WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced today that the White House will serve Maine lobster tomorrow night at the State Dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping. Senator King had reached out to the White House to request that it recognize National Lobster Day, which is also tomorrow, and which was designated as a result of a resolution introduced by Senator King, Senator Susan Collins, and fellow Senate colleagues from New England. The White House responded by... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $73,000 in grant funding to MaineStream Finance in Bangor to help low-income entrepreneurs gain access to capital and expand their small businesses. “Small businesses help form the foundation of our economy and provide good jobs across Maine,” Senators Collins and King said in a joint statement. “This grant funding will support MaineStream... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After opposing the advancement of a government spending bill that would defund Planned Parenthood, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released the following statement: “Using a government funding bill and the threat of a shutdown to try to defund Planned Parenthood is not governing. It’s irresponsible, and the American people – especially the thousands of women and men who rely on Planned... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released the following statement today in response to Pope Francis’s historic address before the joint session of Congress this morning: “If the Pope has taught us anything today, it’s that we are one people, regardless of race, gender, economic status, or anything else, and that we owe to one another respect, kindness, compassion, and good will – fundamental values that transcend partisanship and politics,”... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senators Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Angus King announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two separate grants totaling $4,010,936 in support of neurological disorder research to be conducted at the University of New England as well as Alzheimer’s disease research at Jackson Laboratory. “Families in Maine and around the nation work tirelessly every day to support loved... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today joined with his colleagues Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) on the Senate floor to call on Congress to support American businesses and workers by reauthorizing the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States, whose charter expired on June 30th due to Congressional action. “I hope that my colleagues in both houses, on both sides of the aisle will join with us to make a simple reauthorization of the... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that NOAA’s Office of Education has awarded $499,181 in Environmental Literacy Grant funding to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) as part of a national environmental literacy competition. “Educating our state’s future leaders on the environmental and economic impacts of warming waters and sea level rise is important for the future of our state,” said Senators... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation that would create prize-based incentives to encourage more public-private collaboration in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia. The Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer’s (EUREKA) Act would complement other funding and research initiatives for Alzheimer’s while adding new potential for... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded $625,000 in grant funding to five Maine Law Enforcement Departments as part of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. “It is critically important that we provide law enforcement with the resources needed to keep our communities safe,” said Senators Collins and King in a joint statement. “This... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released the following statement today after opposing the advancement of legislation that would prohibit all abortions after 20 weeks with extremely limited exceptions: “This legislation puts up a wall between a woman and her doctor and interferes with important medical decisions,” Senator King said. “Rather than erect barriers to health care for women, Congress should work to make care more accessible and more... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a strong proponent of expanding digital access and increasing investment in broadband infrastructure, issued the following statement this morning after the White House Broadband Opportunity Council yesterday released its report and recommendations on broadband deployment throughout the United States: “This report should serve as a roadmap to how we can better deploy broadband across the country by investing in our digital... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a total of $5,748,561 in grant funding to support health centers across Maine. “Access to high-quality, affordable care can be difficult in rural states like Maine, which is why federal funding like this is so important,” Senator King said. “This grant funding will support these rural health centers in their critical mission to make... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today applauded the appointment of Julia DeBery, a Senior Vice President at Bath Savings Institution, to serve on the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Community Bank Advisory Council. As a member of the advisory council, DeBary, whose appointment Senator King has actively supported for the past two years, will bring the voice of Maine’s community banks into important discussions and decisions about the CFPB’s... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and 28 other members of Congress today filed an amicus brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet rules. The brief supports the FCC’s decision that broadband Internet access is a telecommunications service and lies at the heart of the Commission’s Title II authority to put in place strong Open Internet rules. “The FCC has... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the troubling decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve the use of the opioid prescription painkiller OxyContin for children as young as eleven years old, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) has joined with a bipartisan group of senators to send a letter expressing concern and asking the agency why it approved the pediatric prescription use of OxyContin without the benefit of an independent Advisory Committee review. “The country is in... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a total of $300,000 to three Maine health care providers to combat opioid abuse in Maine. Diversion Alert in Houlton, Down East AIDS Network Inc. in Ellsworth, and Maine General Medical Center in Augusta will each receive $100,000. “Opioid abuse has hurt our communities, divided families, and ruined lives,” Senators Collins and King... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced today that the Maine Governor’s Energy Office, in partnership with Maine organization E2Tech, has been awarded $284,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support the Maine Energy Planning Roadmap project that will establish a stakeholder-driven strategy to meet energy objectives set in the 2015 GEO Comprehensive Energy Plan. A second grant... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The offices of Maine’s Congressional Delegation will host a Military Academy Seminar in cooperation with the Maine Maritime Academy in Portland on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at the Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress Street, from 6 – 8:30 PM. Registration is from 5:30 – 6 PM. Students, parents and guidance counselors who are interested in the application process for the United States Military, Naval, Air Force, Merchant Marine and Coast Guard Academies, state maritime academies,... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of National Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day tomorrow, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement: “Since the founding of our great nation, countless brave Americans have stood up in defense of the freedoms we enjoy, and today we pay tribute to the members of our Armed Forces who endured unthinkable hardships as prisoners of war as well as those who remain... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today met with Margo Walsh, founder of the Portland-based industrial staffing company MaineWorks, to congratulate her on being one of only ten entrepreneurs nationally to win a 2015 SCORE Award. Walsh will attend a ceremony at the Department of Commerce in Washington this evening honoring her and the nine other winners. “Margo Walsh exemplifies the entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to collaboration that will drive our economy... Continue Reading »
