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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2024-02-28 ( 4 items )  
Collins, King Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Address PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Angus King, Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced bipartisan legislation to address PFAS contamination in private wells. The Technical Fix for the State Response to Contaminants Program bill would ensure that states have flexibility to use funding from the $5 billion provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for PFAS and other emerging contaminants in smal more PR

King, Cramer Urge VA, DOD to Simplify Transition Paperwork (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND), members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are urging the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) to better support veterans seeking the benefits and resources they've earned. In a letter to the Co-Chairs of the DOD-VA Joint Executive Committee, the Senators are s more PR

Maine Delegation Urges President Biden to Approve Governor Mills' Request for Major Disaster Declaration Following January Storms (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine's Congressional Delegation wrote to President Joe Biden in support of Governor Janet Mills' request for a Major Disaster Declaration to help address the estimated $70.3 million in damage that occurred across eight Maine counties during the January 10 and January 13 storms. U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden asked the President to fully gran more PR

Pingree Touts $10 Million Federal Investment to Boost Clean Energy, Lower Heating Costs in Rural Maine (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, Maine Governor Janet Mills and Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree joined Efficiency Maine Executive Director Michael Stoddard and Mariana Casagranda, a manufactured homeowner, to celebrate a $10 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment to accelerate clean energy deployment in rural Maine. Efficiency Maine's Whole-Home Heat Pump Solutions for Mobile/Manufactured Homes proj more PR