Senator Collins Releases Statement Celebrating Full Restoration of Sea Grant Funding
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins recently released the following statement after the University of Maine announced it has received full funding for Maine Sea Grant.
After a February announcement from the Department of Commerce that the program was being defunded, Senator Collins contacted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the Trump administration to explain all that is at stake for Maine’s coastal communities with the loss of Sea Grant funding.
At the urging of Senator Collins, Secretary Lutnick directed NOAA to renegotiate the terms and conditions of the work to be performed by Maine Sea Grant to ensure that it focuses on advancing Maine’s coastal economies, working waterfronts, and sustainable fisheries, and, this week, they received their funding.
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