WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Opening Remarks: Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. Q&A with Secretary Cardona: Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of the Department of Education Miguel Cardona on the Department's failure to implement  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Bob Casey (D-PA) led a bipartisan group of eight Senators, including Senator Angus King, in sending a letter to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to implement a policy recommendation issued by the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) that would end the wage disparities for federal workers, including those at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY). Currently,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the University of Maine (UMaine) has been awarded $2,496,113 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This grant will create pathways for recruiting rural students and support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income marine science students with demonstrated financial need at the University. "The University of Maine help more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today sent a letter to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) denouncing its proposal to implement a gauge increase in the Gulf of Maine, and urged the Commission to delay action until it works with fishermen to consider more accurate data. According to ASMFC claims, lobster stock decline in Lobster Management Area 1 has surpassed 35 percent -- the trigger po more PR

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King (I-ME), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, has reintroduced legislation to authorize additional access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters (KWW) National Monument. Following meetings with local stakeholders, the refined text of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Access Act would authorize additional access points to KWW by giving the National Park Service (NP more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (April 30, 2024) - A resolution designating April "Community College Month," introduced by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), today unanimously passed United States Senate. More than 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges currently serve 10.2 million students nationwide. "Community colleges are exactly that - of a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Opening Remarks: Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. Q&A with Secretary Cardona: Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of the Department of Education Miguel Cardona on the rise of anti-Semitic incidents on  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: During a House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee budget hearing with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) called attention to Maine's ongoing challenges with PFAS chemical contamination as well as the impacts of pollution from fast fashion. Pingree explained to her fellow Committee members th more PR