Press Releases

February 09, 2009

HIGHLIGHTS OF NELSON-COLLINS COMPROMISE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote late today on a bipartisan amendment, authored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Ben Nelson (D-NE), that would reduce the cost of the proposed...

February 06, 2009

“Ensuring Health Care For Our Children”

One of the first bills that I co-sponsored when I first came to the Senate in January of 1997 was legislation that established the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or...

February 06, 2009

SENATORS COLLINS AND NELSON NEGOTIATE BIPARTISAN ECONOMIC STIMULUS AGREEMENT

After days of leading bipartisan negotiations, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Ben Nelson (D-NE) tonight announced an agreement on an amendment to the Economic Recovery Act...

February 04, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $340,596 FOR EIGHT MAINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $340,596 in grant funding...

February 04, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS DISCUSSES ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today met personally with President Barack Obama to discuss her concerns with the proposed economic...

February 03, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS MEETS WITH HUMANE SOCIETY OFFICIALS

Recognizing her as a leader when it comes to protecting animals, Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Michael Markarian, Executive...

February 01, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT ON UPCOMING RETIREMENT OF BATH IRON WORKS PRESIDENT

Senator Collins has released the following statement on the announcement that Bath Iron Works President Dugan Shipway will retire from BIW this spring. "Dugan has done an...

January 30, 2009

“Abandoning Six-day Mail Delivery Is Unacceptable”

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has traditionally prided itself on the fact that "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night" can keep its carriers from...

January 29, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS COMMENTS ON NEW TREASURY DEPARTMENT POLICY TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL STABILITY PROGRAM

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today lauded the Treasury Department's announcement of a new policy to post information related to the implementation of the Troubled Asset Relief...

January 29, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS TO VOTE TO EXTEND CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM

U.S. Senator Susan Collins will vote today to extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Senator Collins is a leading supporter of the successful program that...

January 29, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS ATTENDS WHITE HOUSE SIGNING CEREMONY THIS MORNING

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Susan Collins was invited to attend a signing ceremony at the White House this morning as President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay...

January 28, 2009

SENATORS SNOWE AND COLLINS URGE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CONTINUE PRODUCTION OF F-22 RAPTOR

U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe and U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced that they have sent a letter today urging President...

January 28, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS CRITICIZES U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR PROPOSING ELIMINATION OF SERVICES

U.S. Senator Susan Collins expressed serious concerns over the U.S. Postal Service's claim that it might be forced to eliminate a day of mail service as a result of the current...

January 27, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA

President Barack Obama today met with Senate Republicans during their weekly caucus lunch meeting to discuss the details of his $825 billion economic stimulus plan. Following the...

January 27, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE CRITICAL COMMUNICATION IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY

Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, announced today that the State of Maine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have entered...

January 26, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S DECISION TO RECONSIDER EPA POLICY

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today praised President Barack Obama’s decision to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider a previous rejection of a waiver,...

January 26, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS TO OPPOSE TREASURY SECRETARY NOMINEE’S CONFIRMATION

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that she will oppose the confirmation of Timothy Geithner, who was nominated to be U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. The Senate is expected...

January 24, 2009

SENATE PASSES SENATOR COLLINS’ LEGISLATION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR SCHOOL COUNSELING

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed legislation, authored by Senator Susan Collins that designates the week of February 2nd as “National School Counseling Week”....

January 23, 2009

“Representing Maine On The Senate Appropriations Committee”

America recently reaffirmed its proud history as we inaugurated our 44th president. A huge crowd withstood bitter cold to be part of this landmark ceremony. I was struck by how...

January 21, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES SEAT ON POWERFUL SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

Senate leaders have appointed U.S. Senator Susan Collins to a seat on the oldest and most powerful of Senate committees—the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is...

HIGHLIGHTS OF NELSON-COLLINS COMPROMISE ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE

“Ensuring Health Care For Our Children”

SENATORS COLLINS AND NELSON NEGOTIATE BIPARTISAN ECONOMIC STIMULUS AGREEMENT

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $340,596 FOR EIGHT MAINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS

SENATOR COLLINS DISCUSSES ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA

SENATOR COLLINS MEETS WITH HUMANE SOCIETY OFFICIALS

SENATOR COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT ON UPCOMING RETIREMENT OF BATH IRON WORKS PRESIDENT

“Abandoning Six-day Mail Delivery Is Unacceptable”

SENATOR COLLINS COMMENTS ON NEW TREASURY DEPARTMENT POLICY TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL STABILITY PROGRAM

SENATOR COLLINS TO VOTE TO EXTEND CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM

SENATOR COLLINS ATTENDS WHITE HOUSE SIGNING CEREMONY THIS MORNING

SENATORS SNOWE AND COLLINS URGE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CONTINUE PRODUCTION OF F-22 RAPTOR

SENATOR COLLINS CRITICIZES U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR PROPOSING ELIMINATION OF SERVICES

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE CRITICAL COMMUNICATION IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S DECISION TO RECONSIDER EPA POLICY

SENATOR COLLINS TO OPPOSE TREASURY SECRETARY NOMINEE’S CONFIRMATION

SENATE PASSES SENATOR COLLINS’ LEGISLATION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR SCHOOL COUNSELING

“Representing Maine On The Senate Appropriations Committee”

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES SEAT ON POWERFUL SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE