Responding to calls from fire prevention and child safety groups across the country, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) today...
Thursday night, the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a motion to adjourn, which is required for the Congress to break for a month-long August recess. The U.S. House of Representatives...
A bipartisan group of Senators—five Republicans and five Democrats—today unveiled a compromise energy plan that would increase American production of energy to further...
August is here, traditionally a month of summertime fun, family vacations and back-to-school preparations. This year, however, for far too many families and businesses throughout...
Senator Susan Collins has introduced legislation that would make available additional funding to low-income families for weatherization programs, grant dollars for low-income...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins today introduced legislation to temporarily lower the tariff on certain rayon fibers imported into the United States. The fiber is imported by Tambrands,...
U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe and U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that seven Maine organizations will be receiving a combined $650,000 in grant funding from the Office...
The U.S. Senate has rejected bipartisan legislation that was cosponsored by Senator Susan Collins and would have provided an additional $2.53 billion in emergency spending for the...
The U.S. Senate has approved bipartisan legislation that would help strengthen the ailing housing market by providing the Department of Treasury explicit authority to extend credit...
In a letter sent today to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the General Services Administration (GSA), Maine Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe requested...
“Energy Security: An American Imperative” was the subject of a recent hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. As a leader of the Committee, I am...
The U.S. Senate today voted against proceeding to consideration of legislation that would address the impact of excessive speculation in energy futures markets on the price of oil....
Under Secretary of Defense, John J. Young Jr. has sent a letter to Senator Susan Collins outlining the estimated costs of restarting the DDG-51 versus continuing the DDG-1000...
Senator Collins recently received praise for her leadership in funding type 1 diabetes research. The official from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation noted Senator...
With one witness declaring that “Maine will likely be the first state to experience a heating emergency,” Ranking Member Susan Collins and Chairman Joe Lieberman heard...
The Secretary of the Navy today informed members of the Senate and House of its plans to cancel the DDG-1000 program after completion of the first two...
For more than 40 million seniors and disabled persons, Medicare provides necessary health care benefits. Unfortunately, however, this crucial program can also be a target for...
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with members of the Maine AARP. The group thanked Senator Collins for her recent support of Senate legislation to amend Medicare...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins today met with USAirways CEO Doug Parker to discuss the effect of excessive speculation in the energy futures markets on the price of energy. Senator...
Senator Susan Collins, who is a Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, commented today on an unconfirmed news report that the Navy plans to discontinue the Zumwalt Class...