WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: After a successful pilot program used during the 2023 tax filing season was reported to have saved Americans in 12 states $5.6 million in fees, U.S. Senator Angus King is encouraging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to offer its new free filing services to more taxpayers. In a bicameral letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, King and his colleagues are encouraging t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced legislation to support the health and wellbeing of family caregivers. The Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2024 would reauthorize the Lifespan Respite Care program through fiscal year 2029. One in five adults - 53 million people -in the United States provide long term care to persons who are aging, disabled, or chronical more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O'Malley raising concerns that SSA beneficiaries would have difficulty accessing benefit services following a decision to close SSA offices nationwide during business hours. Senator Collins is the Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee and Senator Capito is the Ranking  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has recommended $70.9 million in federal funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to improve fish migration in Maine rivers. More than $17 million in Tribal-specific funding for the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point and the Penobscot  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. At an Appropriations hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the U.S. Army, U.S. Senator Susan Collins questioned Secretary Christine Wormuth about the Army's investigations into the horrific mass shooting that occurred in Lewiston, Maine on October 25, 2023. The killer, Robert Card, was a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army Reserve. During her more PR