WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Push to Protect Reliable Satellite Weather Data * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are highlighting the life-saving importance of reliable satellite weather data crucial for national security, public safety, and economic resilience across the United States. In a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Dr. Neil Jacobs, the Administrator of the Nat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree, DeLauro: New GAO Report Builds Case for Congressional Action on Textile Waste * Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), founder of the Slow Fashion Caucus and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on developing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group of Senators Call for Investigation into Starlink Disruptions in Ukraine * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to the Department of Defense's Inspector General, Platte Moring III, calling for an investigation in more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $37 Million for Freight Rail Upgrades in Northern Maine * Funding comes from a federal railway improvement program Senator Collins helped increase funding for as a lead negotiator of the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Angus King announced that the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $37 Million for Freight Rail Upgrades in Northern Maine * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Angus King announced that the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has been awarded $37,040,000 for the Northern Aroostook Rail Gateway Modernization and Safety Project. This funding will support the rehabilitation of approximately 90  more PR