Press Releases

January 14, 2011

"Looking Back On A Successful 2010"

It continues to be my great honor and privilege to represent the people of Maine in the United States Senate. This is a responsibility that I both enjoy and take very seriously....

January 13, 2011

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION CLEARS THE WAY FOR MAINE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF MONTREAL, MAINE AND ATLANTIC RAILWAY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has cleared all...

January 12, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS PRAISES EPA'S DECISION TO EXCLUDE BIOMASS FROM REGULATIONS FOR THREE YEARS

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced it plans to defer, for three years, greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for carbon dioxide emissions from...

January 11, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS SHINES LIGHT ON FEDERAL WORKERS COMP WASTE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has called for a thorough review of the program that provides federal...

January 06, 2011

SENATORS COLLINS, CARDIN URGE EPA TO RECONSIDER E15 WAIVER

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), along with a bipartisan group of six colleagues, today urged the head of the Environmental Protection...

January 06, 2011

SENATORS COLLINS APPLAUDS NAVY DECISION TO ADD EXTRA DESTROYER TO FIVE YEAR BUDGET

U.S. Senator Susan Collins applauds today’s announcement by the Secretary of Defense that the Navy will use some of the $35 billion it identified in overhead savings towards...

January 05, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS HONORS SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI FOR SURPASSING RECORD SET BY MARGARET CHASE SMITH

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today spoke on the Senate floor to honor her colleague, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), who is now the longest-serving female Senator in U.S....

January 05, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS CONGRATULATES MAINE GOVERNOR PAUL LEPAGE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement upon the inauguration of Paul LePage as Maine’s next Governor. “I am delighted to congratulate Paul...

January 05, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS BEGINS 15TH YEAR IN SENATE HAVING NEVER MISSED A ROLL CALL VOTE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins begins the 112th Congress today as the longest, currently-serving, member to have never missed a roll call vote. On December 22nd, Senator Collins...

January 04, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS HAILS ENACTMENT NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY LAW

President Obama today signed the Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010 which will help law enforcement officials along the northern border stem the flow of illegal...

December 22, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON 9-11 HEALTH CARE BILL

Senator Susan Collins today released this statement praising the bipartisan agreement to help the first responders who have become ill as a result of their rescue efforts on and...

December 20, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS LEADS EFFORT TO REPEAL DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following a vote in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which was implemented under...

December 18, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS LEADS EFFORT TO REPEAL DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following a vote in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which was implemented...

December 17, 2010

"A National Plan To Combat Alzheimer's"

Alzheimer's disease takes a tremendous personal and economic toll on both the individual and the family. As someone whose family has experienced the pain of Alzheimer's too...

December 15, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS SUPPORTS TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following passage of compromise tax relief legislation that includes a two-year extension of current rates for all...

December 14, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES PROVISION TO EXTEND FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHTS LIMIT PROJECT IN MAINE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she has successfully convinced her colleagues on the Appropriations Committee to...

December 10, 2010

"Wreaths Across America"

It has become a poignant holiday tradition and a national phenomenon. For 19 years, Morrill and Karen Worcester, owners of Worcester Wreath Company in Harrington, have...

December 10, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS OMB INITIATIVE TO REFORM FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management...

December 10, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS TO SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF NEW START TREATY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced her support today for the New START treaty after the Obama Administration addressed her concerns about the disparity between Russia’s...

December 10, 2010

SENATE PASSES BAYH-COLLINS NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT BILL

The United States Senate has unanimously passed legislation introduced by Senators Susan Collins and Evan Bayh to better coordinate federal efforts to treat, prevent and ultimately...

"Looking Back On A Successful 2010"

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION CLEARS THE WAY FOR MAINE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF MONTREAL, MAINE AND ATLANTIC RAILWAY

SENATOR COLLINS PRAISES EPA'S DECISION TO EXCLUDE BIOMASS FROM REGULATIONS FOR THREE YEARS

SENATOR COLLINS SHINES LIGHT ON FEDERAL WORKERS COMP WASTE

SENATORS COLLINS, CARDIN URGE EPA TO RECONSIDER E15 WAIVER

SENATORS COLLINS APPLAUDS NAVY DECISION TO ADD EXTRA DESTROYER TO FIVE YEAR BUDGET

SENATOR COLLINS HONORS SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI FOR SURPASSING RECORD SET BY MARGARET CHASE SMITH

SENATOR COLLINS CONGRATULATES MAINE GOVERNOR PAUL LEPAGE

SENATOR COLLINS BEGINS 15TH YEAR IN SENATE HAVING NEVER MISSED A ROLL CALL VOTE

SENATOR COLLINS HAILS ENACTMENT NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY LAW

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON 9-11 HEALTH CARE BILL

SENATOR COLLINS LEADS EFFORT TO REPEAL DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL

SENATOR COLLINS LEADS EFFORT TO REPEAL DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL

"A National Plan To Combat Alzheimer's"

SENATOR COLLINS SUPPORTS TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES PROVISION TO EXTEND FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHTS LIMIT PROJECT IN MAINE

"Wreaths Across America"

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS OMB INITIATIVE TO REFORM FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SENATOR COLLINS TO SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF NEW START TREATY

SENATE PASSES BAYH-COLLINS NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT BILL