Press Releases

October 03, 2003

SENATE PASSES COLLINS-BACKED AMENDMENT TO ASSIST R&R TRAVEL COSTS FOR IRAQ SOLDIERS

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Senate has passed legislation, of which Senator Susan Collins is an original cosponsor, that will help pay travel expenses for soldiers serving abroad who...

October 03, 2003

COLLINS JOINS IN REINTRODUCTION OF BILL TO ADVANCE USE OF DNA IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Susan Collins has joined with a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce legislation that would improve the use of DNA technology to solve crimes and...

October 03, 2003

COLLINS SEEKS TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE BORDER RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins wrote a letter to Secretary Tom Ridge, of the Department of Homeland Security, asking him to take a careful look at how new rules aimed at...

October 03, 2003

SENATOR COLLINS TO MARCH IN FRYEBURG FAIR PARADE

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins will march in the Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair on Saturday, October 4th. The parade is scheduled to begin at 10am at the racetrack....

October 02, 2003

SENATE PASSES COLLINS BACKED AMENDMENT TO ASSIST R&R TRAVEL COSTS FOR SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ

WASHINGTON, DC -- The US Senate has passed legislation, of which Senator Susan Collins is an original cosponsor, that will help pay travel expenses for soldiers serving abroad who...

October 02, 2003

COLLINS COSPONSORS AMENDMENT TO ASSIST R&R TRAVEL COSTS FOR SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins has joined in introducing legislation that will help pay travel expenses for soldiers serving abroad who are granted time to visit their...

October 02, 2003

SNOWE AND COLLINS SECURE EMERGENCY GRANT FOR LAID-OFF FORSTER’S WORKERS

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins were successful in securing a $247,776 National Emergency Grant from the US Department of Labor to help workers who were...

October 02, 2003

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS-WYDEN CONTRACTING AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON, DC –- The Senate has approved an amendment authored by Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that would require new Iraqi construction contracts to be...

October 02, 2003

COLLINS INTRODUCES BILL TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) today unveiled the Keeping Families Together Act, new legislation that would enable federal...

October 02, 2003

HELPING FAMILIES SECURE CARE FOR MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN

Serious mental illness afflicts millions of our nation's children and adolescents. It is estimated that as many as 20 percent of American children under the age of 17 suffer from a...

October 01, 2003

HUTCHISON AND COLLINS UNVEIL AMENDMENT TO ADD LOAN COMPONENT TO IRAQ FUNDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the United States Senate considers an $87 billion Iraq rebuilding package, Senator Collins today unveiled the details of an amendment she will offer along...

October 01, 2003

FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS WAYNE NATIVE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Wayne native Robert Charles appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today in order to be confirmed to a key post at the United States Department...

September 30, 2003

COLLINS JOINS INVESTIGATION OF ILLEGAL FILE SHARING ON THE INTERNET

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins today took part in a Senate examination of "Privacy & Piracy: The Paradox of Illegal File Sharing on Peer to Peer Networks and the Impact of...

September 30, 2003

COLLINS & FEINGOLD LEAD EFFORT FOR AFFORDABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE HOME HEALTH CARE

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) sent a letter signed by 57 Senators to leadership of the Conference Committee on the Medicare bill,...

September 29, 2003

BINGAMAN, COLLINS AND JEFFORDS URGE INCLUSION OF RENEWABLES IN ENERGY BILL CONFERENCE

Washington, DC -- U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman, D - NM, Susan Collins, R - Me., and Jim Jeffords, I- Vt., today sent a letter signed by 53 Senators to the Energy Bill Conference...

September 26, 2003

COLLINS TO WELCOME NEW COAST GUARD CREWS TO PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins will take part in a welcoming ceremony at 11:00am on Saturday, September 27th, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in Kittery, Maine for US...

September 26, 2003

COLLINS SECURES $11 MILLION FUNDING FOR KEY DEFENSE PROJECTS IN MAINE

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins announced today that she was successful in securing a number of defense projects in Maine that were approved for funding under the 2004...

September 26, 2003

HELPING RETIRED TEACHERS AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RECEIVE DESERVED SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Julia Worcester, a native of Downeast Maine, had long dreamed of becoming a teacher. Mrs. Worcester, now a 73-year-old resident of the Town of Columbia, spent 20 years working in...

September 25, 2003

COLLINS ANNOUNCES MAINE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO RECEIVE DEFIBRILLATOR GRANT

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Susan Collins today announced that Maine Emergency Medical Services will receive a federal grant in the amount of $274,316 to help rural communities...

September 25, 2003

COLLINS DISCUSSES HER PLAN TO USE IRAQI OIL REVENUE TO OFFSET IRAQ CONSTRUCTION COSTS

WASHINGTON, DC -- During a hearing held earlier today at the Senate Armed Services Committee to examine the President's proposal for $87 billion for US efforts in Iraq, Senator...

SENATE PASSES COLLINS-BACKED AMENDMENT TO ASSIST R&R TRAVEL COSTS FOR IRAQ SOLDIERS

COLLINS JOINS IN REINTRODUCTION OF BILL TO ADVANCE USE OF DNA IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

COLLINS SEEKS TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE BORDER RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA

SENATOR COLLINS TO MARCH IN FRYEBURG FAIR PARADE

SENATE PASSES COLLINS BACKED AMENDMENT TO ASSIST R&R TRAVEL COSTS FOR SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ

COLLINS COSPONSORS AMENDMENT TO ASSIST R&R TRAVEL COSTS FOR SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ

SNOWE AND COLLINS SECURE EMERGENCY GRANT FOR LAID-OFF FORSTER’S WORKERS

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS-WYDEN CONTRACTING AMENDMENT

COLLINS INTRODUCES BILL TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN

HELPING FAMILIES SECURE CARE FOR MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN

HUTCHISON AND COLLINS UNVEIL AMENDMENT TO ADD LOAN COMPONENT TO IRAQ FUNDS

FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS WAYNE NATIVE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE

COLLINS JOINS INVESTIGATION OF ILLEGAL FILE SHARING ON THE INTERNET

COLLINS & FEINGOLD LEAD EFFORT FOR AFFORDABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE HOME HEALTH CARE

BINGAMAN, COLLINS AND JEFFORDS URGE INCLUSION OF RENEWABLES IN ENERGY BILL CONFERENCE

COLLINS TO WELCOME NEW COAST GUARD CREWS TO PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD

COLLINS SECURES $11 MILLION FUNDING FOR KEY DEFENSE PROJECTS IN MAINE

HELPING RETIRED TEACHERS AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RECEIVE DESERVED SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

COLLINS ANNOUNCES MAINE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO RECEIVE DEFIBRILLATOR GRANT

COLLINS DISCUSSES HER PLAN TO USE IRAQI OIL REVENUE TO OFFSET IRAQ CONSTRUCTION COSTS