WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus King issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), and Patty Murray (D-WA) are leading dozens of their Senate colleagues in pushing for the release of federal funding that supports comprehensive, confidential family planning and related preventive health services. In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Senators demand that HHS take immediate action to protect Americans' uninterrupted access to these services by awarding a one-year full funding extension for all current Title X (https://opa.hhs.gov/grant-programs/title-x-service-grants) grantees. In their letter, the senators highlight the importance of Title X, hel...