Washington, DC - The Senate has approved legislation that Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) offered to help border states with their efforts to strengthen security. The legislation...
The christening of a Navy ship at Bath Iron Works (BIW) is always an extraordinary event. This year, only one ship, the FARRAGUT (DDG 99), will be christened; and I am delighted to...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are leading a bipartisan group of women Senators in asking Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor...
Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) offered legislation, approved by the Senate today, to ensure that Americans who travel to Canada will...
Washington D.C. - U.S. Senator's Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) have asked the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and...
Washington D.C. - U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has received $180,000 from the U.S....
Washington, DC –Senator Susan Collins has written to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in support of Maine's oyster farmers. The NMFS is considering placing eastern...
On July 6th, I joined other members of the Maine and New Hampshire delegations in defending our State's outstanding military bases to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)...
Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) today released the following statement regarding the series of bombings in London, England:
"I was briefed this morning by DHS...
The first four BRAC criteria comprise the tenets of military value. It is clear that the Navy and DoD recognized the irreplaceable military value of Brunswick Naval Air Station. In...
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, in deciding to close DFAS Limestone, the Department of Defense deviated substantially from criterion five. This criterion states that the Department...
I will talk to you today about criterion five – a criterion that was thoroughly disregarded when the decision was made to place Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on the base closure list....
Washington, DC – Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins today pressed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject a proposal that could increase electricity rates...
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today introduced a bill extending the mandate of the Special Inspector General for Iraq...
WASHINGTON, DC-The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its report on the Pentagon''s base realignment and closure process (BRAC). The report is required by law and...
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) announced that $3,385,000 in federal funding for projects in Maine have been approved in this...
WASHINGTON, DC— Senator Susan Collins today commented on the resignation of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a passionate public servant who devoted her life to the...
Mercury is a potent neuro-toxin that is particularly harmful to children and pregnant women. When mercury enters the environment, it takes on a highly toxic organic form known as...
(Washington, D.C.)--- Maine and New Hampshire's congressional delegation today congratulated the employees and management of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) on the presentation...
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) announced that $13,802,000 in federal funding for land and wildlife projects in Maine have...