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The Maine Republican, who is chairwoman of the budget-writing Senate Appropriations Committee, said the panel would hold an aggressive schedule of hearings on the White House's plan to cut more than $160 billion from federal programs.

During her first full hearing as committee chairwoman, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine also said the Trump administration had "apparently little or no justification" for abruptly cancelling research grants, laying off scientists and threatening further cuts.

The Maine Republican was already the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee. But there had been speculation that Sen. Mitch McConnell could opt to take over as committee chair now that he is stepping down as Senate Republican leader.

Senators King and Collins are among two dozen lawmakers asking the General Accounting Office to review Department of Defense research into traumatic brain injuries and to identify those service members most at risk of blast exposure.

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