Press Releases

March 05, 2008

SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN PURSUE CLOSE OVERSIGHT OF CYBER INITIATIVE

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., concerned about foreign intrusions into...

March 04, 2008

SUBMARINE 'NEW HAMPSHIRE' TO BE COMMISSIONED IN KITTERY

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced today that Secretary of the Navy has approved the commissioning date and location for PCU New Hampshire (SSN-778)....

March 04, 2008

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR MAINE

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $1,108,306 in funding to support...

March 04, 2008

FIRST TENANT AT REDEVELOPED BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION ANNOUNCED

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today applauded the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority's announcement that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has committed to establishing a...

March 04, 2008

NORTH HAVEN TO RECEIVE $200,000 GRANT TO UPGRADE SEWER SYSTEM

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins announced today that the Town of North Haven will receive a water and waste disposal loan and grant from the U.S. Department of...

March 04, 2008

25 MAINE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE LIFE-SAVING AEDs

During a recent ceremony at Caravel Middle School in Carmel, Defibtech, a Connecticut-based manufacturer of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), announced that it is donating...

March 03, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS' STAFF TO HOLD LOCAL OFFICE HOURS IN SEARSMONT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that a representative from her Bangor office will hold office hours in Searsmont on Thursday, March 13th. Staff Assistant Jessie Logan...

March 03, 2008

SNOWE, COLLINS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2008

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) and Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas) announced today that...

February 29, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS WORKS TO ENSURE THAT MAINERS CAN STILL BOARD AIRPLANES WITH MAINE DRIVERS' LICENSES WHEN NEW REGULATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED

Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, U.S. Senator Susan Collins today urged the State of Maine to take the simple steps necessary to ensure that individuals...

February 29, 2008

COLLINS ANNOUNCES FIRE GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that FEMA will begin accepting applications from Maine fire departments for...

February 29, 2008

“Read Across America Day”

By investing in our children, we invest in the future of our country. I can think of no more rewarding and enjoyable way to invest in our children’s education than by...

February 28, 2008

MAINE COMMUNITY GROUPS AWARDED GRANTS

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded three grants totaling $579,778 to New...

February 28, 2008

UMAINE, ME DEPT OF MARINE RESOURCES AWARDED GRANTS

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded $1,173,248 in grants to the University of Maine in Orono...

February 27, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $210,850 FOR BERWICK 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 $210,850 in grant funding...

February 27, 2008

HANCOCK COUNTY-BAR HARBOR AIRPORT TO RECEIVE $30,000 TSA REIMBURSEMENT

Today, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) notified U.S. Senator Susan Collins that the agency has agreed to her request that it reimburse the Hancock County-Bar...

February 27, 2008

RELIANCE ON PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ EXAMINED

Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, recently held a hearing to examine whether the U.S. Government is over reliant on private...

February 26, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS REQUESTS TIMELINE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR STEPPING UP CYBER-SECURITY

In an effort to prevent Americans’ sensitive personal information from falling into the wrong hands, Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security...

February 26, 2008

SENATORS SNOWE AND COLLINS CALL FOR DIALOGUE WITH CANADA TO HELP BETTER PROTECT LARGE ATLANTIC WHALES

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that they have introduced a Senate resolution that would call for bilateral discussions between U.S. and Canadian...

February 26, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS JOINS BIPARTISAN COALITION ON LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN SAFETY OF TOYS AND OTHER CONSUMER PRODUCTS

Senator Susan Collins today joined a bipartisan group of her colleagues in introducing legislation to better protect children and consumers from unsafe toys and other products by...

February 24, 2008

LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS APPLAUDS SENATOR COLLINS

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV), an independent group devoted to environmentally sound public policy, today announced that U.S. Senator Susan Collins has received a perfect...

SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN PURSUE CLOSE OVERSIGHT OF CYBER INITIATIVE

SUBMARINE 'NEW HAMPSHIRE' TO BE COMMISSIONED IN KITTERY

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR MAINE

FIRST TENANT AT REDEVELOPED BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION ANNOUNCED

NORTH HAVEN TO RECEIVE $200,000 GRANT TO UPGRADE SEWER SYSTEM

25 MAINE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE LIFE-SAVING AEDs

SENATOR COLLINS' STAFF TO HOLD LOCAL OFFICE HOURS IN SEARSMONT

SNOWE, COLLINS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN GREEN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2008

SENATOR COLLINS WORKS TO ENSURE THAT MAINERS CAN STILL BOARD AIRPLANES WITH MAINE DRIVERS' LICENSES WHEN NEW REGULATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED

COLLINS ANNOUNCES FIRE GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD

“Read Across America Day”

MAINE COMMUNITY GROUPS AWARDED GRANTS

UMAINE, ME DEPT OF MARINE RESOURCES AWARDED GRANTS

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $210,850 FOR BERWICK FIRE DEPARTMENT

HANCOCK COUNTY-BAR HARBOR AIRPORT TO RECEIVE $30,000 TSA REIMBURSEMENT

RELIANCE ON PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ EXAMINED

SENATOR COLLINS REQUESTS TIMELINE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR STEPPING UP CYBER-SECURITY

SENATORS SNOWE AND COLLINS CALL FOR DIALOGUE WITH CANADA TO HELP BETTER PROTECT LARGE ATLANTIC WHALES

SENATOR COLLINS JOINS BIPARTISAN COALITION ON LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN SAFETY OF TOYS AND OTHER CONSUMER PRODUCTS

LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS APPLAUDS SENATOR COLLINS