Press Releases

October 15, 2017

ICYMI: Senator Collins Discusses Health Care, Other Important Topics on Premiere of MSNBC’s “Kasie DC”

Click HERE to watch the interview Note to assignment editors and news directors: Click HERE for high-quality video of the interviewWashington, D.C. -This evening, U.S. Senator...

October 15, 2017

ICYMI: Senator Collins Discusses Health Care, Tax Reform, Iran, and Other Issues on ABC’s “This Week”

Click HERE to watch the interview Note to assignment editors and news directors: Click HERE for high-quality video of the interviewWashington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan...

October 13, 2017

Senator Collins Delivers Remarks on Health Care, Announces Decision on Governor’s Race at Pen Bay Chamber Breakfast

Rockport, ME—U.S. Senator Susan Collins was the featured speaker this morning at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Quarterly Business Breakfast. Approximately...

October 12, 2017

Senators Collins, Shaheen’s Bipartisan Legislation to Establish National Diabetes Commission Heads to President’s Desk

Washington, D.C. - The National Clinical Care Commission Act recently passed Congress unanimously and will now head to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The...

October 10, 2017

Collins, King Announce Nearly $2 Million in Grant Funding for Saint Joseph’s College

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded Saint Joseph’s...

October 05, 2017

Senator Collins Presses Health Agency Leaders on Developing Solutions to Opioid Crisis that is “Tearing Apart Our Communities and Costing the Lives of So Many”

Click HERE to watch Senator Collins’ Q&A with hearing witnessesNote to assignment editors and news directors: Click HERE for high-quality video of Senator Collins’ Q&A with...

October 05, 2017

Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $2.7 Million for Maine Veterans’ Homes in Bangor

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins, a member of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Subcommittee, and Angus...

October 05, 2017

Senators Collins, King Announce Nearly $2.1 Million for Preble Street in Portland

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins, the Chairman of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, and Angus King announced today that...

October 04, 2017

Leaders of Maine Community Banks Meet with Senator Collins

Click HERE for a high-resolution photo of Senator Collins with Members of Maine Bankers AssociationWashington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with Chris Pinkham, the...

October 04, 2017

Aging Committee Examines Progress to Protect Consumers from Illegal Robocalls

Click HERE for a copy of Senator Collins’ remarksClick HERE for a copy of Senator Casey’s remarksClick HERE to watch the hearingWashington, D.C.—Complaints about robocalls are...

October 04, 2017

Senator Collins Announces Senate Confirmed Halsey Frank to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that Halsey Frank, a current Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine and career prosecutor, has been...

October 04, 2017

Senator Collins Announces Senate Confirmed Halsey Frank to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that Halsey Frank, a current Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine and career prosecutor, has been...

October 03, 2017

Senator Collins, King Announce USM to receive nearly $300,000 for Veterans Upward Bound Program

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the University of Southern Maine (USM) will receive $263,938 through the U.S. Department of...

October 03, 2017

Senator Collins Welcomes Boothbay Region High School Principal, Maine’s 2017 Principal of the Year, to Washington, D.C.

Click HERE for a high-resolution photo of Senator Collins and Dan WelchWashington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with Daniel Welch, the principal of Boothbay Region...

September 29, 2017

Maine Delegation Welcomes Secretary of the Navy to Bath Iron Works

Bath, ME — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin welcomed the Secretary of the Navy to Bath Iron Works (BIW)...

September 28, 2017

Senators Collins, King and Representative Pingree Announce Agreement Between BIW, Navy to Build Two New Destroyers

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) announced today that the U.S. Navy awarded contracts to...

September 28, 2017

Collins, King Congratulate Three Maine Schools Recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King applauded Fourteenth Street School in Bangor, Connors-Emerson School in Bar Harbor, and Falmouth Elementary School for...

September 28, 2017

More Than 300 Advocacy Groups Oppose Graham-Cassidy

Washington, D.C. - More than 300 health care advocacy groups, including several representing Mainers, oppose the Graham-Cassidy health care proposal. This astonishing number...

September 27, 2017

Collins and King Announce More Than $300,000 in Funding to the Aroostook County Action Program from U.S. Department of Labor

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded the Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP) grant...

September 27, 2017

Senators Collins, King Announce Maine Tribes Receive $1.2 Million in Community Development Grants

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Penobscot Indian Nation have each received $600,000 through the...

ICYMI: Senator Collins Discusses Health Care, Other Important Topics on Premiere of MSNBC’s “Kasie DC”

ICYMI: Senator Collins Discusses Health Care, Tax Reform, Iran, and Other Issues on ABC’s “This Week”

Senator Collins Delivers Remarks on Health Care, Announces Decision on Governor’s Race at Pen Bay Chamber Breakfast

Senators Collins, Shaheen’s Bipartisan Legislation to Establish National Diabetes Commission Heads to President’s Desk

Collins, King Announce Nearly $2 Million in Grant Funding for Saint Joseph’s College

Senator Collins Presses Health Agency Leaders on Developing Solutions to Opioid Crisis that is “Tearing Apart Our Communities and Costing the Lives of So Many”

Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $2.7 Million for Maine Veterans’ Homes in Bangor

Senators Collins, King Announce Nearly $2.1 Million for Preble Street in Portland

Leaders of Maine Community Banks Meet with Senator Collins

Aging Committee Examines Progress to Protect Consumers from Illegal Robocalls

Senator Collins Announces Senate Confirmed Halsey Frank to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine

Senator Collins Announces Senate Confirmed Halsey Frank to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine

Senator Collins, King Announce USM to receive nearly $300,000 for Veterans Upward Bound Program

Senator Collins Welcomes Boothbay Region High School Principal, Maine’s 2017 Principal of the Year, to Washington, D.C.

Maine Delegation Welcomes Secretary of the Navy to Bath Iron Works

Senators Collins, King and Representative Pingree Announce Agreement Between BIW, Navy to Build Two New Destroyers

Collins, King Congratulate Three Maine Schools Recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools

More Than 300 Advocacy Groups Oppose Graham-Cassidy

Collins and King Announce More Than $300,000 in Funding to the Aroostook County Action Program from U.S. Department of Labor

Senators Collins, King Announce Maine Tribes Receive $1.2 Million in Community Development Grants