The skyrocketing price of diesel fuel is putting an increasing strain on our trucking industry. To illustrate the problem, consider this fact. In 1999, a Maine truck driver could...
In their continuing effort to address the high cost of energy and help ease the burden of high diesel prices on Maine’s trucking industry, Senator Susan...
In December, I participated in the hearing of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations regarding speculation in energy futures markets. At the time, oil prices were then...
Today, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) welcomed the support of Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) for the State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a state-based approach to ensure all...
Later today, the U.S. Senate is expected to approve the final version of the fiscal year 2009 budget resolution which includes a provision authored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME)...
Responding to Senator Susan Collins’ request that the Van Buren Port of Entry be fully reopened as quickly as possible, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency that...
In an effort to address increasing energy and food costs, U.S. Senator Susan Collins is cosponsoring legislation to freeze the corn-based ethanol mandate at this year’s...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was joined earlier today by officials of the Transportation Security...
The full House Armed Services has approved its version of the fiscal year 2009 Defense Authorization bill that includes a provision that would completely eliminate funding for...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins is applauding the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Energy that the department will not seek contracts for the purpose of delivering oil to...
Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee Susan Collins today announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be awarding Maine $1.7 million in port...
The life of Karen Stram of Dresden changed dramatically a decade ago when her husband, Bob, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Since that initial devastating...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined a bipartisan group of Senators...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins recently received an award from members of the Maine Afterschool Alliance for her continued support of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers and...
Opening Statement of
Senator Susan M. Collins
Nuclear Terrorism:
Providing Medical Care and Meeting Basic Needs in the Aftermath
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental...
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force, today praised members of the Alzheimer’s Study...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced that the Port of Entry in Van Buren will re-open on...
U.S. Senator Susan Collins today voted in favor of an amendment that would require the Administration to suspend oil shipments for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The...
In the wake of recent flooding in northern Maine, Senator Collins stands ready to assist her constituents in their time of need.
If you were affected by the recent flooding on the...
Senator Susan Collins, who is Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today sent a letter to the top officials at the office of Customs and Border Protection...