WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden co-leads legislation to extend rural hospital program * WASHINGTON -Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) introduced bipartisan legislation today to extend for five years a program to provide increased Medicare matching funds to rural hospitals including facilities in Ellsworth and Presque Isle. The bill -the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization Act -was sponsored by U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (IA-04), and co-led by Golden  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Demand Answers on Special-Edition, Politicized U.S. Passport Featuring Trump's Portrait * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) joined his colleagues in seeking answers on the special-edition, politicization of the official U.S. passport. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, King and his colleagues asked for information on the State Department's reported plans to issue 25,000 special passports fea more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2026: * * * Sen. Collins Calls Proposed Cuts to Biomedical Research Funding 'Inexplicable' At NIH hearing, advocates for continued support for research institutions, diabetes research * At a hearing to review the 2027 budget request for National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, criticized the Administration's proposed cuts to biome more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2026: * * * Sen. Collins: FY27 Navy Budget Should Include Multiple Destroyers At a hearing to review the 2027 budget request for the Navy, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, called on Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao and General Eric Smith to maintain a stable DDG-51 procurement demand of no less than two ships per year in the FY27 budget and send a steady p more PR