WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C - Today, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted unanimously to advance the Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services (SCREENS) for Cancer Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to reauthorize the national Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, have introduced legislation to honor former Majority Leader U.S. Senator George Mitchell. The bill would designate the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the "George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center". George Mitchell, born in 1933 in Waterville, is an American politician and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, have introduced legislation to honor former Majority Leader U.S. Senator George Mitchell. The bill would designate the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the "George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center". George Mitchell, born in 1933 in Waterville, is an American politician an more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes $841.4 billion for military and national security programs at the Department of Defense and $32.4 billion for the Department of Energy, passed the Senate by an overwhe more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: After the Republican-led House today approved a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden without any evidence, Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement: "House Republicans' drive to impeach President Biden is based on zero evidence. After months of committee investigations and fishing expeditions, House Republicans have uncovered no proof of criminal or actionable conduct more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, and the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which will allow for unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in school cafeterias through the National School Lunch Program. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-Pa.) and Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) and cosponsored b more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Funding through the SIREN grant program has supported EMS agencies serving Aroostook, Franklin, and Waldo counties. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded Senate's unanimous passage of their bipartisan SIREN Reauthorization Act. The legislation would extend funding for five additional years for Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) grants to rura more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees and Veterans Affairs Committee, hailed the bipartisan Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - which will strengthen America's national security, support our men and women in uniform, and boost Maine communities through the dozens of businesses  more PR