Press Releases

January 28, 2011

MAINE DELEGATION APPLAUDS NAVY'S COMPLETION OF BNAS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

The U.S. Navy today announced that it has signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the environmental review process at Brunswick Naval Air Station (BNAS). The Navy's approval of the...

January 27, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS RETAINS SEATS ON POWERFUL SENATE COMMITTEES

Senate leaders have announced that U.S. Senator Susan Collins will continue to serve as Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for the...

January 26, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS CO-SPONSORS BILL TO REPEAL 1099 PROVISION THAT BURDENS SMALL BUSINESSES

U.S. Senator Susan Collins is an original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill that would repeal a provision of the health care law that increases costs and creates onerous paperwork for...

January 25, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT FOLLOWING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

Following President Obama’s State of the Union address this evening, Senator Susan Collins released this statement: “The 112th Congress will bring extraordinary...

January 22, 2011

SENATORS COLLINS, CARDIN OPPOSE BROADER USE OF E15 FUELS

U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approvalof E15 fuels for older cars, a decision that...

January 21, 2011

“Removing A Weight From Maine’s Businesses”

The safety of the people of Maine, our economy, energy independence, and the environment have always been among my top priorities in the Senate. That is why the first bill...

January 19, 2011

SENATORS COLLINS, SNOWE URGE PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT GOVERNOR'S REQUEST FOR FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, in a letter today, urged the President to support Governor Paul LePage's request for federal disaster assistance for Aroostook,...

January 17, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS HONORS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

"On the night before he was assassinated, Dr. King delivered his very last speech to striking sanitation workers in Memphis. He said this: 'Let us rise up tonight with a...

January 14, 2011

"Looking Back On A Successful 2010"

It continues to be my great honor and privilege to represent the people of Maine in the United States Senate. This is a responsibility that I both enjoy and take very seriously....

January 13, 2011

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION CLEARS THE WAY FOR MAINE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF MONTREAL, MAINE AND ATLANTIC RAILWAY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has cleared all...

January 12, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS PRAISES EPA'S DECISION TO EXCLUDE BIOMASS FROM REGULATIONS FOR THREE YEARS

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced it plans to defer, for three years, greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for carbon dioxide emissions from...

January 11, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS SHINES LIGHT ON FEDERAL WORKERS COMP WASTE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has called for a thorough review of the program that provides federal...

January 06, 2011

SENATORS COLLINS, CARDIN URGE EPA TO RECONSIDER E15 WAIVER

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), along with a bipartisan group of six colleagues, today urged the head of the Environmental Protection...

January 06, 2011

SENATORS COLLINS APPLAUDS NAVY DECISION TO ADD EXTRA DESTROYER TO FIVE YEAR BUDGET

U.S. Senator Susan Collins applauds today’s announcement by the Secretary of Defense that the Navy will use some of the $35 billion it identified in overhead savings towards...

January 05, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS HONORS SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI FOR SURPASSING RECORD SET BY MARGARET CHASE SMITH

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today spoke on the Senate floor to honor her colleague, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), who is now the longest-serving female Senator in U.S....

January 05, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS CONGRATULATES MAINE GOVERNOR PAUL LEPAGE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement upon the inauguration of Paul LePage as Maine’s next Governor. “I am delighted to congratulate Paul...

January 05, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS BEGINS 15TH YEAR IN SENATE HAVING NEVER MISSED A ROLL CALL VOTE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins begins the 112th Congress today as the longest, currently-serving, member to have never missed a roll call vote. On December 22nd, Senator Collins...

January 04, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS HAILS ENACTMENT NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY LAW

President Obama today signed the Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010 which will help law enforcement officials along the northern border stem the flow of illegal...

December 22, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON 9-11 HEALTH CARE BILL

Senator Susan Collins today released this statement praising the bipartisan agreement to help the first responders who have become ill as a result of their rescue efforts on and...

December 20, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS LEADS EFFORT TO REPEAL DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following a vote in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which was implemented under...

MAINE DELEGATION APPLAUDS NAVY'S COMPLETION OF BNAS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

SENATOR COLLINS RETAINS SEATS ON POWERFUL SENATE COMMITTEES

SENATOR COLLINS CO-SPONSORS BILL TO REPEAL 1099 PROVISION THAT BURDENS SMALL BUSINESSES

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT FOLLOWING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

SENATORS COLLINS, CARDIN OPPOSE BROADER USE OF E15 FUELS

“Removing A Weight From Maine’s Businesses”

SENATORS COLLINS, SNOWE URGE PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT GOVERNOR'S REQUEST FOR FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

SENATOR COLLINS HONORS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

"Looking Back On A Successful 2010"

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION CLEARS THE WAY FOR MAINE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF MONTREAL, MAINE AND ATLANTIC RAILWAY

SENATOR COLLINS PRAISES EPA'S DECISION TO EXCLUDE BIOMASS FROM REGULATIONS FOR THREE YEARS

SENATOR COLLINS SHINES LIGHT ON FEDERAL WORKERS COMP WASTE

SENATORS COLLINS, CARDIN URGE EPA TO RECONSIDER E15 WAIVER

SENATORS COLLINS APPLAUDS NAVY DECISION TO ADD EXTRA DESTROYER TO FIVE YEAR BUDGET

SENATOR COLLINS HONORS SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI FOR SURPASSING RECORD SET BY MARGARET CHASE SMITH

SENATOR COLLINS CONGRATULATES MAINE GOVERNOR PAUL LEPAGE

SENATOR COLLINS BEGINS 15TH YEAR IN SENATE HAVING NEVER MISSED A ROLL CALL VOTE

SENATOR COLLINS HAILS ENACTMENT NORTHERN BORDER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY LAW

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON 9-11 HEALTH CARE BILL

SENATOR COLLINS LEADS EFFORT TO REPEAL DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL