WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: As the top Republicans of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittees overseeing the Departments of Defense and State, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for answers surrounding the Administration's decision to withhold certain assistance from Israel. Senator Collins is the Vice Chair of  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced a bipartisan resolution supporting the designation of May 15, 2024, as "National Senior Fraud Awareness Day." On Wednesday evening, the resolution unanimously passed the Senate. According to the FBI, in 2023, seniors were robbed of more than $3.4 billion, an 11% increase in reported losses from 2022. This theft was done through an ever grow more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: To watch or download the exchange click here In a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) hearing, U.S. Senator Angus King pressed Dr. Peter Kaboli, the Executive Director of the Office of Rural Health in the Veterans Health Administration, and Wade Vlosich, the Director of the VA Oklahoma City Heath Care System, about the recent Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) FY2025 budget proposal that would cut more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: In an open hearing of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee (SSCI), U.S. Senator Angus King pressed Jen Easterly, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), about the current threat landscape six months out from the 2024 elections. In the exchange, King also urged Director Easterly to ramp up efforts combatting election disruptions and threats to state election infrastructure.  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today made several U.S. Service Academy announcements and congratulated the Maine students she nominated on their acceptance. Max Kennedy of South Portland will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in N.Y.; Cora Birknes of Yarmouth will attend the U.S. Naval Academy; and Colby Ting of Yarmouth and Benjamin van den Heuvel of Berwick will attend the U.S. Air Fo more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: Last week at an Appropriations hearing, U.S. Senator Susan Collins questioned Acting Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL) Julie Su on proposed changes by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that, in current form, would be detrimental to volunteer fire departments in rural communities in Maine and throughout the country. Senator Co more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: As the top Republicans of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittees overseeing the Departments of Defense and State, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for answers surrounding the Administration's decision to withhold certain assistance f more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Last week, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill, cosponsored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, to collectively award a group of Vietnam War veterans known as "Dustoff" crews with the Congressional Gold Medal. The legislation honoring the helicopter-borne medical evacuation teams now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration. If this bill becomes law, two Maine res more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Last week, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill, cosponsored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, to collectively award a group of Vietnam War veterans known as "Dustoff" crews with the Congressional Gold Medal. The legislation honoring the helicopter-borne medical evacuation teams now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration. If this bill becomes law, two Maine re more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Susan Collins is warning the public to be on alert about a new phone scam targeting Mainers. This new scam involves fraudsters pretending to be U.S. Marshals or other federal government officials by "spoofing" actual U.S. Marshal's phone numbers to show up on caller IDs. During some of these calls, the fraudsters claim that the potential victim needs to immediately pay a fine or face being arres more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Susan Collins, along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), has introduced new bipartisan legislation to update a current loophole in Medicare policy that would help protect seniors from high medical costs for the skilled nursing care they require after hospitalization. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act would allow for the time patients spend in the hospital un more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release: Sinema's bipartisan resolution designates May 15 as National Senior Fraud Awareness Day Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Senator Susan Collins (Maine) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating May 15 as National Senior Fraud Awareness Day. Sinema and Collins' resolution passed the Senate unanimously. "After a lifetime of hard work, Arizona seniors should be free to live out their more PR