Press Releases

October 23, 2002

MAINE FIRMS BENEFIT FROM FUNDS SECURED BY SENATOR COLLINS IN FY 2003 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. ¨C U.S. Senator Susan Collins, today applauded President George W. Bush for signing the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2003. The agreement will...

October 23, 2002

YORK AND OXFORD COUNTIES RECEIVE DISASTER DESIGNATION TO ADDRESS DROUGHT LOSSES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins today announced that York and Oxford Counties have been designated a Federal Disaster Area by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for...

October 22, 2002

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AGREES TO COLLINS REQUEST TO STUDY EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the meeting of the Bangor Chamber of Commerce today, United States Senator Susan Collins announced that the Federal Highway Administration has committed to...

October 22, 2002

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $100,000 GRANT TO MAINE UNDERGRADUATES THROUGH MAINE SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced today that $100,000 in Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) funding will be made available on a...

October 21, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS''S LEGISLATION TO REMEDY SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS IN MAINE AND ACROSS THE NATION SENT TO PRESIDENT FOR SIGNATURE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, October 17, 2002, the Senate cleared the final version of the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002, which includes Senator Susan Collins''s...

October 21, 2002

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $400,000 YOUTHBUILD IMPLEMENTATION GRANT TO COASTAL ENTERPRISES, INC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced today that Coastal Enterprises, Inc., based in Wiscasset, will receive $400,000 in Youthbuild...

October 21, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE GRANTS TO FOUR MAINE HEALTH PROVIDERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that four Maine health care providers will receive grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),...

October 21, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS PRESIDENT’S GENERIC DRUGS PROPOSAL A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins today reacted to the administration's proposed new regulations aimed at increasing the availability of lower-cost generic drugs for...

October 21, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS LEADS COLLEAGUES IN URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE COMPLETION AND INAUGURATION OF EAST COAST GREENWAY

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today joined Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) in leading their East-Coast colleagues in requesting the President's help in ensuring the...

October 18, 2002

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE CENTER ON AGING RECEIVES $100,000 OSTEOPOROSIS GRANT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a $100,000 grant to the University of Maine's Center on...

October 18, 2002

NATIONAL VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATIONS WEEK

Visiting nurses are health care heroes dedicated to service in the ultimate caring profession. For over a century, the Visiting Nurse Associations (VNAs) have provided...

October 17, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES SENATE LEADERS TO RESTORE CONSERVATION FUNDING

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today joined several of her colleagues in urging the Senate leadership to ensure the restoration of emergency appropriations from...

October 17, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CALLS ON AIR FORCE TO HONOR AGREEMENT WITH LORING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins is calling on the United States Air Force to honor its agreement with the Loring Development Authority (LDA) to continue caretaker...

October 17, 2002

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS’S LEGISLATION TO REMEDY SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS IN MAINE AND ACROSS COUNTRY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate has approved Senator Susan Collins's Dental Health Improvement Act which authorizes a $50 million dollar grant program for states to develop...

October 17, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENDERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins is an original cosponsor for the "Protecting Children from Sexual Offenders Act,"bi-partisan legislation designed to strengthen laws...

October 17, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS WELCOMES NEW DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Subcommittee on Public Health and the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, today congratulated Dr. Anthony Tomassoni on his...

October 17, 2002

SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER PRAISES SENATOR COLLINS’S “TIRELESS EFFORTS” TO PROVIDE FISCAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) has praised Senator Susan Collins for her "tireless efforts" to provide fiscal assistance to states through...

October 16, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES BI-PARTISAN RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today introduced a bi-partisan resolution with Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) that would designate the second full week of every...

October 16, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS TRIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO SECURE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins is an original cosponsor of the ‘Hometown Heroes Survivor Benefit Act of 2002,' tri-partisan legislation to expand benefit eligibility...

October 16, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR AN END TO AWARDING GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS TO INVERTED COMPANIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins today joined the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, in introducing legislation to prevent companies that create...

MAINE FIRMS BENEFIT FROM FUNDS SECURED BY SENATOR COLLINS IN FY 2003 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL

YORK AND OXFORD COUNTIES RECEIVE DISASTER DESIGNATION TO ADDRESS DROUGHT LOSSES

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AGREES TO COLLINS REQUEST TO STUDY EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $100,000 GRANT TO MAINE UNDERGRADUATES THROUGH MAINE SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS''S LEGISLATION TO REMEDY SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS IN MAINE AND ACROSS THE NATION SENT TO PRESIDENT FOR SIGNATURE

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $400,000 YOUTHBUILD IMPLEMENTATION GRANT TO COASTAL ENTERPRISES, INC.

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE GRANTS TO FOUR MAINE HEALTH PROVIDERS

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS PRESIDENT’S GENERIC DRUGS PROPOSAL A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

SENATOR COLLINS LEADS COLLEAGUES IN URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE COMPLETION AND INAUGURATION OF EAST COAST GREENWAY

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE CENTER ON AGING RECEIVES $100,000 OSTEOPOROSIS GRANT

NATIONAL VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATIONS WEEK

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES SENATE LEADERS TO RESTORE CONSERVATION FUNDING

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CALLS ON AIR FORCE TO HONOR AGREEMENT WITH LORING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS’S LEGISLATION TO REMEDY SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS IN MAINE AND ACROSS COUNTRY

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENDERS

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS WELCOMES NEW DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER PRAISES SENATOR COLLINS’S “TIRELESS EFFORTS” TO PROVIDE FISCAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES BI-PARTISAN RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATIONS

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS TRIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO SECURE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR AN END TO AWARDING GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS TO INVERTED COMPANIES