WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * $6.5 Million for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $6.5 million in Congressionally Directed Spending to support the necessary design and reconfiguration work to construct a new security facility at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in the Fis more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Bill to Fund Key Military Construction Projects in Maine Clears Appropriations Committee * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured significant funding and provisions for Maine in the Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The measure, which was advanced by a vote o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Bill to Fund Key Military Construction Projects in Maine Clears Appropriations Committee U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured significant funding and provisions for Maine in the Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The measure, wh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2025: * * * Bill to Support Maine's Lobster Industry Clears Appropriations Committee U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced significant funding and key language to support Maine's lobster industry in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-1152) on July 18, 2025, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - June 2025": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in June in 2 states, higher in 1 state, and stable in 47 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Nineteen states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 4 states had decrease more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Blunt Rochester Joins Schiff, 30 Senate Colleagues in Effort to Protect Small Farmers This letter follows an announcement last week from the Trump administration seeking to undermine Proposition 12 and other state laws. * U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and 30 of their Senate colleagues in strongly objecting the inclusion of the "Food S more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Comer Investigates Bloomberg Philanthropies for Partisan Activism with State Attorneys General House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating ties between the New York University School of Law's (NYU) State Energy & Environmental Impact Center (State Impact Center) and s more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Frontier Hot-Dip Galvanizing to Pay $360,000 in EEOC Race, National Origin Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit * Settles Federal Suit Charging Buffalo Steel Company Subjected Workers to Racial Slurs and Graffiti and Retaliation BUFFALO, N.Y.-- Frontier Hot-Dip Galvanizing, Inc., a Buffalo steel galvanizing business, will pay $360,000 and provide other relief to settle a race and natio more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Gluesenkamp Perez in Front Porch Republic: "We Want Things That Last" * Last month, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) joined Front Porch Republic to discuss the need for Congress to bring local lenses together, focus on a positive policy agenda, and address root causes of the issues facing Southwest Washington and our country: The Localist at the Capitol: A Conversation with Marie more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden wins funding in defense bills to support jobs in Maine shipbuilding, manufacturing * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), successfully secured several provisions in the House's Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Act that would steer billions of federal  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Leads Legislation to Protect Dreamers' Data, Prevent DHS from Referring Dreamers to ICE & CBP * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led the introduction of the Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act, legislation to provide a statutory guarantee to current and prospective Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program applicants, also known as Dreamers, that the pri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2025: * * * Huffman, McCollum, Craig, Morrison, Omar, Pingree Demand Answers on Reverse of Mineral Withdrawal in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Dean of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), U.S. House Appropriati more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: As Republicans Gut Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood, Sen. Markey, Rep. Fletcher Host Spotlight Hearing on Republican Attacks on Birth Control Access * Watch: Senator Markey hosts spotlight hearing on birth control access in the Post-Roe Era Washington (July 17, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Com more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Increase Access to Affordable Childcare in Maine * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is joining legislation to lower childcare costs and address the nationwide shortage of affordable childcare. The Child Care for Working Families Act is comprehensive legislation that would put a cap on childcare costs for working families, address childcare dese more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Lost at Sea--The origins of our SAR mission * When Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton established the service in 1790, the stated purpose of the revenue cutters was law enforcement. However, after its founding, ships of the United States Revenue Cutter Service assisted vessels in distress as was the custom for mariners at sea. This unofficial mission had been a Good Samaritan tradi more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 19 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, has denied a petition for reconsideration filed by the Industrial Energy Consumer Group regarding the implementation of a revised rate design for post-restructuring stranded costs. The decision, outlined in a Public Utilities Commission "Order Denying Petition" (Docket No. 2024-00137), was issued on July 18, 2025. The PUC's April 30, 2025, Order (Docket No. 2024-00137) established a new intraclass rate design for the rec more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Maine Turnpike Authority (MTA) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the proposed revisions to the 2026 Nationwide Permit (NWP) 14. This permit outlines regulations for linear transportation projects, and MTA is advocating for adjustments that would allow for greater flexibility in managing wetland impacts associated with such projects. In the letter, MTA specifically requests the Corps to incorporate a 'no Pre-Constructio more ST

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. McCollum, Huffman, Pingree, Craig, Omar, Morrison Demand Answers on Reverse of Mineral Withdrawal in Minnesota's Boundary Waters * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Dean of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior Ranking Member C more PR