WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. This week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) announced over $100 million in federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to develop a state-of-the-art multi-day energy storage project in Maine using batteries manufactured in Weirton, West Virginia by Form Energy.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Majority of grants funded through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law championed by GoldenCongressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today announced that $12 million in federal aviation grants have been awarded to airports across Maine's Second District over the past month. Most of the grants were funded through the Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program and Airport Terminals Program (ATP), authorized under the Bipartisan   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced a bipartisan resolution to reverse the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new dog importation rule that threatens sled dog racing in northern Maine. The resolution was submitted under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which allows Congress to override administrative rulemaking. It would require the CDC t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Waterford, ME Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins hosted a luncheon to honor State Representative Sawin Millett for his decades of service to the State of Maine. The event was attended by more than 50 community leaders from throughout the state. "Sawin's nine non-consecutive terms representing Maine House District 81, which began 56 years ago, only scr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for individual photos Corinna, ME Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Town of Corinna's new fire station. Senator Collins secured $1,725,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for this project through the Fiscal Year 2022 Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations bill to support the construction of the new fire station  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement following the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) announcement that the release of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form will be delayed until December 1, 2024. This is the second year in a row th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine), and Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Department of Commerce (Commerce) Secretary Gina Raimondo reiterating their agencies' clear legal authority to use "march-in" rights under the Bayh-Dole Act to lower drug prices for Americans. Following the Suprem  more