WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Angus King (I-ME), the Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), is introducing bipartisan legislation to impose criminal penalties on individuals who create and share non-consensual, intimate deepfake images online--often referred to as deepfake porn. The Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act would not only establish a new criminal offense for distributing these images, but it w more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is leading a group of his colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to consider briefly pausing student loan payments for borrowers in Maine who are nearing their final payment. Their letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona comes as the Department announced in April that it would be transferring the sole administration of the Public Service Loan F more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: "I'm incredibly disappointed there is no investment for our farmers impacted by PFAS contamination. I received a letter this week signed by 47 organizations across the United States, also expressing their disappointment that this is not in the bill," Pingree said during the markup. "Maine, unfortunately, has been a leader in PFAS contamination and understanding the impact it's had on our agricultural lands.  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) reintroduced the Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act to better support kinship caregivers - the vast majority of whom are grandparents - who have taken over as primary caregivers for children exposed to substance misuse or other trauma. The bipartisan bill would encourage state and local child welfare agencies to work with the National Technical Assista more PR