Press Releases

December 02, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS MILITARY LEADERS OVER ‘DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL’ POLICY

WASHINGTON, D.C.--During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, Senator Susan Collins questioned...

December 01, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR CARMEL FIRE DEPARTMENT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $7,600 in grant funding...

November 30, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON FOOD SAFETY LEGISLATION

Senator Susan Collins today released this statement after voting in support of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, bipartisan legislation that would strengthen the nation's food...

November 23, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREAN ATTACK ON SOUTH KOREAN ISLAND

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released this statement after North Korea fired artillery shells at the...

November 19, 2010

"Closing The Gaps In Aviation Security"

In the past 12 months, the United States has narrowly avoided two terrorist plots directed against aviation. The first occurred last Christmas Day aboard a passenger plane in...

November 18, 2010

SENATORS SEEK TO BOOST GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY, PUBLIC INTERACTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders have introduced bipartisan legislation to revamp the process by which the public is...

November 17, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released the following statement after voting not to proceed to the Paycheck Fairness Act:“I support equal pay for equal work. I...

November 16, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS ON PENTAGON TO BETTER SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT PUBLIC SHIPYARDS INCLUDING PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report, requested by Senator Susan Collins and several of her colleagues, that examined the U.S. Navy's...

November 15, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES NEARLY $8.5 MILLION CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR BATH IRON WORKS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees, today announced that the Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded...

November 11, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON VETERANS DAY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement honoring our nation's veterans on Veterans Day. "Veterans Day was established to commemorate that precise moment -...

November 10, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS VISITS BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL IN BANGOR

U.S. Senator Susan Collins was on hand recently to honor one of the two Maine schools that received national recognition from the U.S. Department of Education this year. The James...

November 10, 2010

“Remembering Our Nation’s Veterans”

Veterans Day was established to commemorate that precise moment – the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 – when the guns of the First World War fell...

November 05, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS CIANBRO EXPANSION

U.S. Senator Susan Collins released this statement today following a phone call from Cianbro Chief Executive Officer Peter Vigue, in which he informed the Senator about Cianbro's...

November 05, 2010

Celebrating Maine's Blue Ribbon Schools

One of my favorite things to do as a U.S. Senator is to visit students in schools throughout the state of Maine. I have visited more than 175 schools since I came to the United...

October 27, 2010

SENATORS COLLINS AND SNOWE SEEK TO PREVENT $162 MILLION IN CUTS TO DDG-1000 AND DDG-51 BUDGETS

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe this week sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee urging them to strongly insist...

October 22, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION RULING IN FAVOR OF U.S. COATED PAPER INDUSTRY IMPORTANT TO MAINE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement in response to the International Trade Commission’s ruling today that the U.S. coated paper industry has been...

October 22, 2010

Voting & Public Service; A Strong Maine Tradition

Mainers have a proud tradition of being among the most active and involved voters in the country. Election after election, we go to the polls in large numbers, which results in...

October 11, 2010

"Big Opportunities For Maine Small Businesses"

Throughout government, agencies purchase a broad range of goods and services that can benefit from the private sector's efficiency and innovation. Last year, the value of federal...

October 07, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS DISCUSSES 101ST AIR REFUELING WING JOBS AND BUDGET WITH AIR FORCE UNDERSECRETARY

During a phone call with Senator Susan Collins, the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Erin Conaton, agreed to the Senator's request to take a closer look at the Air Force's needs...

October 01, 2010

FEMA AGREES TO SENATOR COLLINS' REQUEST TO WITHDRAW FLOOD MAPS, END APPEALS PROCESS

Following a conference call with officials in several coastal Cumberland and York County communities today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has just announced that...