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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2024-03-19 ( 3 items )  
$15 Million to help support Working Waterfronts Secured by Senator Collins (10)
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $15 million to help communities recover from coastal infrastructure damage in the Fiscal Year 2024 Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill. The bill was included in the March 8th funding package that was signed into law last week. The legislation includes $10 million through the Atlanti more PR

Blackburn, King Lead Colleagues Fighting For American Forest Products Industry in Global Markets (10)
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Angus King (I-Maine) are urging the American trade representative to fight for American paper and pulp producers in the global market. In a bipartisan letter to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, the Senators expressed serious concern about the potential effects of the European Union Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) on the  more PR

To Kick off Maine Maple Week, Collins, Welch Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Seniors' Access to Locally Sourced Maple Products, Expand Market for Producers (10)
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Peter Welch (D-VT), along with bill cosponsor Senator Angus King, introduced the Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential (MAPLE) Act, bipartisan legislation that supports the maple industry by providing a new market for maple syrup producers while increasing seniors' access to nutritious, locally sourced maple syrup products. "Maine is the third largest producer of  more PR