WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Lisa Murkowski (R- Alaska), to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country has been signed into law. The bill reauthorizes the Federal Emergency Management more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins, co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, and Gary Peters (D-MI) to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country has been signed into law. The bill reauthorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program, the Assistance more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today led a bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers in urging House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to hold a vote on legislation that would ban members of Congress from owning and trading individual stocks. "Members of Congress should be working in service of their constituents, not using their positions to line their own pocket more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: During today's House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2025 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) highlighted how the bill takes an aggressive anti-environment, pro-pollution stance with crippling cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and policy provisions that will endanger public health, strain the economy, and increase costs. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Susan Collins released the following statement on the death of former Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK): "Jim Inhofe was a dear friend and a terrific Senator who was deeply dedicated to his family, his state of Oklahoma, and our country. During the years I served with Jim, there was no stronger advocate for strengthening our national security, and his work to support servicemembers is having a lasting impa more PR