Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Bath Iron Works is on track to build two ships per year.
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Collins named most bipartisan senator for 8th straight year
Maine’s senior U.S. senator topped the annual list from the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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Sen. Collins proposes bill to prevent maternal deaths in developing world
The proposal would establish a maternal and child survival coordinator in the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Collins, King propose $25 billion funding bill for shipyards
Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and would both be eligible for part of the $25 billion funding through the SHIPYARD Act.
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Sens. Collins, King join vote to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
The legislation now goes to the Democratic-controlled House, where it is expected to win approval.
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Collins, King draft bill to help seasonal employers get more federal relief
The bill would modify a provision in the federal Paycheck Protection Program that the senators say disadvantaged some seasonal small businesses.
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Committee votes to give DEP more power to clean up ‘forever chemicals’
Maine’s 2 U.S. senators, meanwhile, are asking the Biden administration to allow states to use federal stimulus money to address PFAS contamination.
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House Democrats, including Pingree, kick off probe of Jan. 6 attack on Capitol by pro-Trump mob
The inquiry follows House Republicans’ rejection of the independent 9/11-style commission sought by Maine’s Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden.
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Navy secretary, Maine delegates visit BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Sens. Susan Collins, Angus King, and Rep. Chellie Pingree toured BIW after participating in a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
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Earmarks returning to Congress, where Maine’s delegation has outsize influence in the right places
The member-driven spending initiatives, with guardrails in place, could fund critical projects in Maine.