Press Releases

September 16, 2002

SNOWE & COLLINS ANNOUNCE USDA PURCHASE OF 10 MILLION POUNDS OF MAINE WILD BLUEBERRIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins today announced the United States Department of Agriculture has agreed to their request to purchase 10 million...

September 16, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CALLS FOR INCREASED PROTECTION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY EMPLOYEES

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Susan Collins has called on the administration to provide increased worker protection as part of the Homeland Security Bill now being considered in the...

September 16, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES $2.1 MILLION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS IN MAINE

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senator Susan Collins announced today that 116 rural schools and school districts in Maine will receive a total of $2,131,629 in additional funding under the...

September 16, 2002

SENATORS SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $449,940 DOJ GRANT TO PENQUIS CAP TO BENEFIT LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced today that Penquis Community Action Program, Inc., based in Bangor, will receive $449,940 in grant funding...

September 13, 2002

PROTECTING CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM MERCURY

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that is widespread in the environment and particularly harmful to developing children. Recently, the U.S. Senate passed my bill, the Mercury...

September 13, 2002

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $193,293 HHS GRANT TO HELP MAINE FIGHT WEST NILE VIRUS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced that the state of Maine will be receiving $193,293 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and...

September 13, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS ANNOUNCES AWARD OF DDG MULTIYEAR CONTRACT TO BATH IRON WORKS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins has announced that Bath Iron Works (BIW) is being awarded a $3,170,973,112 contract to produce seven ships over the next four years as...

September 10, 2002

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE TAA ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYEES OF BETHEL FURNITURE STOCK, INC. & SAUNDERS MFG CO., INC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -. U.S. Senators Snowe and Collins announced today that employees of Bethel Furniture Stock, Inc., located in Bethel, and employees of Saunders Manufacturing Co.,...

September 06, 2002

SENATE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS’S BILL TO BAN MERCURY FEVER THERMOMETERS NATIONWIDE

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Senate this evening unanimously passed legislation introduced by Senator Susan Collins calling for a nationwide ban on the sale of...

September 06, 2002

PRESERVING THE VITAL MISSION OF THE COAST GUARD

The creation of a cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security is of fundamental importance to our national security and one of the most important issues we will address this...

September 05, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS TO REPRESENT UNITED STATES SENATE IN COMMEMORATIVE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL SESSION IN NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins will be joining other Senators and members of the House of Representatives in New York City this Friday, September 6, 2002 for a...

September 05, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS LANDS FUNDING FOR MAINE CONSERVATION PROJECTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins praised the 2003 Interior Department Appropriation's Bill for its inclusion of three Maine land conservation projects. "Land...

September 04, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS LANDS FUNDING FOR MAINE CONSERVATION PROJECTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins praised the 2003 Interior Department Appropriation's Bill for its inclusion of three Maine land conservation projects. "Land...

September 04, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS ADDRESSES NECESSITY, CONCERNS FOR REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Governmental Affairs Committee, today assisted in management of the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Act...

September 04, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CO SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO CREATE A FEDERAL AMBER ALERT NETWORK

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins is an original cosponsor of the Amber Alert Bill, a key piece of legislation that would increase the effectiveness of the system for...

September 03, 2002

FOLLOWING UP MEETINGS ON CROSS BORDER TRADE, SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES TREASURY SECRETARY TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins continues to work with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to address the disparity between personal exemption allowances in Canada and...

September 03, 2002

REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11

September 11 changed our lives forever. On the one-year anniversary of the attack against our nation, we are still mourning the loss of life. At the same time, we can be comforted...

August 22, 2002

PROTECTING INVESTORS

As every American investor knows, we have recently witnessed lapses in corporate responsibility unlike anything that has occurred during the past 70 years. Unscrupulous accounting...

August 22, 2002

PREVENTING TEEN SMOKING

In 1997, when I first came to the U.S. Senate, almost 40 percent of Maine's high school students smoked. Fortunately, smoking among our high school students has declined, due in...

August 22, 2002

PROTECTING SENIOR CITIZENS FROM FRAUD

August 25, 2002 begins "National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week." I joined with Democratic Senator Carl Levin of Michigan to introduce the resolution designating this...

SNOWE & COLLINS ANNOUNCE USDA PURCHASE OF 10 MILLION POUNDS OF MAINE WILD BLUEBERRIES

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CALLS FOR INCREASED PROTECTION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY EMPLOYEES

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES $2.1 MILLION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS IN MAINE

SENATORS SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $449,940 DOJ GRANT TO PENQUIS CAP TO BENEFIT LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS PROGRAM

PROTECTING CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM MERCURY

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $193,293 HHS GRANT TO HELP MAINE FIGHT WEST NILE VIRUS

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS ANNOUNCES AWARD OF DDG MULTIYEAR CONTRACT TO BATH IRON WORKS

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE TAA ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYEES OF BETHEL FURNITURE STOCK, INC. & SAUNDERS MFG CO., INC.

SENATE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS’S BILL TO BAN MERCURY FEVER THERMOMETERS NATIONWIDE

PRESERVING THE VITAL MISSION OF THE COAST GUARD

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS TO REPRESENT UNITED STATES SENATE IN COMMEMORATIVE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL SESSION IN NEW YORK

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS LANDS FUNDING FOR MAINE CONSERVATION PROJECTS

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS LANDS FUNDING FOR MAINE CONSERVATION PROJECTS

SENATOR COLLINS ADDRESSES NECESSITY, CONCERNS FOR REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CO SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO CREATE A FEDERAL AMBER ALERT NETWORK

FOLLOWING UP MEETINGS ON CROSS BORDER TRADE, SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES TREASURY SECRETARY TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION

REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11

PROTECTING INVESTORS

PREVENTING TEEN SMOKING

PROTECTING SENIOR CITIZENS FROM FRAUD