Press Releases

February 04, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $400,000 FOR SEVEN MAINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $409,688 in grant funding...

February 03, 2010

SENATORS INTRODUCE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL AND SIMILAR EFFORTS WORLDWIDE

U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have introduced a resolution calling on members of the Ugandan Parliament to...

February 03, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $30,000 IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO J&M MACHINING IN SKOWHEGAN

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has approved $30,000 in technical assistance through the Trade...

February 02, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS RECEIVES AWARD FROM NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

U.S. Senator Susan Collins was honored yesterday with a Special Recognition Award from the National School Boards Association (NSBA), presented by NSBA President Sonny Savoie....

February 02, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $646,000 IN FEDERAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUNDING FOR YORK COUNTY

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the Department of Energy has awarded $646,000 in federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant...

February 02, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $879,753 FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN LYMAN

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $879,753 in funding under the Fire Station Construction Grant...

February 01, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S BUDGET PROPOSAL

U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement on the President's budget proposal that was released today. "It's clear that we need to make some fundamental...

January 29, 2010

"Responding To The Crisis In Haiti"

The devastation in Haiti is of unconceivable magnitude. The images and news reports are unbearable to watch, and the distress, suffering, and loss of the people of that...

January 29, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $2.2 MILLION IN HEAD START FUNDING FOR MAINE

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that two Maine child development programs will be receiving a combined $2,210,361 in grant funding from the U.S....

January 28, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $35 MILLION TO EXTEND DOWNEASTER RAIL SERVICE TO BRUNSWICK

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA)...

January 25, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING IRAQI POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM

The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) has released the first of three reports on police training contracts in Iraq. The January 25 report,...

January 25, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS SPEAKS ON SENATE FLOOR IN SUPPORT OF CONRAD-GREGG BUDGET COMMISSION

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today spoke on the Senate floor in favor of legislation that she has cosponsored, authored by Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH), that...

January 22, 2010

SENATORS PRESSURE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO DEVELOP SAFE, SWIFT EVACUATION OF ORPHAN CHILDREN IN HAITI

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today joined a bipartisan group of 15 Senators and 35 House members in sending a letter to the Obama Administration asking for greater...

January 22, 2010

“Outstanding Maine Students Selected For Senate Youth Program”

Years ago, as a senior at Caribou High School, I participated in a program that would change my life. It is called the United States Senate Youth Program, and it is still going...

January 20, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS APPLAUD LABOR DEPARTMENT’S EXTENSION OF ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL STARCH WORKERS IN ISLAND FALLS

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that all workers who will be displaced as a result of the recent layoffs at National Starch and Chemical Company's...

January 20, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF $4.8 MILLION IN EMERGENCY LIHEAP FUNDS TO HELP LOW-INCOME, ELDERLY FAMILIES

In response to a request by Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), the Department of Health and Human Services today agreed to release $490 million from its Low-Income Home Energy...

January 15, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS RECEIVES AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION AWARD

Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) was honored today with the American Ambulance Association award, a national award presented by Tim Beals, President of the Maine Ambulance...

January 15, 2010

“Hearing Will Examine Ways To Strengthen Nation’s Security”

On Christmas night at my parents’ home in Caribou, I glanced at my Blackberry and found missed telephone calls from the Department of Homeland Security and urgent messages...

January 08, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $12.4 MILLION FOR UMAINE COMPOSITES LAB

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced that the University of Maine will receive $12.4 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National...

January 08, 2010

“Bipartisan Commission To Tackle America’s Deficit”

As difficult as it is, we must face a harsh reality: America’s out-of-control debt is becoming a grave threat to our nation’s future prosperity. The United States has...

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $400,000 FOR SEVEN MAINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS

SENATORS INTRODUCE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL AND SIMILAR EFFORTS WORLDWIDE

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $30,000 IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO J&M MACHINING IN SKOWHEGAN

SENATOR COLLINS RECEIVES AWARD FROM NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $646,000 IN FEDERAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUNDING FOR YORK COUNTY

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $879,753 FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN LYMAN

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S BUDGET PROPOSAL

"Responding To The Crisis In Haiti"

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $2.2 MILLION IN HEAD START FUNDING FOR MAINE

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $35 MILLION TO EXTEND DOWNEASTER RAIL SERVICE TO BRUNSWICK

SENATOR COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING IRAQI POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM

SENATOR COLLINS SPEAKS ON SENATE FLOOR IN SUPPORT OF CONRAD-GREGG BUDGET COMMISSION

SENATORS PRESSURE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO DEVELOP SAFE, SWIFT EVACUATION OF ORPHAN CHILDREN IN HAITI

“Outstanding Maine Students Selected For Senate Youth Program”

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS APPLAUD LABOR DEPARTMENT’S EXTENSION OF ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL STARCH WORKERS IN ISLAND FALLS

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF $4.8 MILLION IN EMERGENCY LIHEAP FUNDS TO HELP LOW-INCOME, ELDERLY FAMILIES

SENATOR COLLINS RECEIVES AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION AWARD

“Hearing Will Examine Ways To Strengthen Nation’s Security”

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $12.4 MILLION FOR UMAINE COMPOSITES LAB

“Bipartisan Commission To Tackle America’s Deficit”