WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS) will receive $2,048,452 through the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Emergency Response Grant program (SERG). This program is designed to meet emergency substance use more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement after President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union address to Congress: "Tonight, we heard from a leader guided by compassion, conviction, integrity, and a vision for our shared future. Our national accomplishments these last few years are unmistakable. President Biden has enacted the largest climate chang more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: During tonight's State of the Union Address, President Biden is expected to announce his decision to order the U.S. military to establish a temporary port in Gaza to facilitate more humanitarian aid to Palestinians in need. The decision follows the efforts of Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Senator Angus King (I-ME), a senior membe more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Ahead of the U.S. Senate's procedural vote today to advance the six-bill Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor to urge her colleagues to pass the bipartisan legislative package without delay. Following her remarks, thi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is joining legislation that would help public service providers like first responders and teachers afford homes and live in the communities where they work. The Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act would establish a new, one-time-use home loan program for law enforcement officers, firefighters, medical first responders, and t more PR