WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday, April 28th, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) announced the locations of the Maine collection sites. Click HERE for the complete list of locations. National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential... Continue Reading »
PITTSFIELD, ME– Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) visited local businesses in Skowhegan to hear from small business owners and community leaders about the challenges and opportunities facing local businesses in Somerset County, and toured the Cianbro Institute, the new workforce development center at Cianbro Corporation Inc., to discuss economic development strategies that can strengthen the workforce and create jobs in rural Maine. “Today was all about listening to community... Continue Reading »
SKOWHEGAN, ME – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released a video congratulating students at University of Maine Fort Kent (UMFK) and highlighting the importance of an informed citizenry. The video played during UMFK’s 9th Annual Scholars’ Symposium. The full version of Senator King’s remarks can be viewed HERE, and shorter clips can be viewed HERE. “I love to come to Fort Kent, I love to be in the Valley, and I want to congratulate the students, the... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan group of 26 Senators in sending a letter urging the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to continue to fund the National Sea Grant College Program – at a minimum – at its current funding level of $65 million. In the letter to the Subcommittee, the bipartisan group emphasized that the National Sea Grant College Program provides... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) applauded the passage of their bipartisan resolution to mark April 21 through April 29 as National Park Week. This resolution, which was led by Senators King and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) encourages people around the country and world to spend time in America’s treasured national parks. In honor of National Park Week, entrance into all national parks will be free on April 21. “National parks... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) joined with Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to introduce the Criminal Organizations’ Narcotics, Finances, Resources, Operations, and Networks Targeting (CONFRONT) Act. The CONFRONT Act (S. 2715) would establish a long-term, national strategy to disrupt and pursue the financial networks of Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and their involvement with the opioid trade, drug dealing, identity... Continue Reading »
Click HERE and HERE for high-resolution photos of Senators Collins and King with Auburn Middle School students Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today met with a group of 16 eighth grade students, parents, and teachers from Auburn Middle School who traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of the school’s biennial class trip. “It is always a pleasure to welcome Maine students to our nation’s capital,” said Senators Collins and King in a joint... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) pressed top Navy officials regarding the need for to coordinate with the Coast Guard to increase the resources available to combatant commanders to stop shipments of drugs from entering the country. The questioning, which took place during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, comes days after Senator King participated in a congressional delegation (CODEL) with the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) to... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) pressed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to properly implement the new Open Textbooks Pilot included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 spending bill. This new pilot program was based on the Affordable College Textbook Act (S. 1864 and H.R. 3840), and would create a competitive grant program to support the creation and expand the use of open college textbooks – textbooks that are available under an open license, allowing... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. —U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will award the State of Maine $2,039,029 to fight the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic. HHS is releasing a total of nearly $485 million in funding to all 50 states to combat drug addiction. “The astonishing rate of overdoses has increased rapidly in recent years and has shown no signs of abating. Last year, overdoses... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to efforts by U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), the Department of Education has announced that they will streamline student debt forgiveness for permanently disabled military veterans. “No one in America who has become permanently disabled should have to endure the pain and financial hardship of a surprise tax bill on a forgiven federal student loan – least of all our veterans,” said Senator King. “This is... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced that he will use his Medium account to periodically publish select responses to constituent inquiries on the issues affecting Maine residents. “In recent years, I have benefited from an amazing amount of personal engagement with Maine people who want to make sure their voices are heard,” said Senator King. “I often receive a total of 5,000 e-mails, phone calls, and letters each week, and this input is... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced the Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality (STARS) Act. This bipartisan legislation would clarify the definition of seasonal employment under the health care law to reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses and help them avoid costly penalties that make it harder to grow and create jobs. “Seasonal workers play a vital role in Maine’s tourism industry, as... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today released the following statement on the passing of First Lady Barbara Bush: “First Lady Barbara Bush was a true American, leader, mother, and wife whose lifelong commitment to universal literacy improved the lives of generations of American children. In Maine, many of us were fortunate to spot her as she walked the beach in Kennebunkport over the years, and her connection to our state, her deep concern for the wellbeing of... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding $569,170 to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to assist with the conservation of the Woodward Point wetlands in Brunswick in a partnership with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust. “The wetlands around Woodward Point in northern Casco Bay play a key role in supporting the health of Maine’s environment by providing high-quality habitats... Continue Reading »
BRUNSWICK, ME – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) tonight released the following statement in response to the air strikes in Syria: “The international community cannot and must not tolerate the use of chemical weapons. They have been out of bounds – even in wartime with a few notable exceptions – for 100 years, since World War One, because of the horror they inflict on the victims. Following the President’s announcement tonight, I am hopeful our response to the... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, announced today that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission will award the State of Maine $3,287,528 through the 2018 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Election Security Grant Program to help secure election systems and voting infrastructure. This critical funding is part of the $380 million that the Senators helped to secure for election security grants in the fiscal year 2018... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine.) joined a group of 41 senators in a letter to Appropriations Subcommittee Committee Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Vice Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) requesting a minimum of $225.5 million in federal funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program to help local law enforcement bolster their community policing efforts. “The COPS Hiring program represents a fiscally responsible solution to... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) released the following statement congratulating Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy on her selection as the new president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias. “For more than 150 years, the University of Maine has educated young people and prepared them to make vital contributions to our state and country,” said Senators Collins and King. “As a leader of the National... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that Maine Superior Court Justice Lance Walker, a native of Piscataquis County, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. “During his nearly two decades of experience as both an attorney in private practice and as a judge in Maine’s judicial system, Justice Walker has... Continue Reading »
