Press Releases

January 28, 2004

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS PLAN ADRESSING FISHING REGULATIONS

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Senate has approved Senator Collins' proposal to lift the funding restrictions on fishing regulations known as Amendment 13. Last week, Senator Collins...

January 24, 2004

NAVY AGREES TO COLLINS LEAD PAINT REMOVAL REQUEST AT CUTLER

Washington, DC -- Senator Susan Collins received notice from the U.S. Navy today that it will continue funding efforts to remove PCB and lead contaminated paint from radio towers...

January 23, 2004

COLLINS ANNOUNCES PROPOSED 33% FUNDING RISE FOR MAINE TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC —- US Senator Susan Collins today announced that Maine would receive $1.169 billion over six years for vital highway, bridge and transportation projects under...

January 23, 2004

COLLINS CALLS FOR END TO ILLEGAL IMPORT PRICING THAT THREATENS MAINE FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS

Washington, DC -- Senator Susan Collins today asked the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to take action that would help to preserve furniture manufacturing businesses in Maine and across...

January 23, 2004

COLLINS COMMENDS NEFMC FOR IMPROVING AMEND. 13

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins today announced that she has agreed to lift her objections to the implementation of Amendment 13 because the New England Fishery Management...

January 23, 2004

WORKING TO KEEP SPAM OUT OF OUR INBOXES

Only a few days ago, an e-mail came to my office from one Princess Johnson. The author of the message wrote that she was the daughter of an African gold merchant who had been...

January 22, 2004

SENATE PASSES OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL; FUNDING FOR EDUCATION, VETERANS HEALTH CARE & HEATING ASSISTANCE

Washington, D.C. -- Senator Susan Collins voted in favor of the fiscal year 2004 Omnibus Spending Bill, which was approved by the U.S. Senate today by a vote of 65 to 28. Collins'...

January 21, 2004

COLLINS CALLS FOR MORE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HEATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Washington, DC -- Following the release of a study on Home Energy Assistance, Senator Susan Collins renewed her called for the federal government to release more funds to help...

January 21, 2004

COLLINS COMMENTS ON STATE OF THE UNION

WASHINGTON, DC-- Senator Susan Collins has released the following statement with regard to President Bush's State of the Union speech earlier this evening on Capitol Hill: "The...

January 20, 2004

COLLINS SEEKS MORE DOLLARS FOR LOW INCOME HEATING ASSISTANCE

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins is leading a bipartisan effort in the US Senate to help more low-income families in Maine and throughout the nation afford to heat their...

January 16, 2004

COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT ON EASTERN PULP AND PAPER SHUTDOWN

"I am hopeful that the shutdown is truly temporary, since Eastern Pulp and Paper is such an important economic anchor in Penobscot County. While negotiations continue to keep the...

January 16, 2004

WORKING TO COMBAT IDENTITY THEFT

A new kind of thief is at work, poised to steal not just your money, but your very identity. Last year, more than 9.9 million Americans became victims of identity theft. Technology...

January 14, 2004

COLLINS AND SNOWE ANNOUNCE NEARLY $140,000 FOR AUGUSTA FIRE DEPARMENT

Washington, DC -- Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced today that the Augusta Fire Department will receive a $139,776 federal grant under the Department of Homeland...

January 09, 2004

HELPING CONSTITUENTS ACROSS MAINE

What do you do when the Social Security Administration insists, despite your own equally forceful insistence, that you're dead? How do you find out why the Immigration and...

January 08, 2004

COLLINS, SNOWE, MICHAUD REQUEST HELP FOR MAINE FARMS HURT BY RAINS

Washington, DC -- Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and Representative Michael Michaud have asked the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to approve a...

January 08, 2004

COLLINS URGES USDA TO HONOR MAINE POTATO FARMERS'' INSURANCE CLAIMS

Washington, DC -- Senator Susan Collins today wrote a letter to the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency (RMA), asking that he approve the recent...

January 07, 2004

COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT ON CASCO BAY BRIDGE THREAT

Washington, DC -- As Chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee which has oversight over the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Senator Susan Collins was kept...

January 05, 2004

BOXER, COLLINS LEAD SENATE WOMEN IN PUSH FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS

Washington, DC -- Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan group, that included all fourteen women members of the U.S. Senate, in urging President...

January 02, 2004

LOOKING BACK AT 2003

In November 1996, the people of Maine first entrusted me with the responsibility of representing them in the United States Senate, and I was honored to be chosen for a second term...

December 29, 2003

THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

This is the time of the year when we sing about peace on earth, a season of giving, and good will to all. Around the world, however, strife and violence continue, and it is...

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS PLAN ADRESSING FISHING REGULATIONS

NAVY AGREES TO COLLINS LEAD PAINT REMOVAL REQUEST AT CUTLER

COLLINS ANNOUNCES PROPOSED 33% FUNDING RISE FOR MAINE TRANSPORTATION

COLLINS CALLS FOR END TO ILLEGAL IMPORT PRICING THAT THREATENS MAINE FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS

COLLINS COMMENDS NEFMC FOR IMPROVING AMEND. 13

WORKING TO KEEP SPAM OUT OF OUR INBOXES

SENATE PASSES OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL; FUNDING FOR EDUCATION, VETERANS HEALTH CARE & HEATING ASSISTANCE

COLLINS CALLS FOR MORE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HEATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

COLLINS COMMENTS ON STATE OF THE UNION

COLLINS SEEKS MORE DOLLARS FOR LOW INCOME HEATING ASSISTANCE

COLLINS RELEASES STATEMENT ON EASTERN PULP AND PAPER SHUTDOWN

WORKING TO COMBAT IDENTITY THEFT

COLLINS AND SNOWE ANNOUNCE NEARLY $140,000 FOR AUGUSTA FIRE DEPARMENT

HELPING CONSTITUENTS ACROSS MAINE

COLLINS, SNOWE, MICHAUD REQUEST HELP FOR MAINE FARMS HURT BY RAINS

COLLINS URGES USDA TO HONOR MAINE POTATO FARMERS'' INSURANCE CLAIMS

COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT ON CASCO BAY BRIDGE THREAT

BOXER, COLLINS LEAD SENATE WOMEN IN PUSH FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS

LOOKING BACK AT 2003

THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST