Press Releases

September 20, 2006

SENATORS COLLINS AND CLINTON INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HELP COMBAT GROWING RATES OF DIABETES STRIKING PREGNANT WOMEN

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) today introduced legislation to combat growing rates of preventable diabetes striking pregnant...

September 20, 2006

SENATOR COLLINS MEETS WITH MAINE CANCER PATIENTS, SURVIVORS AT AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY “CELEBRATION ON THE HILL”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Susan Collins today met with about two dozen people from Maine who are in Washington, D.C. participating in an event called, “Celebration on...

September 19, 2006

SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HEARING EXAMINES TERRORIST RECRUITMENT IN U.S. PRISONS

Washington, D.C. -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman, today held a hearing to...

September 19, 2006

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE IRVING TANNING COMPANY WORKERS ELIGIBLE FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has determined that all workers at the Irving...

September 18, 2006

LORING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE NEARLY $150,000 FROM DFAS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is pleased to announce that the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) says it...

September 18, 2006

HOUSE-SENATE NEGOTIATORS REACH AGREEMENT ON COLLINS-LIEBERMAN FEMA, HURRICANE KATRINA LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, DC—Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman today announced that they have reached an agreement with House...

September 18, 2006

SENATOR COLLINS DELIVERS PRINCIPAL ADDRESS AT BIW CHRISTENING CEREMONY

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the principal speaker this morning at a christening ceremony for Sampson, the 28th...

September 15, 2006

“Google For Government Spending”

Thomas Jefferson once said, “We might hope to see the finances of the Union as clear and intelligible as a merchant’s books, so that every member of Congress and every...

September 15, 2006

DEFENSE SPENDING BILL INCLUDES SENATOR COLLINS’ REQUEST FOR DD(X), SECURING JOBS AT BATH IRON WORKS

WASHINGTON, DC—Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is pleased to announce that Congressional negotiators have reached a final compromise...

September 15, 2006

SENATE PASSES SENATOR COLLINS’ PORT SECURITY LEGISLATION

Washington, D.C. – Groundbreaking bipartisan cargo security legislation authored by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Patty Murray...

September 14, 2006

SENATE NEARING COMPLETION OF DEBATE ON SENATOR COLLINS’ PORT SECURITY BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Senate is nearing the end of debate on groundbreaking, bipartisan cargo security legislation authored by Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the...

September 13, 2006

MAINE RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES SENATOR COLLINS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Maine Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA) recently presented Senator Susan Collins with its “Katahdin Award,” which is intended to...

September 12, 2006

SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HEARING EXAMINES ‘THE NEXT FIVE YEARS’

WASHINGTON, DC—The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman, today held a hearing to...

September 12, 2006

PORT AND RETAIL INDUSTRIES OPPOSE 100% SCANNING

Washington, D.C. – Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins has received letters from the World Shipping Council and the Retail Industry Leaders Association...

September 12, 2006

SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN AND DURBIN CALL FOR LONG-OVERDUE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE INFORMATION SHARING ENVIRONMENT

WASHINGTON, DC-- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) have called on John Negroponte, the Director of National Intelligence, to...

September 12, 2006

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $450,000 TO FIGHT ELDER ABUSE IN MAINE

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a grant in the amount of $449,966 to Volunteers...

September 12, 2006

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT SENATOR COLLINS…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—An editorial in today’s Washington Post endorses a port security bill, authored by Senator Collins, that is currently being debated in the U.S....

September 12, 2006

MAINE TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN LIHEAP FUNDS TO HELP FAMILIES PREPARE FOR UPCOMING WINTER

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In order to help low-income families fill their oil tanks before the arrival of winter weather, Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins are pleased to...

September 11, 2006

Sen. Susan M. Collins September 11th Speech To The U.S. Senate

Five years ago, our nation experienced one of its darkest days and finest hours. With shocking suddenness, an act of unparalleled cruelty transformed a late-summer morning of...

September 08, 2006

“September 11th: A Nation Transformed”

Five years ago, our nation experienced one of its darkest days and finest hours. With shocking suddenness, an act of unparalleled cruelty transformed a late-summer morning of...

SENATORS COLLINS AND CLINTON INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HELP COMBAT GROWING RATES OF DIABETES STRIKING PREGNANT WOMEN

SENATOR COLLINS MEETS WITH MAINE CANCER PATIENTS, SURVIVORS AT AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY “CELEBRATION ON THE HILL”

SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HEARING EXAMINES TERRORIST RECRUITMENT IN U.S. PRISONS

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE IRVING TANNING COMPANY WORKERS ELIGIBLE FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

LORING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE NEARLY $150,000 FROM DFAS

HOUSE-SENATE NEGOTIATORS REACH AGREEMENT ON COLLINS-LIEBERMAN FEMA, HURRICANE KATRINA LEGISLATION

SENATOR COLLINS DELIVERS PRINCIPAL ADDRESS AT BIW CHRISTENING CEREMONY

“Google For Government Spending”

DEFENSE SPENDING BILL INCLUDES SENATOR COLLINS’ REQUEST FOR DD(X), SECURING JOBS AT BATH IRON WORKS

SENATE PASSES SENATOR COLLINS’ PORT SECURITY LEGISLATION

SENATE NEARING COMPLETION OF DEBATE ON SENATOR COLLINS’ PORT SECURITY BILL

MAINE RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES SENATOR COLLINS

SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HEARING EXAMINES ‘THE NEXT FIVE YEARS’

PORT AND RETAIL INDUSTRIES OPPOSE 100% SCANNING

SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN AND DURBIN CALL FOR LONG-OVERDUE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE INFORMATION SHARING ENVIRONMENT

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $450,000 TO FIGHT ELDER ABUSE IN MAINE

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT SENATOR COLLINS…

MAINE TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN LIHEAP FUNDS TO HELP FAMILIES PREPARE FOR UPCOMING WINTER

Sen. Susan M. Collins September 11th Speech To The U.S. Senate

“September 11th: A Nation Transformed”