Maine congressional delegation

In a letter sent the same day that an Army report was released, the delegation members urged the Defense Department to implement the recommendations immediately and to "carefully assess" could be applied across the military.

The bills would also authorize grants to expand PFAS testing in states, to pay for health monitoring for affected individuals and to study ways to clean up water or soil polluted with PFAS.

In a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense, the delegation cites a recent department report that includes the clinic on a list of facilities that could be part of a military health care restructuring effort, which could limit access to the clinic to only active-duty service members.

Gov. Janet Mills, as well as the entire federal congressional delegation, is urging Maine Veterans' Homes to reconsider the planned closures in Caribou and Machias.

Congressional negotiations on a bill to reform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and address the myriad of problems in the agency, are at an…