Excessive litigation and over regulation are threatening one of the oldest industries in New England. Over four hundred years ago Europeans fished off the Isles of Shoals. Fishing...
President George W. Bush has proposed a bold plan to create a Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security. The decisions that federal lawmakers will make over the next several...
Identity theft is the fastest growing white collar crime in the United States. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) estimates that 700,000 Americans are victims of identity theft...
The ingenuity, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit of three small businesses in Maine will help America to win the war on terrorism. Technology being developed in our state,...
The recent recession, high unemployment levels, and the tragic events of September 11th have placed tremendous and unanticipated demands on government services and resources....
Thirty years ago landmark legislation known as "Title IX" set forth a policy of educational equity that has greatly expanded opportunities for girls and women. Prior to its...
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senator Susan Collins urged the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman, to act favorably on Maine's request for federal disaster assistance. Such...
WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Health Committee, has introduced legislation that would modernize the Medicare requirements defining homebound home...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An internal memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs has raised the ire of Senator Susan Collins, who has taken her concerns to President Bush and to the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate passed the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2003. The bill will provide just under $4 billion to Maine and Maine-related defense...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate today passed legislation co-authored by Senator Susan Collins that will save Americans an estimated $60 billion dollars (according to...
THE SENATE is due to vote today on two proposals to confront the soaring cost of prescription drugs. The first measure, which faces an uphill struggle, would add a prescription...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), of which Senator Susan Collins is the Ranking Member, today held the Subcommittee's second hearing on the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate today passed legislation introduced by Senator Susan Collins that would assist states through a period when many are experiencing a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs which has jurisdiction over legislation creating a new Department of Homeland...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of which Sen. Susan Collins is the Ranking Republican member, today continued its investigation into the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins announced at a Capitol Hill news conference today that she will introduce an amendment next week to the Medicare prescription drug...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate has begun debate on major prescription drug legislation which was written by Senator Susan Collins with Senator John Edwards (D-NC). The...
WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Sea Power Subcommittee, today addressed the American Sea Power in the 21st Century...
MR. CHAIRMAN, I am pleased to join my distinguished colleague from North Carolina, Senator Edwards, in offering this compromise amendment which will make prescription drugs more...