Press Releases

March 05, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $4.7 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR SCHOODIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service will provide $4,682,000 to support ongoing efforts to...

March 05, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT DUTIES ON COATED PAPER FROM CHINA

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following the announcement that the United States has imposed preliminary duties on glossy magazine-style paper imported...

March 04, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES COMMITMENT FROM TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY TO HELP SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING TO SAVE MMA RAILWAY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, today secured a commitment from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to work with her,...

March 03, 2010

SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO ENCOURAGE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION

Today, Senators Susan Collins, along with Tom Carper (D-Del.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced legislation to provide critical financial...

March 03, 2010

HUMANE SOCIETY AND HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND HONOR SENATOR COLLINS FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LEADERSHIP IN 2009

On behalf of its almost 71,000 supporters in Maine, The Humane Society of the United States, together with its affiliate, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, will present an award...

March 03, 2010

SENATORS COLLINS, DORGAN INTRODUCE BILL TO REAUTHORIZE CRITICAL DIABETES RESEARCH FUNDING

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) today introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program, a critical public health program...

March 02, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS VOTES TO EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement tonight after voting in support of critical legislation that includes short-term extensions for unemployment benefits,...

March 02, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF BUMBLE BEE FOODS REGARDING CLOSURE OF SARDINE CANNERY

Senator Susan Collins today met with the President of Bumble Bee Foods, Inc., Chris Lischewski, regarding the announced closure of the company’s sardine cannery in Prospect...

March 02, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON PLAN TO REDUCE POSTAL DELIVERY SERVICE

The U.S. Postal Service today announced that it will propose cutting Saturday mail delivery as a way to trim its large budget shortfalls. It also proposes to reduce overtime and to...

March 01, 2010

FEMA'S PROPOSED DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN INSUFFICIENT

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s proposed national disaster recovery plan still has significant gaps, four leading senators have told Department of Homeland...

March 01, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR MAINE AND NEW ENGLAND FISHING INDUSTRY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) will provide $10 million in additional funding to support New England's...

March 01, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS REQUEST TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED WORKERS FROM STINSON SARDINE CANNERY

In a letter today, U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins urged Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to support a Petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for the 130...

March 01, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $25,000 GRANT TO REHABILITATE LEGGE’S FIELD IN PITTSFIELD

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins announced today that the National Park Service has allocated a $25,000 matching grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund...

March 01, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN EMERGENCY GRANT FUNDING TO ASSIST BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION WORKERS

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a National Emergency Grant (NEG) in the amount of $2,497,927 to the...

March 01, 2010

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $4.7 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR SCHOODIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT DUTIES ON COATED PAPER FROM CHINA

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES COMMITMENT FROM TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY TO HELP SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING TO SAVE MMA RAILWAY

SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO ENCOURAGE OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION

HUMANE SOCIETY AND HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND HONOR SENATOR COLLINS FOR ANIMAL WELFARE LEADERSHIP IN 2009

SENATORS COLLINS, DORGAN INTRODUCE BILL TO REAUTHORIZE CRITICAL DIABETES RESEARCH FUNDING

SENATOR COLLINS VOTES TO EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

SENATOR COLLINS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF BUMBLE BEE FOODS REGARDING CLOSURE OF SARDINE CANNERY

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON PLAN TO REDUCE POSTAL DELIVERY SERVICE

FEMA'S PROPOSED DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN INSUFFICIENT

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR MAINE AND NEW ENGLAND FISHING INDUSTRY

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS REQUEST TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED WORKERS FROM STINSON SARDINE CANNERY

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $25,000 GRANT TO REHABILITATE LEGGE’S FIELD IN PITTSFIELD

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN EMERGENCY GRANT FUNDING TO ASSIST BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION WORKERS

SENATOR COLLINS DECLARES MARCH 2nd "READ ACROSS AMERICA" DAY

SENATOR COLLINS MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF THE MAINE CIVIL AIR PATROL

"Read Across America Day"

SENATOR COLLINS NAMED DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CHAMPION

SENATORS COLLINS, BAYH JOIN TO COMBAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

"Seeking Bipartisan Health Care Solutions"