To watch or download the exchange click here WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Angus King encouraged the Department of Energy (DOE) to incentivize utility companies to invest in newer, more cost-effective energy technologies rather than costly construction as the nation prepares to modernize its energy grid for a clean power future. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, King pressed DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm about the cost-benefits of grid enhancing... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, in a bipartisan letter to the Senate artificial intelligence (AI) working group leaders, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jerry Moran (R-KS) unveiled the first congressional framework to deal exclusively with the extreme risks posed by future developments in advanced AI models. The senators’ framework would establish federal oversight of frontier model hardware, development, and... Continue Reading »
Download an Excel spreadsheet of the 185 projects HERE and view a map of projects HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King has announced that Mano en Mano/Hand in Hand has been awarded $831,000 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations package to expand affordable childcare services in Washington County. The funding will support Maine’s sizable farming and agriculture workforce and economy, by expanding the capacity of the non-profit... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Coming on the heels of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Washington and his address to a joint session of Congress, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues urging President Biden to press the Prime Minister on opening Japanese markets to U.S. fresh potatoes. In the letter to President Biden, the Senators suggest that the Japanese agricultural ministry has created unnecessary roadblocks for American potato exports... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Angus King questioned General Christopher Cavoli, Commander of the United States European Command and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Supreme Allied Commander Europe, about the contributions of European countries to Ukraine’s efforts in the war against Russia and how the investments signify the nations’ deep concern that Russia’s expansion will continue westward. Senator King also received... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Defense, are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill to better protect service members from the physical and cognitive dangers of shockwaves produced by explosive weapons used both in combat and in training. The Blast Overpressure Safety Act would direct the Department of Defense (DoD) to enact a range of measures to... Continue Reading »
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $3 million in Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) funding for infrastructure improvements at DiMillo’s Marina in Portland and Peaks Island Marina. Funding for BIG is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and was reauthorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Collins, King, and Pingree helped pass. “Marinas are an important part of supporting... Continue Reading »
To watch or download the exchange click here WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a hearing of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC), U.S. Senator Angus King heard testimony from Julie Howell, the Associate Legislative Director of Paralyzed Veterans of America, about how the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) can better reach out to and care for women veterans who experienced Military Sexual Trauma (MST) during their military service. Today’s hearing was designed to examine the structural and... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Angus King questioned Christopher Maier, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, about the need for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community to stay focused on counterterrorism efforts from non-affiliated extremist cells while also keeping an eye on growing threats from nation-state actors like Russia and China. The hearing comes just... Continue Reading »
To watch or download the exchange click here WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Angus King questioned Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin about a recent munitions transfer from the United States to Israel. The hearing comes on the heels of a mistaken airstrike that resulted in the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers in Gaza. King stressed that while Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas terrorists, it... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King has announced that Educate Maine been awarded $525,000 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations package to establish and develop its Teach Maine Center, which will help to better connect Maine educators in all sixteen counties. The center will also work to implement the Teach Maine Plan — a framework designed to support educators as well as inspire and expand the future educator workforce. Right now,... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) has announced key provisions he supported in the bipartisan $460 billion Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package, which passed the Senate in an overwhelming 72-24 vote and has been signed into law by President Joe Biden. In addition to the $454 million in Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) investments secured by King and the Maine delegation, the annual spending bill will support jobs, invest in national security and improve the quality of... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) today announced the opening of his Fiscal Year 2025 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) online portal that will allow Maine nonprofit entities, state and local to apply for consideration to receive direct federal funding for eligible projects that will have significant, measurable impacts across the state. Authorized in 2021 on a bipartisan basis, CDS funding is included in annual federal appropriations legislation at the request of one or... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), both members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, have introduced legislation to expand veterans’ access to exams that are often required for the disability claims process. This bill would make permanent a pilot program that was created by Congress in 2020 to permanently allow licensed medical professionals to provide medical disability examinations across state lines for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Chellie Pingree announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded the Penobscot Indian Nation $199,998 to increase the tribe’s involvement and support of energy, climate change and ocean-related issues. Funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and dispersed via NOAA’s Regional Ocean Partnerships Program, this award will help bolster research projects, survey submerged... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King has announced that The Northern Lighthouse has been awarded $510,000 through the bipartisan Fiscal year 2024 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations package to bolster and support its efforts to serve homeless youth. The funding will allow The Northern Lighthouse — which runs the only youth emergency shelter and transitional living program in Aroostook County — to bring on more staff and serve more youth. Additionally, the funding will be... Continue Reading »
To listen to the latest Inside Maine Podcast click here WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) today released the March episode of his “Inside Maine” podcast, in which he discussed the newly-formed Maine Defense Industry Alliance (MDIA) and the need for training programs that minimize workforce shortages. During the podcast, President of Maine Community College System, Dave Daigler, joined Senator King to discuss how Maine community colleges are working to align training... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On this Vietnam War Veterans Day, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs (SVAC) and Armed Services Committees (SASC), released his latest episode of “Answering the Call: Maine’s Veteran Voices.” In the 13th interview of the series, produced in partnership with the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project, Senator King sat down with Ed Stanhope, an Auburn native, who served as an Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War and went on to... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King announced the City of Bath has been awarded $1,673,000 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations package to upgrade aging wastewater infrastructure on Commercial Street. The funding will be used to upgrade a 50-year old pump system under the Sagadahoc Bridge, replace the main sewer under Commercial Street at the waterfront and improve overall wastewater capacity. The funding is part of the $454... Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Angus King has announced that MaineHealth has been awarded $119,000 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 Congressionally-Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations package to purchase a refrigerated van to support its medicine and food insecurity programs in the Portland area. A refrigerated van will allow MaineHealth to develop a Food-as-Medicine program to serve those with substance abuse disorders and other chronic diseases, as well as better support the Food... Continue Reading »
