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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2023-12-16 ( 2 items )  
Secretary of Defense, Top Pentagon Leadership Sound Alarm That a Year-Long CR Would Jeopardize Our National Defense (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: In new letters to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME), Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and our nation's top defense leaders detailed how a first-ever full-year continuing resolution (CR) for the Department of Defense would have severe repercussions for our national defense strategy, service more PR

Sen. Tester, Colleagues Demand VA Do a Better Job Protecting Veterans From Prescription Drug Abuse (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) are pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take swift action to protect veterans seeking opioid prescriptions following concerning reports that fo more PR