WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a new report requested by U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, on the economic impacts of climate change to the federal government. The report, titled Climate Resilience: Congressional Action Needed to Enhance Climate  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today introduced the BUILT USA Act, to incentivize American manufacturing and job creation and address the nation's ballooning trade deficit(link is external) by levying a 10 percent tariff on all imports. "America must once again become a nation of producers, not just consumers," Golden said. "Decades of globalization have transformed our country from an industrial superpower  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Shelly Moore-Capito (R-WV) have introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing substance use disorder and the recovery efforts needed to overcome this disease. The challenges posed by substance use disorder have continued to wreak havoc across Maine and the nation. This has been exacerbated in recent years due to limited access to treatment programs and increased isolation.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos. Click HERE to watch Senator Collins' commemoration of Governor Brennan. At a Memorial Service last week in the U.S. Capitol, Senator Susan Collins commemorated the public service of former members of Congress who died this past year, including Joe Brennan, who served as Maine's Governor, as a House of Representatives Member, and as a State Attorney Gener  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Susan Collins joined 32 of her Senate colleagues in supporting the bipartisan WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act, a bill to recognize the work and sacrifices of World War II nurses by presenting them with a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award bestowed by the United States Congress. The bill would award this honor to the more than 59,000 Army Nurses and 14,000 Navy Nurses who  more