Press Releases

January 08, 2010

“Bipartisan Commission To Tackle America’s Deficit”

As difficult as it is, we must face a harsh reality: America’s out-of-control debt is becoming a grave threat to our nation’s future prosperity. The United States has...

January 08, 2010

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $814,000 TO PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER FOR MAINE FAMILIES

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that 14 counties in Maine will receive more than $814,000 in federal funds...

December 22, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS: “SENATE HEALTH BILL UNFAIR TO SMALL CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND SUBCONTRACTORS”

A last-minute provision slipped into the health care bill currently on the Senate floor, would exclude the construction industry from the small business exemption contained...

December 22, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON NAMING OF WHITE HOUSE CYBERSECURITY CZAR

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins, issued this statement following the announcement that Howard A. Schmidt has been selected...

December 21, 2009

SENATORS COLLINS, CARPER INTRODUCE MERCURY MONITORING LEGISLATION

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has introduced legislation to create a comprehensive new program to measure mercury levels across the United States. The bipartisan...

December 21, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS TO VOTE AGAINST HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION

U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today her decision to vote against the final health care bill unveiled by Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday. Following is her...

December 18, 2009

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT INCLUDES OVER $100 MILLION FOR MAINE PROGRAMS

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that a Senate-House conference committee has approved the FY 2010 Department of Defense...

December 16, 2009

PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL CONTAINING SENATOR COLLINS’ PROVISION TO LIFT FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS IN MAINE

The President today signed the Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation Appropriations bill. This legislation includes a provision, authored by Senator Susan Collins, to...

December 11, 2009

SENATORS COLLINS, CANTWELL PROPOSE CARBON AUCTION: BILL REDUCES EMISSIONS, RETURNS REVENUE TO CONSUMERS

Today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to reduce global warming pollution, spur job growth in clean energy...

December 09, 2009

MAJOR VICTORY FOR SENATOR COLLINS’ EFFORT TO LIFT FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS IN MAINE

A Senate-House conference committee late tonight gave final approval to Senator Susan Collins' provision to create a one-year pilot project that would exempt Maine's highways from...

December 01, 2009

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS, ANNOUNCE TAA APPROVAL FOR PRIME TANNING WORKERS IN HARTLAND

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that workers who have been displaced as a result of decreased production at the Prime Tanning Company in Hartland...

November 29, 2009

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE OXFORD COUNTY FARMERS ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a request to declare an agricultural disaster in Oxford...

November 25, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DHS IG REPORT ON NATION’S AIR CARGO SECURITY WEAKNESSES

The Department of Homeland Security Inspectors General Office today released a report addressing the effectiveness of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) efforts to...

November 23, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE REFORM VOTE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins tonight voted against considering a divisive, partisan bill and, instead, urged her colleagues to work together to develop a new, bipartisan proposal to...

November 18, 2009

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $4.2 MILLION FOR LIMESTONE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $4.2 million in funds to the Limestone Water and...

November 17, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES MORE THAN $50 MILLION FOR MAINE IN SENATE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS BILL

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees, today announced that the Senate has approved the Fiscal Year 2010 Military...

November 15, 2009