough. This comes after USPS announced a study to see if it makes operational sense to consolidate outgoing operations into the Scarborough facilit more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation to address the steep increase in armed robberies against postal workers, who are often targeted for their arrow keys, which are used by USPS employees to access collection boxes, outdoor parcel lockers, cluster box units, and apartment mailbox panels. The Postal Police Reform Act would allo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, applauded the Senate passage of their bipartisan resolution recognizing November as American Diabetes Month. The resolution supports the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month, including public awareness of prevention and treatment options and enhancing education of the risks of d more PR