WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released the October edition of Senator King’s “Inside Maine” podcast, featuring a timely discussion on the threats that cyberattacks pose to Americans’ day-to-day activities and how to identify and avoid disinformation online. Senator King was joined by Peter Warren Singer, a cyberdefense strategist, a fellow at New America, and a bestselling author; they discuss the serious national security concerns of our increasingly... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has received $576,824 to improve the health of Maine’s mothers and children. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Maternal and Child Health Services Program and will support efforts to lower maternal mortality, reduce infant mortality, and enhance the delivery of maternal care.“Every Maine... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today pressed top Pentagon nominees on the importance of securing America’s cybernetworks. During his questioning, Senator King emphasized the need to prioritize cyberattack testing in order to identify and fix any vulnerabilities in Department of Defense networks. In response to Senator King’s questioning, John Sherman – the nominee for Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense –... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON — The Maine delegation announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a design for a new Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) building at Togus. The firm Triple C - The A&E Group, LLC will design the project. The new facility was announced last year after dogged work from Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), along with Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), to advocate for... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Broadband Caucus, is welcoming an announcement from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that its ReConnect Broadband program will now require all participants in the program to provide high-speed connections with at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for both download and upload; the previous standards were 25 Mbps for download and 3 Mbps for upload. This change comes within months of advocacy from Senator... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King, co-chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, today announced the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) has awarded Pioneer Broadband in Houlton $5,543,142 to expand affordable, high-speed, reliable broadband connections to over 1,600 households across rural Northern Maine. The investment in connectivity will make a massive difference for families, small businesses, and communities across the region. Senator... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) has joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in introducing the Battery Material Processing and Component Manufacturing Act. The Senators’ legislation will support clean energy technologies, create jobs, support global competitiveness, and improve domestic supply chains by strengthening America’s domestic battery manufacturing industry.“As global supply chains struggle to meet increased demand and the threats of climate change grow,... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Senator Angus King is introducing legislation with a number of his colleagues to prevents America’s largest corporations from paying nothing in federal taxes. The Real Corporate Profits Minimum Tax Act establishes a new corporate minimum tax that would strengthen our economy and create a fairer tax system. Senator King, along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), are pushing to include the bill as a revenue source for the... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today questioned top Pentagon officials about their assessment of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the threats to Americans if the United States had further delayed its exit. In response to Senator King’s questioning, Lieutenant General James Mingus – Director of Operations for the Joint Staff – agreed with the Senator that staying in Afghanistan past the August 31st deadline likely... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan effort to provide working family caregivers in Maine and across the country with a tax credit of up to $5,000 to assist with out-of-pocket caregiving expenses.The Credit for Caring Act that Senators Collins and King co-sponsored would provide relief for those who are taking on added financial responsibilities as family caregivers supporting a loved one. The nonrefundable tax credit... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today joined Andrea Mitchell on NBC’s Meet the Press to stress the importance of voting rights, discuss potential Senate reforms to facilitate debate rather than enable obstruction, and highlight the opportunity to create a “GI Bill for the 21st century” through the Build Back Better reconciliation package.Senator King began the interview by discussing the importance of overcoming obstruction in order to defend America’s democratic system.... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. – Ahead of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday, October 23rd, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) announced the locations of the Maine collection sites.“Unused prescription drugs that collect in our homes can fall into the wrong hands, creating unintended gateways to opioid addiction, particularly as we continue to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” said Senators Collins and King in a joint... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today announced that the Economic Development Administration is awarding the Maine Department of Transportation $1 million to assess the risks posed by climate change to the state’s infrastructure and support long-term economic resiliency. The program will create a coastwide model of expected sea level rises and evaluate statewide infrastructure to develop climate-ready guidance for new and existing transportation projects. The funds were... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. –Following the U.S. District Court of Maine’s order blocking the Lobster Management Area (LMA) 1 restricted area closure, which is a component of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) flawed and unfair Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Rule, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. In their bipartisan letter, the Maine Delegation and... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) have joined a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues to introduce the Save Our Servicemembers (S.O.S.) Act, which would work to improve Department of Defense suicide prevention efforts. The legislation – which comes shortly after an alarming report revealed a 15% increase in military suicides in 2020 – would direct the Pentagon to evaluate the effectiveness of their suicide prevention efforts, improve its... Continue Reading »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) in calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to protect rural health care providers’ access to funds set aside for them in the Provider Relief Fund (PRF).In their bipartisan letter, they urge the agencies to follow... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) expressed his disappointment and sadness after every single GOP Senator voted against opening debate on the Freedom to Vote Act. The legislation, cosponsored by Senator King, would improve access to the ballot for all Americans and advance common-sense election integrity reform, taking feedback from election officials across the nation into account to strengthen its provisions while ensuring local control of elections. In his statement,... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, is introducing bipartisan legislation to improve cybersecurity for America’s critical infrastructure. The CISA Cyber Exercise Act, led by Senators King, Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), would provide American businesses and state and local governments with model exercises to test their critical infrastructure against the threat of cyberattacks, and establish a National Cyber... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to stress the importance of protecting voting rights against state and local-level threats, and preserving America’s historically unique democratic system of self-governance. The speech comes ahead of a vote on the King-sponsored Freedom to Vote Act, legislation designed to improve access to the ballot for all Americans and advance common-sense election integrity reform. Senator King began his... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today questioned top Pentagon nominees about America’s preparedness to confront threats presented by the evolving nature of conflict, asking them to prioritize cyberattack testing and to improve defenses against hypersonic missiles. During his questioning in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator King pressed nominees for commitments to ensure every system under the Department of Defense’s purview is properly tested, and to... Continue Reading »
