PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE—U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered the first speech of the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s 2015 Distinguished Lecturer Series this afternoon. In her remarks titled, “Disrupting the Status Quo: Can an Institutionalist Be an Agent for Change?” Senator Collins discussed her bipartisan leadership in the United States Senate and her ongoing work to find compromise and achieve solutions in an increasingly polarized Congress.
 

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced two grant awards today from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for research being conducted at Maine Medical Center and also for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. 

There are more than 40 million individuals in our nation who know all too well the compassion, commitment, and endurance that it takes to be a caregiver of a loved one. They also know the frustration and exhaustion that often results.  Our caregivers devote their time and attention, and they frequently must make many personal and financial sacrifices to ensure that their loved ones have the care they need day in and day out.  Most important, America’s caregivers enable many of our nation’s seniors to remain living in the safety and comfort of their own homes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor has been awarded $395,243 by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to support clinical research related to neurological disorders.