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Collins, King, Golden Announce More Than $2 Million for Pines Health Services in Aroostook County

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) and U.S. Representative Jared Golden (D-Maine) today announced that Pines Health Services, a community health center network with five locations throughout Aroostook County, has received $2,209,761 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The grant will support collaborative efforts to expand services and lower healthcare costs in northern Maine, especially in rural areas.

Senator Collins Urges All Sides to Come Together to End Government Shutdown

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Senator Collins Welcomes Canton Native to her Washington, D.C., Office

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Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group in Reintroducing Bill to Prevent any President from Leaving NATO

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Jack Reed (D-RI), Lindsey Graham, (R-SC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to explicitly prohibit any President of the United States from withdrawing from NATO without Senate approval.

Senator Collins Meets Fort Fairfield High School Girls Basketball Team

Senator Collins Urges Colleagues to Support Bipartisan Bill to Track Mercury Pollution

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Senators Collins, Carper Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Track Mercury Pollution

Washington, D.C. – Mercury is a potent neurotoxin of significant ecological and public health concern, especially for children and pregnant women. An estimated 200,000 children born in the United States each year are exposed to levels of mercury in the womb that are high enough to impair neurological development.

Senator Collins Urges Colleagues to Support Legislation to Help Americans with High Health Care Costs

Millions of Americans have relied on the medical expense deduction, nearly half of whom have incomes of $50,000 or less

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Aging Committee Examines Law Enforcement’s Efforts to Crack Down on Fraud That Costs Seniors Billions Annually

Washington, D.C. - Each year, older Americans lose approximately $3 billion to an ever-growing number of financial scams. These scams steal much-needed resources from seniors, which are often never recovered.

Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bob Casey (D-PA), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Aging Committee, examined this issue and released the Committee’s 2019 Fraud Book in a hearing titled: “Fighting Elder Fraud: Progress Made, Work to be Done.”

Legislation Authored by Senators Collins, Cardin to Ensure Federal Workers Affected by Shutdowns Receive Retroactive Pay Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Donald Trump signed into law legislation authored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) that will protect federal and other government workers from the financial repercussions of the current and future lapses in federal appropriations.