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 »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing today, the National Park Service (NPS), in response to a question from U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), announced that it would pursue allowing park patrons to purchase passes electronically. In early 2016, the park service plans to test the electronic passes in a pilot program, including at Maine’s Acadia National Park. The announcement follows a push from Senator King urging NPS to modernize their... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In remarks delivered on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Angus King commended his colleague and good friend, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, for casting her 6,000th consecutive roll call vote and thanked her for her unwavering dedication to the people of Maine by presenting her with a red rose, a gesture symbolic of Maine’s former Senator Margaret Chase Smith whose own streak of consecutive votes lasted 13 years and inspired Senator Collins’s ongoing effort,... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the Maine organization LearningWorks has received $1.1 million for its YouthBuild Bayside program as part of the Fiscal Year 2015 YouthBuild awards from the U.S. Department of Labor. The LearningWorks Youthbuild Bayside program received the maximum figure allowable under the terms of the grant. YouthBuild is a non-residential education program that provides classroom instruction and occupational skills... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In remarks delivered on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) blasted Congressional leaders for wasting valuable time as the government heads towards another possible shutdown and as other important domestic priorities, like fixing the Highway Trust Fund and reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, which, if not done, threatens the jobs of people in Bangor, Maine – continue to languish in Congress. Senator King’s remarks come after the Senate... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, and Angus King announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $1,100,000 in grant funding to the Brunswick Executive Airport (BXM) to rehabilitate a building formerly part of the Brunswick Naval Air Station. "Maine’s airports serve as critical links between our communities and help to propel economic... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that three museums in Maine will receive federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The Abbe Museum of Bar Harbor, Brick Store Museum of Kennebunk, and L.C. Bates Museum of Hinckley will receive $518,674 collectively. “Museums serve as a place of learning, culture, and engagement,” said Senators Collins and King in a joint statement, “By sustaining and... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) called on the Obama Administration to recalibrate its strategy in countering ISIL to also ensure that Bashaar al-Assad, Syria’s brutal dictator, is removed from power. Senator King’s call for a revised strategy comes as thousands of Syrians flee into Europe to escape the country’s ongoing civil war and the brutality of the Assad regime, which is responsible for the... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Speaking at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) this morning, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) underscored that climate change is quickly altering the Arctic environment and that the U.S. must be prepared to address the evolving dynamics in the region. In his remarks, Senator King, a co-founding chairman of the Senate Arctic Caucus, also urged the scientific community to help raise the awareness of Arctic issues in Congress by providing more... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to an announcement today by General Electric that employees at its Power and Water Plant in Bangor will lose their jobs due to the expiration of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King released the following statement: “This is exactly why we voted to reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank in July. The bank provides capital for innovative export opportunities that support American manufacturing jobs,” Senators Collins and... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded federal grant funding to Preble Street in Portland, the Washington Hancock Community Agency (WHCA), and Veterans Inc. in Lewiston to assist homeless and at-risk veterans in Maine. Preble Street will receive $1,683,966, WHCA will receive $290,000 and Veterans Inc., based in Massachusetts, will receive $2,000,000 to disburse throughout its locations in... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today announced that the Reverend Mike Seavey, pastor and administrator of the Portland Peninsula and Island Parishes, will be his guest at Pope Francis’s address to a joint meeting of Congress next Thursday, September 24th. As Senator King’s guest, Father Seavey will sit in the gallery of the House of Representatives during the Pope’s historic address. “I have known Father Seavey for more than 40 years and have... Continue Reading »
