WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), has joined bipartisan legislation to honor World War II nurses with a Congressional Gold Medal. The WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act will award the more than 59,000 Army Nurses and 14,000 Navy Nurses who bravely served in World War II with a Congressional Gold Medal. Nurses like Helen Siragusa, who passed away i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Waterville, ME - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered the keynote address to around 250 high school delegates on the opening day of the annual Dirigo State program at Colby College in Waterville. Senator Collins was previously a delegate to the former Girls' State program while she attended Caribou High School. "The lessons of leadership, of standin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW) a $202,733,090 contract for Planning Yard Services for the DDG-51 Class Guided Missile Destroyer program and the decommissioned FFG-7 (Oliver Hazard Perry class) frigates. "The dedicated, highly skilled men and women that make up Bath Iron Works demonstrate that Bath-built is best built. Military eng more PR