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...
Following a series of hearings where financial experts said that one reason for the recent spikes in food and energy prices may be due to excessive speculation in the commodities...
Although it is still summer, people in our state and throughout the Northeast already are worried about winter. As I talk to Mainers, I hear time and again how worried they are...
A bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senator Susan Collins, is calling on Senate Appropriators to increase funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program. The program has...
U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA) office for Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) has...
The U.S. Navy today notified Senator Collins, who is a Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that it has awarded Bath Iron Works a contract in the amount of $20,753,902....
The 4th of July is a day of noisy celebration. Independence Day is one of quiet gratitude. Amid the fun of families, friends, and communities coming together for America’s...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Co-Chair of the Senate Northeast-Midwest Coalition, today sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to release $120 million in remaining...
Women have always played an important role in the U.S. military, dating back to the Revolutionary War. And the number of women serving in the U.S. military is growing at an...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins today praised the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ announcement to open a new outpatient clinic in the Lewiston-Auburn area. The new clinic...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins today was presented with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners “Legislator of the Year Award” by 18 Maine nurse practitioners, who...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that she recently sent a letter to Senate leadership supporting the nation’s workforce programs and requesting the restoration of...
Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins today urged U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to consider establishing a seasonal port of entry at the...
U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe and U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced $366,599 in grant funding for the Aroostook County Empowerment Zone. The funding will be used to assist...