Press Releases

January 31, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS CONGRATULATES CARIBOU FOR EPA AWARD

WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Susan Collins today announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Caribou Maine Utilities District for a New England Regional...

January 28, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $240,000 IN FUNDING FOR MAINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced $237,582 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The grants...

January 28, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $29,000 IN NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANTS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded $29,000 in grants to the state...

January 28, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND GRANTS

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced $96,500 in funding from the National Park Service (NPS) in Land and Water Conservation Fund...

January 28, 2005

Ensuring Greater Access To Higher Education

Education and training beyond high school are increasingly the keys to economic opportunity. A college degree or other advanced training opens the door to greater economic success...

January 27, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $2,745,812 IN FUNDING TO THE CITY OF PORTLAND

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

January 26, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS HOLDS HEARING ON DHS OVERSIGHT

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January 26, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS, MICHAUD ANNOUNCE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR LOUISIANA PACIFIC WORKERS IN BAILEYVILLE, MAINE

WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), and Congressman Mike Michaud (D-ME) today announced that Louisiana Pacific Workers in Baileyville,...

January 26, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS CONGRATULATES CONDOLEEZZA RICE ON CONFIRMATION AS SECRETARY OF STATE

Washington, DC – Following Condoleezza Rice's Senate confirmation to be U.S. Secretary of State, Senator Susan Collins released the following statement: "I congratulate Dr....

January 26, 2005

Statement Of Senator Collins For Senate Special Committee On Aging Hearing: “INTERNET PHARMACIES AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION: RISKS AND BENEFITS”

MR. CHAIRMAN, I want to commend you for holding this important hearing to examine the risks and benefits associated with prescription drug importation and the purchase of...

January 25, 2005

ME/NH DELEGATION MEMBERS JOIN COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUP TO REASSERT DETERMINATION TO PROTECT PNS FROM BRAC ROUND

(Washington, D.C.)---Members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations joined members of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) Community Support Group today to...

January 25, 2005

SNOWE & COLLINS ANNOUNCE BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION – COAST GUARD MEETING

Washington, DC – Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced that the Brunswick Naval Air Station (BNAS) Task Force visited the U.S. Coast Guard 1st District...

January 25, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS

Washington, DC – Senator Susan Collins tonight introduced legislation that would redefine the federal homeland security funding formula to target billions of dollars toward high...

January 25, 2005

COLLINS/JEFFORDS/LIEBERMAN INTRODUCE CLEAN POWER ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Jim Jeffords, I – Vt., Susan Collins, R – Me., and Joseph I. Lieberman, D- Conn., today introduced bipartisan legislation to require power plants to...

January 24, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO INCREASE PELL GRANTS

Washington, DC—Senator Collins introduced legislation today to strengthen the Pell grant program so that more families can afford higher education. Senator Collins'...

January 24, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS SUPPORT FUNDS TO SECURE MAINE JOBS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today released a letter to the United States Department of Labor in support of the recent...

January 21, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES DDG CONTRACT TO BIW FOR $562 MILLION

Washington, DC – Senator Susan Collins announced today that Bath Iron Works (BIW) has been officially awarded a $562,141,766 million contract from the U.S. Navy to construct a...

January 21, 2005

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE FUNDS FOR MAINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that two Fire Departments in Maine have been awarded $154,313 from the Department of...

January 21, 2005

Celebrating Democracy

Every four years the traditions of American democracy culminate in a Presidential inauguration. Thousands of people from across the nation converge on Washington to celebrate. And...

January 20, 2005

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Washington, DC – Following the inauguration ceremony today for President George W. Bush, Senator Susan Collins, who attended the swearing-in ceremony in front of the Capitol...

SENATOR COLLINS CONGRATULATES CARIBOU FOR EPA AWARD

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $240,000 IN FUNDING FOR MAINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $29,000 IN NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANTS

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND GRANTS

Ensuring Greater Access To Higher Education

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $2,745,812 IN FUNDING TO THE CITY OF PORTLAND

SENATOR COLLINS HOLDS HEARING ON DHS OVERSIGHT

SNOWE, COLLINS, MICHAUD ANNOUNCE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR LOUISIANA PACIFIC WORKERS IN BAILEYVILLE, MAINE

SENATOR COLLINS CONGRATULATES CONDOLEEZZA RICE ON CONFIRMATION AS SECRETARY OF STATE

Statement Of Senator Collins For Senate Special Committee On Aging Hearing: “INTERNET PHARMACIES AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION: RISKS AND BENEFITS”

ME/NH DELEGATION MEMBERS JOIN COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUP TO REASSERT DETERMINATION TO PROTECT PNS FROM BRAC ROUND

SNOWE & COLLINS ANNOUNCE BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION – COAST GUARD MEETING

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS

COLLINS/JEFFORDS/LIEBERMAN INTRODUCE CLEAN POWER ACT

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO INCREASE PELL GRANTS

SNOWE, COLLINS SUPPORT FUNDS TO SECURE MAINE JOBS

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES DDG CONTRACT TO BIW FOR $562 MILLION

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE FUNDS FOR MAINE FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Celebrating Democracy

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION