BRUNSWICK, Maine – U.S. Senator Angus King, Co-Chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation led by Senators Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) to ensure historic broadband funding is used efficiently to expand connectivity across Maine. The Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA) would classify broadband funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) as non-taxable, ensuring that... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree today met with Governor Janet Mills at the U.S. Capitol.“There’s nothing more important than working together when it comes to advocating for our state and helping Maine people,” said Senators Collins and King and Representative Pingree. “During today’s meeting, we discussed opportunities for greater collaboration between the federal delegation and state government to build on our... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King is introducing bipartisan legislation to better measure the cost savings that come with improved investments in preventive healthcare for Maine people. The Preventive Health Savings Act would instruct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to fully study the costs and benefits that could be seen with proposed preventive healthcare legislation. CBO analyses are essential benchmarks that members of Congress use to determine the cost of legislation to the... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is cosponsoring legislation to maintain access to medication abortions where currently available, a critical safeguard as the treatment option faces new threats and restrictions across the country. The Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act would codify into law current FDA guidelines that allow patients to access the medications through certified pharmacies, telehealth visits, and mail-order pharmacies.“A doctor and... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King joined a group of 36 Senators who introduced bipartisan legislation that would allow students in Maine and across the country to use federal Pell Grants to afford high-quality, shorter-term vocational training programs. By expanding Pell Grant eligibility, the Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act would help close skill gaps, address workforce shortages, and provide workers with the specialized training and... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, and Senator Angus King, the Chair of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, announced an award of $1,000,000 for the conservation of 216 acres of intertidal and freshwater wetlands and adjacent uplands in Trenton. The acquisition will be managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in partnership with the Frenchman Bay Conservancy. “Trenton is a beautiful gateway to Mount Desert... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today released the following statement after President Joe Biden delivered the annual State of the Union address. The speech comes after a historically productive and bipartisan session of Congress and a season of measurable improvements for the American economy:“Tonight’s State of the Union address was a powerful reminder of what America can accomplish when we fight together for common values rather than against one another. Despite... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is receiving a $1 million grant to strengthen prevention and control measures for sexually transmitted diseases. The funding is part of a multi-year project, sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to prevent and control three major STDs: chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.“Strong public health is essential to ensuring that Maine... Continue Reading »
BRUNSWICK, Maine – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) began his new appointment to the Senate Veterans Affairs’ Committee by convening a conversation and listening session with veteran leaders at the Brunswick American Legion Post 20. Together, King and the Maine veterans discussed key issues facing those who served and how the Senator plans to help address these challenges through his work on the Committee. In his opening remarks, the Senator highlighted the bipartisan nature of the... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that Maine is receiving $48,433,356 in funds for public transit from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The funds, which are distributed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA), will support local public transit systems across Maine including urban and rural bus transit systems, the Downeaster, and passenger ferry services. Senator Collins, the Vice Chairman of... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C.—In an effort to allow asylum seekers to find employment more quickly and become self-sufficient, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) introduced the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023. Their legislation would shorten the waiting period before asylum seekers are allowed to receive work authorizations.“Over the span of the last two years, an historic number of asylum seekers have arrived in Portland and other... Continue Reading »
BRUNSWICK, Maine – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced that he has been appointed to the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC). In his announcement, King highlighted America’s commitment to those who served and pledged to continue focusing on his priority issues like preventing veteran suicide and ensuring smoother transitions for servicemembers entering civilian life. The Senator has been a longtime advocate for Maine veterans, and last year, interviewed nine servicemembers... Continue Reading »
Watch Senator King’s questioning HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King today laid out his goals for achieving a clean energy future and urged the Biden Administration to continue taking action. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, King asked Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk to work with a sense of urgency on his three main priorities: “number one, storage, number two, storage, and number three, storage.” Senator King also pressed Turk on the... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a bipartisan letter with four of his colleagues calling on the Biden Administration to invest in a broad variety of energy storage technologies. In a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, the Senators applaud the use of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding to support lithium-ion battery technologies – the most prevalent type of energy storage – and... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King has introduced bipartisan legislation that would prevent government shutdowns and compel Congress to stay in the D.C. metropolitan area until their work to sustain government operations is complete. The Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023 requires all Members of Congress to continue working on Capitol Hill until government funding bills are completed. This would prevent harmful shut downs, ensure critical services and programs continue for Maine... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Representative Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) are introducing a bipartisan, bicameral bill to boost marketing efforts and overseas sales for American agricultural products, including seafood. Their Expanding Agricultural Exports Act is estimated to increase agricultural exports by $7.4 billion by doubling funding for the advertising programs of agricultural goods in foreign countries.The two... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins are introducing a bipartisan bill to help more Maine families afford residential home biomass heating technologies that can save them thousands a year. The BTU Tax Credit Expansion Act incentivizes the purchase of these innovative heating sources by increasing the maximum rebate for these alternative stoves and boilers from $2,000 to $8,000. Once purchased, the stoves only cost a few hundred dollars a year to fuel and maintain –... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point will be awarded $500,000 in federal funding to improve high-speed Internet access for tribal members. This investment was made through the National Telecommunications & Information Administration’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP), which was funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law. This project will support affordable broadband access for 243 Passamaquoddy Tribal... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C – U.S. Senator Angus King is cosponsoring legislation to significantly expand home and community-based care for older and disabled Maine people while improving pay and benefits for the caregivers who provide the life-sustaining care. The Better Care Better Jobs Act would increase Medicaid funding for homecare, helping many of the over 1,700 people in Maine – and 650,000 people nationwide – on waiting lists finally receive care in the setting of their choice. The legislation... Continue Reading »
To listen to the podcast click HERE.WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today released the January episode of the Senator’s “Inside Maine” podcast. In this edition, the Senator and his guests discuss the opportunities and challenges of telehealth in Maine and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on telemedicine. Senator King, a long-time advocate for quality healthcare access, was joined by Dr. Michael Ross, the Medical Director of Telehealth for Northern Light... Continue Reading »
