Press Releases

December 18, 2010

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

Washington, D.C. – 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...

December 17, 2010

"A National Plan To Combat Alzheimer's"

Alzheimer's disease takes a tremendous personal and economic toll on both the individual and the family. As someone whose family has experienced the pain of Alzheimer's too...

December 15, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS SUPPORTS TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following passage of compromise tax relief legislation that includes a two-year extension of current rates for all...

December 14, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES PROVISION TO EXTEND FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHTS LIMIT PROJECT IN MAINE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she has successfully convinced her colleagues on the Appropriations Committee to...

December 10, 2010

"Wreaths Across America"

It has become a poignant holiday tradition and a national phenomenon. For 19 years, Morrill and Karen Worcester, owners of Worcester Wreath Company in Harrington, have...

December 10, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS OMB INITIATIVE TO REFORM FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management...

December 10, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS TO SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF NEW START TREATY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced her support today for the New START treaty after the Obama Administration addressed her concerns about the disparity between Russia’s...

December 10, 2010

SENATE PASSES BAYH-COLLINS NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT BILL

The United States Senate has unanimously passed legislation introduced by Senators Susan Collins and Evan Bayh to better coordinate federal efforts to treat, prevent and ultimately...

December 09, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the only Senate Republican to vote in favor of a motion to proceed to the Defense Authorization...

December 09, 2010

SENATE PASSES DORGAN-COLLINS LEGISLATION TO EXTEND CRITICAL DIABETES RESEARCH FUNDING

The United States Senate has unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that includes a two-year extension of the Special Diabetes Program. U.S. Senator Susan Collins, founder...

December 08, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS DISAPPOINTED HOUSE FAILS TO APPROVE PERMANENT TRUCK WEIGHT MEASURE FOR MAINE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins expressed disappointment that the House of Representatives tonight passed a sweeping funding bill known as a Continuing Resolution (CR) that does not...

December 08, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL NEGOTIATIONS

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, who supports repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," released this statement tonight. "Senator Joe Lieberman and I continue to negotiate in...

December 08, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL NEGOTIATIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, who supports repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” released this...

December 07, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM

U.S. Senator Susan Collins welcomed comments from the President today indicating he would support a broad overhaul of the tax code. In a speech on the Senate floor last week,...

December 07, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS PRAISES EPA DECISION TO SEEK DELAY OF BOILER MACT RULE

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today filed a motion in federal District Court to request an extension in issuing pending Clean Air Act regulations known as the...

December 04, 2010

SENATE PASSES SENATOR COLLINS’ LEGISLATION TO HELP REMEDY PROBLEMS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

As a caravan of trucks, filled with 24,000 wreaths, prepares to leave Maine this weekend bound for Arlington National Cemetery where they will be placed on soldiers’...

December 03, 2010

"A Two-Year Tax Relief Extension Will Prevent A Tax Hike On Families And Small Businesses"

Unfortunately, the national unemployment rate in November rose to 9.8 percent, the highest level since April. In addition, the economy added only 39,000 jobs that month, far...

December 03, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS REITERATES CALL FOR IMMEDIATE TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF PROVISIONS; CALLS ON CONGRESS TO TACKLE TAX REFORM

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement reiterating her call for an immediate two-year extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax relief provisions for all Americans,...

December 03, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'

Following the conclusion of today's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Senator Susan Collins released this...

December 03, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON ‘DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL’

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the conclusion of today’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the military’s...

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

"A National Plan To Combat Alzheimer's"

SENATOR COLLINS SUPPORTS TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES PROVISION TO EXTEND FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHTS LIMIT PROJECT IN MAINE

"Wreaths Across America"

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS OMB INITIATIVE TO REFORM FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SENATOR COLLINS TO SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF NEW START TREATY

SENATE PASSES BAYH-COLLINS NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT BILL

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

SENATE PASSES DORGAN-COLLINS LEGISLATION TO EXTEND CRITICAL DIABETES RESEARCH FUNDING

SENATOR COLLINS DISAPPOINTED HOUSE FAILS TO APPROVE PERMANENT TRUCK WEIGHT MEASURE FOR MAINE

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL NEGOTIATIONS

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL NEGOTIATIONS

SENATOR COLLINS WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM

SENATOR COLLINS PRAISES EPA DECISION TO SEEK DELAY OF BOILER MACT RULE

SENATE PASSES SENATOR COLLINS’ LEGISLATION TO HELP REMEDY PROBLEMS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

"A Two-Year Tax Relief Extension Will Prevent A Tax Hike On Families And Small Businesses"

SENATOR COLLINS REITERATES CALL FOR IMMEDIATE TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF PROVISIONS; CALLS ON CONGRESS TO TACKLE TAX REFORM

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON ‘DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL’