Press Releases

October 12, 2005

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $1 MILLION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) announced today that the USDA Rural Development has awarded $1,000,000 in funding to the Penobscot...

October 11, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $689,674 in...

October 11, 2005

MAINE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION RAISES LOCAL CONCERNS OVER FUTURE OF BNAS PROPERTY, COMMUNITY

Washington, DC – Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and Representatives Tom Allen and Mike Michaud have raised the concerns to the Pentagon of the Towns of Brunswick...

October 07, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS SUPPORTS DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL PROVIDING MORE THAN $1 BILLION FOR MAINE

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Susan Collins today voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2006 Defense Appropriations bill which includes more than $1 billion in projects benefiting...

October 07, 2005

COLLINS URGES FUNDING FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) spearheaded a bipartisan letter asking Senate appropriators to maintain $16 million for the Trade...

October 07, 2005

Helping Americans With High Energy Costs

Even before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged our Gulf Coast, the United States was facing record-high energy prices. As our nation commits itself to helping the victims of those...

October 06, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR MAINE

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture''s Rural Development Project has awarded various...

October 06, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE RELEASED EMERGENCY LIHEAP FUNDING

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Susan Collins supported an attempt to add $3.1 billion in emergency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assistance to the Department of...

October 06, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE EDUCATION FUNDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $743,278 to various groups...

October 05, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS CALL ON SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE TO MAINTAIN BAN ON OIL EXPLORATION IN OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OFF COAST OF MAINE, OTHER STATES

(Washington, DC) – Today U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) joined a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate...

October 04, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $1M FOR YORK LAND TRUST

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) today announced that the York Land Trust has been awarded $1 million for the Mount Agamenticus to...

October 03, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS URGES FAA TO DELAY PLAN TO PRIVATIZE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AT BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Senator Susan Collins today urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to delay plans to privatize Flight Service Stations nationwide, including the Bangor...

October 03, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S NOMINATION OF HARRIET MIERS TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Susan Collins has released this statement reacting to President Bush's announcement that he will nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the U.S....

September 30, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE FUNDS FOR NORTHERN FOREST REGION

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA)...

September 30, 2005

Securing Our Nation’s Mass Transit Systems

On the morning of July 7th, terrorists exploded three bombs on underground trains in central London. A fourth bomb destroyed a double-decker bus. Fifty-two innocent people were...

September 29, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS VOTES IN FAVOR OF JUDGE ROBERTS TO BECOME CHIEF JUSTICE OF UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, D.C.-In a historic and bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate today, Senator Susan Collins voted in favor of the nomination of Judge John Roberts to serve as the 17th Chief...

September 29, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE FUNDS FOR NEW ENGLAND SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION DOCUMENTARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that the Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded $41,372 to the...

September 28, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE FUNDS FOR HOULTON BAND OF MALISEET INDIANS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded $125,242 to the Houlton Band...

September 28, 2005

SEN. COLLINS’ ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BILL PASSES SENATE COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Susan Collins today applauded the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for passing legislation she authored, S. 1154, the Acadia National...

September 28, 2005

SEN. COLLINS SECURES FUNDS FOR DEFENSE PROJECTS BENEFITING MAINE IN SENATE APPROPRIATIONS BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Susan Collins, a Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has successfully secured more than $1 billion for projects benefiting Maine in the...

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $1 MILLION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

MAINE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION RAISES LOCAL CONCERNS OVER FUTURE OF BNAS PROPERTY, COMMUNITY

SENATOR COLLINS SUPPORTS DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL PROVIDING MORE THAN $1 BILLION FOR MAINE

COLLINS URGES FUNDING FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Helping Americans With High Energy Costs

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR MAINE

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE RELEASED EMERGENCY LIHEAP FUNDING

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE EDUCATION FUNDS

SNOWE, COLLINS CALL ON SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE TO MAINTAIN BAN ON OIL EXPLORATION IN OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OFF COAST OF MAINE, OTHER STATES

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $1M FOR YORK LAND TRUST

SENATOR COLLINS URGES FAA TO DELAY PLAN TO PRIVATIZE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AT BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S NOMINATION OF HARRIET MIERS TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE FUNDS FOR NORTHERN FOREST REGION

Securing Our Nation’s Mass Transit Systems

SENATOR COLLINS VOTES IN FAVOR OF JUDGE ROBERTS TO BECOME CHIEF JUSTICE OF UNITED STATES

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE FUNDS FOR NEW ENGLAND SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION DOCUMENTARY

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE FUNDS FOR HOULTON BAND OF MALISEET INDIANS

SEN. COLLINS’ ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BILL PASSES SENATE COMMITTEE

SEN. COLLINS SECURES FUNDS FOR DEFENSE PROJECTS BENEFITING MAINE IN SENATE APPROPRIATIONS BILL