WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Leger Fernandez Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Course & Fully Implement Broadband * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, and U.S. Representative Terese Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) joined over 40 of their colleagues to send a letter call more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Demand Trump Withdraw Military Forces from Los Angeles * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw all military forces from Los Angeles and cease threats to deploy the National Guard or ac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Resume Processing DACA Applications * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to urge the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fift more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following report (No. A-01-24-00004) on June 12, 2025 entitled "Maine Could Better Ensure That Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities Comply With Federal Requirements for Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Infection Control" Here are the report highlights: * * * Maine Could Better Ensure That Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disab more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez, And Over 40 Members of the House and Senate Tell the Trump Administration: Reverse Course and Fully Implement Broadband * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with Representative Terese Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 26 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION APPROVES STIPULATION FOR ANNUAL STRANDED COST RECONCILIATION FOR VERSANT POWER New Rates, including stranded costs, efficiency charges, distribution revenue decoupling, and transmission costs to go into effect July 1, 2025 * Hallowell, Maine - The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a stipulation submitted by the partie more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSLrpt) -- A new analysis from the nonprofit health advocacy group Families USA, titled "Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Force Rural Hospitals to the Brink of Closure," warns that proposed federal Medicaid reductions could devastate rural health care systems. Released in June 2025, the report projects that 55 additional independent rural hospitals across 26 states would fall into financial distress, bringing the nationwide total of at-risk hospitals to 380. The report highligh more ST

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Patrick Dempsey Joins Senator King in Inviting Maine People to Share Real-Life Impacts of Cuts to MaineCare and CoverME * WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, in partnership with fellow Maine native Patrick Dempsey, U.S. Senator Angus King is calling on Maine people to speak up and share their stories of how potential cuts to MaineCare and CoverMe will impact their health and their wallets. In a new public i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Questions U.S. Attorney General on Federal Response to Illegal Marijuana Grows in Maine Washington, D.C. - At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi on how fed more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * Senator Collins' Opening Statement at Hearing on President's Rescissions Package Request Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a full Committee hearing with Director of Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought to review the Pre more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * Senator Murray Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Trump's Rescission Package Washington, D.C. -- Today, during a Senate Appropriations Full Committee hearing on President Trump's $9.4 billion rescission request--U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, underscored in her openin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Shaheen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training and Lower Treatment Costs * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, reintroduced the Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act. This bipartisan legislation would expand Medicare coverage for diabetes sel more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has granted a waiver of an audit requirement for the West Paris Water District, Maine, in a matter connected to its "Request for Approval of Rate Change" (2025-00175). The decision, issued Monday, allows the district to proceed with its rate case without first completing a mandated financial audit. The water district filed for the waiver on June 4, citing financial constraints that made the cost of a full audit prohibitive without fir more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * Vought Refuses to Rule Out More Illegal End-Runs Around Congress & Refuses to Detail How Trump Will Execute Cuts If Rescissions Bill Passes--Murray Urges Congress to Reject Package in its Entirety Washington, D.C. -- Today, during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on President Trump's $9.4 billion rescission request--U.S.  more PR