Press Releases

September 13, 2007

US SENATE LIKELY TO CONSIDER NELSON-COLLINS MISSION TRANSITION PLAN FOR US FORCES IN IRAQ

This week, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to debate the fiscal year 2008 defense authorization...

September 12, 2007

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS SECURE $200,000 FOR HOME FOR HOMELESS WOMEN IN PORTLAND IN 2008 APPROPRIATIONS BILL

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins have secured $200,000 in funding for Preble Street in...

September 12, 2007

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $5,625,000 POLICE GRANT FUNDING TO THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded the Maine Department of Public Safety $5,625,000 in grant...

September 12, 2007

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS GENERAL PETRAEUS ABOUT STRATEGY IN IRAQ

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today questioned General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker during a...

September 12, 2007

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $900,000 IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR PENOBSCOT COUNTY

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $899,992 in funding to support...

September 12, 2007

DEFENSE BILL INCLUDES FUNDS FOR BIW, OTHER MAINE COMPANIES

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the fiscal year 2008 Department of Defense Appropriations...

September 12, 2007

SENATE PASSES FY 2008 TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today voted in favor of the fiscal year 2008...

September 11, 2007

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $190,000 FOR PITTSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today...

September 11, 2007

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $60,000 IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR THE CITY OF BIDDEFORD

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September 11, 2007

SENATOR COLLINS COMMENDS VA FOR GRANTING RELIEF TO MAINE VETERANS

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today praised the Department...

September 11, 2007

SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS CONSIDERS SENATOR COLLINS’ BILL TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a Subcommittee on National Parks...

September 11, 2007

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS CALL ON WHITE HOUSE TO WITHDRAW LIMITS ON SCHIP

In a letter to the President, U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins have joined 42 of their colleagues expressing opposition to recent requirements laid out by...

September 11, 2007

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS GENERAL PETRAEUS ABOUT STRATEGY IN IRAQ

Senator Susan Collins today questioned General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss Iraq policy. Gen....

September 10, 2007

SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE EXAMINES THREATS SIX YEARS AFTER 9/11

On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Senate Homeland Security Committee...

September 10, 2007

SENATOR COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT FOLLOWING GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS’ TESTIMONY TO THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following the release of General David...

September 07, 2007

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS BILL TO HOLD TERRORIST STATES ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTS OF TERRORISM

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, has cosponsored a...

September 07, 2007

Bipartisan Coalition Of Senators Introduce Legislation To Restore America’s Aging Roads, Rail Lines And Bridges

In an effort to fund much needed new transportation construction and repair of the nation’s aging roads,...

September 07, 2007

SEN. COLLINS COSPONSORS LEGISLATION TO CONSIDER THE TRANSFER OF BRUNSWICK’S STOWE HOUSE TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Senator Susan Collins today announced that she has cosponsored legislation that would investigate the feasibility of Brunswick’s Harriet Beecher Stowe House to...

September 07, 2007

“Communicating During A Crisis”

Six years after the September 11th attacks, too many police officers, firefighters, emergency medical workers and other first responders still lack the basic ability to communicate...

September 06, 2007

SENATOR COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT ON GENERAL JONES’ COMMISSION ON IRAQ SECURITY FORCES REPORT

The Senate Armed Services Committee, of which Senator Collins is a Member, today held a hearing to examine...

US SENATE LIKELY TO CONSIDER NELSON-COLLINS MISSION TRANSITION PLAN FOR US FORCES IN IRAQ

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS SECURE $200,000 FOR HOME FOR HOMELESS WOMEN IN PORTLAND IN 2008 APPROPRIATIONS BILL

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $5,625,000 POLICE GRANT FUNDING TO THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS GENERAL PETRAEUS ABOUT STRATEGY IN IRAQ

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $900,000 IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR PENOBSCOT COUNTY

DEFENSE BILL INCLUDES FUNDS FOR BIW, OTHER MAINE COMPANIES

SENATE PASSES FY 2008 TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $190,000 FOR PITTSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $60,000 IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR THE CITY OF BIDDEFORD

SENATOR COLLINS COMMENDS VA FOR GRANTING RELIEF TO MAINE VETERANS

SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS CONSIDERS SENATOR COLLINS’ BILL TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS CALL ON WHITE HOUSE TO WITHDRAW LIMITS ON SCHIP

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS GENERAL PETRAEUS ABOUT STRATEGY IN IRAQ

SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE EXAMINES THREATS SIX YEARS AFTER 9/11

SENATOR COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT FOLLOWING GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS’ TESTIMONY TO THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS BILL TO HOLD TERRORIST STATES ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTS OF TERRORISM

Bipartisan Coalition Of Senators Introduce Legislation To Restore America’s Aging Roads, Rail Lines And Bridges

SEN. COLLINS COSPONSORS LEGISLATION TO CONSIDER THE TRANSFER OF BRUNSWICK’S STOWE HOUSE TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

“Communicating During A Crisis”

SENATOR COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT ON GENERAL JONES’ COMMISSION ON IRAQ SECURITY FORCES REPORT