Press Releases

August 08, 2024

Senator Collins Congratulates Team USA Footwear Makers in Lewiston

Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Lewiston, ME – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins visited Rancourt & Co. Shoecrafters in Lewiston to meet employees, tour the...

August 07, 2024

Collins, Brown Call on Senate Leadership to Put the Social Security Fairness Act on the Senate Floor for a Vote

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to...

August 06, 2024

Collins, King Announce More Than $500,000 to Improve Rural Healthcare

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is being awarded grant funding to help...

August 05, 2024

Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group Introduce Bill to Fully Fund Veterans’ Benefits

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined six of her Senate colleagues in introducing the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address...

August 02, 2024

Nearly $7.6 Million for Maine Education and Childcare Programs Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $7,554,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 02, 2024

More Than $5 Million for Maine Maritime Academy Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $5,200,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 02, 2024

Nearly $3 Million for Maine Veterans’ Home Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $2,946,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 02, 2024

More Than $1.7 Million for Maine’s Health Care Workforce Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $1,718,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 02, 2024

More Than $700,000 for Emergency Medical Services Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $727,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 02, 2024

Nearly $79 Million for Maine Hospitals and Health Centers Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $78,965,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 01, 2024

$853,000 for Maine Accessibility Projects Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $853,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 01, 2024

Nearly $3 Million for Recovery Support Services Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $2,876,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 01, 2024

Bill to Fund Key Workforce, Health, and Education Programs in Maine Clears Appropriations Committee

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured significant funding and provisions for Maine in the Fiscal...

August 01, 2024

More Than $3 Million for Biomedical Research at JAX Lab Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $3,031,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 01, 2024

Nearly $2 Million for MDI Biological Laboratory Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $1,975,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 01, 2024

Nearly $11 Million for Maine Community Colleges Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bills

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $10,669,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 01, 2024

Nearly $8.7 Million for the UMaine System Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bills

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $8,650,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for...

August 01, 2024

Bill to Fund Key Defense Programs in Maine Clears Appropriations Committee

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Defense Subcommittee, announced that she advanced key funding...

August 01, 2024

Senator Collins’ Statement on the Release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan from Russian Detention

Washington. D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement on the release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan from their detention in Russian prison...

August 01, 2024

Maine Energy and Water Development Wins Included in Funding Bill, Clears Appropriations Committee

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced significant funding and key language for Maine in the Fiscal...

Senator Collins Congratulates Team USA Footwear Makers in Lewiston

Collins, Brown Call on Senate Leadership to Put the Social Security Fairness Act on the Senate Floor for a Vote

Collins, King Announce More Than $500,000 to Improve Rural Healthcare

Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group Introduce Bill to Fully Fund Veterans’ Benefits

Nearly $7.6 Million for Maine Education and Childcare Programs Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

More Than $5 Million for Maine Maritime Academy Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Nearly $3 Million for Maine Veterans’ Home Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

More Than $1.7 Million for Maine’s Health Care Workforce Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

More Than $700,000 for Emergency Medical Services Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Nearly $79 Million for Maine Hospitals and Health Centers Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

$853,000 for Maine Accessibility Projects Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Nearly $3 Million for Recovery Support Services Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Bill to Fund Key Workforce, Health, and Education Programs in Maine Clears Appropriations Committee

More Than $3 Million for Biomedical Research at JAX Lab Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Nearly $2 Million for MDI Biological Laboratory Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bill

Nearly $11 Million for Maine Community Colleges Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bills

Nearly $8.7 Million for the UMaine System Advanced by Senator Collins in Funding Bills

Bill to Fund Key Defense Programs in Maine Clears Appropriations Committee

Senator Collins’ Statement on the Release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan from Russian Detention

Maine Energy and Water Development Wins Included in Funding Bill, Clears Appropriations Committee