Press Releases

September 18, 2008

SENATE APPROVES DEFENSE BILL THAT INCLUDES SENATOR COLLINS’ PROVISIONS FOR BIW, PNSY, SACO DEFENSE, AND UMAINE

The Senate has approved the fiscal year 2009 Defense Authorization bill, which includes key provisions authored by Senator Collins that support work at Bath Iron Works, Portsmouth...

September 18, 2008

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS REQUEST HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR MAINERS

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steven Preston requesting that he examine any...

September 18, 2008

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $1.3 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR MAINE

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $1,363,561 in transportation funding to agencies...

September 18, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS WELCOMES INTERN FROM HAMPDEN

U.S. Senator Susan Collins is pleased to announce that Christopher Woodcock, a native of Hampden, has been awarded a fall internship in her Senate Homeland Security and...

September 18, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS WELCOMES INTERN FROM WELD

U.S. Senator Susan Collins is pleased to announce that Whitney Stowell, a Weld native, has been awarded a fall internship in her Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...

September 17, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS’ STAFF TO HOLD OFFICE HOURS IN STONINGTON

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that a representative from her Bangor office will hold office hours in Stonington on Thursday, September 25th. Staff Assistant Jessie...

September 17, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $7M IN EMERGENCY LIHEAP FUNDING FOR MAINE

In response to a recent request from U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Office of Management and Budget today is expected to announce the release of $120 million contingency funds for...

September 17, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $20,443 FOR SOUTH THOMASTON 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 $20,443 in grant funding...

September 15, 2008

SENS SNOWE, COLLINS RELEASE STATEMENT ON DOWNTOWN MILO FIRE

Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins have issued a statement on the fire that devastated a large portion of downtown Milo, Maine, leaving a number of residents and...

September 15, 2008

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $350,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FOR THREE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BUSINESSES

U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe and U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program has awarded a combined...

September 12, 2008

“Remembering September 11th, Safeguarding Our Future”

Seven years ago, a beautiful late-summer morning was suddenly transformed into one of unimaginable horror. We pause to remember those whose lives were taken on that terrible day....

September 12, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $7.3 MILLION FOR BATH IRON WORKS

The Navy has notified U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that it has awarded Bath Iron Works a $7,365,000 contract modification for lead...

September 12, 2008

Snowe, Collins Applaud Department Of Homeland Security Decision To Replace Damaged Van Buren Port Of Entry

U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced that the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has...

September 11, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS BIPARTISAN ENERGY BILL

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that she is an original cosponsor of a compromise energy bill that would increase American production of energy to further the goal of...

September 11, 2008

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS REQUESTS TAA FOR DISPLACED PRIME TANNING WORKERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter today, U.S. Senator Olympia J Snowe and U.S. Senator Susan Collins urged Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao to support a Petition for Trade...

September 11, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS REMEMBERS 9/11

Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Susan Collins, has released this statement on the seven-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks against...

September 10, 2008

SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN HEAR DEFENSE WHISTLEBLOWERS TELL OF MANIPULATION OF AUDITS

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins and Chairman Joe Lieberman heard testimony Wednesday from Defense Contracting Audit Agency (DCAA)...

September 09, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS WELCOMES AROOSTOOK ENERGY WORKSHOPS

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today applauded the recent announcement of Maine Public Service Company to hold four, free Energy Management Workshops throughout Aroostook County. The...

September 09, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $350,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FOR NORTHERN AROOSTOOK REGIONAL AIRPORT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Northern Aroostook Regional Airport in Frenchville with $350,000 in grant...

September 09, 2008

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES ANDROSCOGGIN, CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES RECEIVE DISASTER ASSISTANCE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that Androscoggin, Cumberland, and York Counties are eligible for public assistance following a Presidential major disaster declaration...

SENATE APPROVES DEFENSE BILL THAT INCLUDES SENATOR COLLINS’ PROVISIONS FOR BIW, PNSY, SACO DEFENSE, AND UMAINE

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS REQUEST HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR MAINERS

SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $1.3 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR MAINE

SENATOR COLLINS WELCOMES INTERN FROM HAMPDEN

SENATOR COLLINS WELCOMES INTERN FROM WELD

SENATOR COLLINS’ STAFF TO HOLD OFFICE HOURS IN STONINGTON

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $7M IN EMERGENCY LIHEAP FUNDING FOR MAINE

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $20,443 FOR SOUTH THOMASTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

SENS SNOWE, COLLINS RELEASE STATEMENT ON DOWNTOWN MILO FIRE

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $350,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FOR THREE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BUSINESSES

“Remembering September 11th, Safeguarding Our Future”

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $7.3 MILLION FOR BATH IRON WORKS

Snowe, Collins Applaud Department Of Homeland Security Decision To Replace Damaged Van Buren Port Of Entry

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS BIPARTISAN ENERGY BILL

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS REQUESTS TAA FOR DISPLACED PRIME TANNING WORKERS

SENATOR COLLINS REMEMBERS 9/11

SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN HEAR DEFENSE WHISTLEBLOWERS TELL OF MANIPULATION OF AUDITS

SENATOR COLLINS WELCOMES AROOSTOOK ENERGY WORKSHOPS

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $350,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FOR NORTHERN AROOSTOOK REGIONAL AIRPORT

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES ANDROSCOGGIN, CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES RECEIVE DISASTER ASSISTANCE