Geography makes the case on its own. Maine is the closest point in the continental United States to the Arctic, giving an Atlantic-based cutter the shortest transit to its operating areas.
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The decision to build out an 11-ship fleet is a generational investment in American presence in the high latitudes, and Maine offers the Coast Guard an ideal Atlantic homeport from which to project that presence.
I write to urge that the State of Maine be selected as a homeport for the Service’s new Arctic Security Cutters.
These allegations are appalling. Nevertheless, it is not up to me to choose the Democratic nominee for Senate.
The Trump administration’s legally questionable plan to spend hundreds of millions to cancel offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Maine and elsewhere is an egregious waste of taxpayer money and a shortsighted decision that will hurt our…
For too many working parents in Maine, finding affordable childcare is the difference between being able to stay in the workforce or not – and it begins with a shortage of providers.
This project will help protect property and restore the beachfront.
Because the perseverance is what really brought us to this day.
We don’t know when. This week, we’re seeing extraordinary weather across the country that’s going to be hitting us in a few days, and so we just have to be ready.
The extent of the erosion is truly shocking.
This is a long championed victory won by a resolute determined community that refused to give up.
A healthy democracy depends on broad participation, and this bill will continue to make that participation easier—not harder.
The Right to Vote Act would establish clear protections for voters and help ensure that every eligible American can demonstrate this sacred right in our elections.
Free and fair elections are the foundation of participatory government, and any threat to the democratic process is a threat to our democracy itself,
Along with the draft rule, we are equally opposed to the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act because it codifies the same harmful reductions in benefits for veterans with tinnitus and sleep apnea benefits.
We urge you to honor that commitment by abandoning these proposals and to further reject any legislation that would permanently cut off these benefits to veterans.
By writing these cuts into statute, the legislation would permanently implement the very policies that veterans, medical experts, and veterans service organizations have overwhelmingly opposed.
We’re not going to balance budgets on the back of veterans’ benefits.