Press Releases

September 17, 2003

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANSWERS COLLINS’ CALL FOR EXPLANATION OF HIGH GAS PRICES

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins received today an initial analysis of the dramatic rise in gasoline prices recently experienced in Maine. The analysis from Guy Caruso,...

September 17, 2003

CITY OF BANGOR RECEIVES $310,000 GRANT FOR SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE PROGRAM, SNOWE, COLLINS AND MICHAUD ANNOUNCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and Congressman Mike Michaud today announced that the city of Bangor will receive $310,000 from the Department of...

September 16, 2003

STATEMENT OF SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS ON SENATE VOTE TO OVERTURN FCC RULE BANNING MEDIA CROSS OWNERSHIP

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following the Senate's vote in favor of a Joint Resolution to overturn the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule ending the ban on media cross ownership,...

September 15, 2003

COLLINS SUPPORTS OPERATIONS AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins joined fellow members of Maine and New Hampshire's Congressional Delegation in a meeting today at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) with...

September 12, 2003

COLLINS SECURES FUNDING TO HELP ALLEVIATE DENTIST SHORTAGE IN MAINE

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins announced today that the US Senate has approved $3 million to help address the lack of dentists in rural and underserved communities. This...

September 12, 2003

COLLINS ANNOUNCES $2.6 MILLION FOR FEDERAL READING PROGRAM

PORTLAND -- Senator Susan Collins was joined earlier today by a US Department of Education official at Lyseth Elementary School in Portland to announce $2.6 million federal dollars...

September 12, 2003

SENATOR COLLINS TO MEET WITH PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD OFFICIALS

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins will join fellow members of Maine and New Hampshire's Congressional Delegation in a meeting at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) with...

September 12, 2003

WORKING TO PROTECT THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM

AmeriCorps is a worthwhile service program that provides thousands of individuals the opportunity to work in communities to address educational, public safety, human, and...

September 11, 2003

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS BACKED AMENDMENT TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Senate has approved one of Senator Susan Collins' top education priorities, to substantially increase the federal government's share of special education...

September 11, 2003

COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH ANNIVERSARY

"In the two years that have passed since that fateful morning, we have begun to absorb the many lessons - some painful, others inspiring - that the attacks of 9/11 exposed. We...

September 11, 2003

COLLINS WORKS TO MAKE COUNTERTERRORISM EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) today introduced legislation that would provide state and local law enforcement agencies...

September 10, 2003

COLLINS URGES TOP OFFICIAL TO ADOPT BETTER SCIENCE FOR MAINE QUAHOG FISHERIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As Friday's scheduled closure of Maine's Quahog fishery approaches, U.S. Senator Susan Collins has urged William Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries...

September 10, 2003

MIKULSKI AND COLLINS SUCCEED IN EFFORT TO HELP EASE NURSING SHORTAGE

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the Senate accepted an amendment offered by Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) that will help ease the nursing shortage by...

September 08, 2003

COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT’S CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM CASE

"Today's special session of the United States Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of the bipartisan campaign finance reform law will have far reaching implications for...

September 08, 2003

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $2.5 MILLION FUNDING FOR VETERANS AND HOUSING INTERESTS IN MAINE

WASHINGTON, DC - Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $3.5 million dollars for Maine as part of the Fiscal...

September 08, 2003

COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT REACTING TO PRESIDENT’S SPEECH ON IRAQ

BANGOR -- Senator Susan Collins, who is a Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and recently traveled to Iraq and last year to Afghanistan, released the following statement...

September 05, 2003

COLLINS ANNOUNCES NEW POST OFFICE FOR HANOVER

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced that the U.S. Postal Service has approved plans to build a new post office...

September 05, 2003

REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11TH

It is still difficult to comprehend the full force of the tragedy our nation suffered on September 11, 2001 — the thousands who died, the families who lost loved ones, and...

September 04, 2003

COLLINS DISCUSSES AIR FORCE ACADEMY SEX SCANDAL SURVEY WITH DEFENSE OFFICIAL

WASHINGTON, DC -- Earlier today, U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General Joseph Schmitz met with three senators, including Senator Susan Collins, to discuss the findings of a...

September 03, 2003

COLLINS WORKS TO ALLEVIATE MAINE’S NURSING SHORTAGE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins today offered an amendment to a health spending bill to provide an additional $63 million in funding for programs to recruit and retain...

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANSWERS COLLINS’ CALL FOR EXPLANATION OF HIGH GAS PRICES

CITY OF BANGOR RECEIVES $310,000 GRANT FOR SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE PROGRAM, SNOWE, COLLINS AND MICHAUD ANNOUNCE

STATEMENT OF SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS ON SENATE VOTE TO OVERTURN FCC RULE BANNING MEDIA CROSS OWNERSHIP

COLLINS SUPPORTS OPERATIONS AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD

COLLINS SECURES FUNDING TO HELP ALLEVIATE DENTIST SHORTAGE IN MAINE

COLLINS ANNOUNCES $2.6 MILLION FOR FEDERAL READING PROGRAM

SENATOR COLLINS TO MEET WITH PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD OFFICIALS

WORKING TO PROTECT THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS BACKED AMENDMENT TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH ANNIVERSARY

COLLINS WORKS TO MAKE COUNTERTERRORISM EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITIES

COLLINS URGES TOP OFFICIAL TO ADOPT BETTER SCIENCE FOR MAINE QUAHOG FISHERIES

MIKULSKI AND COLLINS SUCCEED IN EFFORT TO HELP EASE NURSING SHORTAGE

COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT’S CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM CASE

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $2.5 MILLION FUNDING FOR VETERANS AND HOUSING INTERESTS IN MAINE

COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT REACTING TO PRESIDENT’S SPEECH ON IRAQ

COLLINS ANNOUNCES NEW POST OFFICE FOR HANOVER

REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11TH

COLLINS DISCUSSES AIR FORCE ACADEMY SEX SCANDAL SURVEY WITH DEFENSE OFFICIAL

COLLINS WORKS TO ALLEVIATE MAINE’S NURSING SHORTAGE