Press Releases

September 25, 2003

COLLINS-WYDEN AMENDMENT TO DEMAND COMPETITIVE BIDDING, SUNSHINE ON IRAQ CONTRACTS

Washington, DC -- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will hold a news conference on Friday, September 26 at 10:15 a.m. in Senate Radio-TV Gallery to...

September 24, 2003

COLLINS SEEKS TO CHANGE SOCIAL SECURITY RULES THAT PENALIZE PUBLIC SERVANTS

WASHINGTON -- During a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing today chaired by Senator Susan Collins, Julia Worcester, a teacher from Columbia, Maine, testified that the way...

September 24, 2003

COLLINS QUESTIONS CIVILIAN PANEL ON REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AT US AIR FORCE ACADEMY

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins today questioned the members of the civilian panel that was charged with reviewing sexual misconduct allegations at the US Air Force...

September 24, 2003

COLLINS SECURES FUNDING FOR KEY DEFENSE PROJECTS IN FINAL VERSION OF DEFENSE SPENDING BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Susan Collins today announced that the final version of the Fiscal Year 2004 Defense spending bill includes millions of dollars in funding that she...

September 24, 2003

SENATE APPROVES LEVIN-COLLINS AMENDMENT TO STRENGTHEN US OIL RESERVES

WASHINGTON, DC -- Last night the Senate approved an amendment sponsored by Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to the fiscal year 2004 Interior spending bill,...

September 24, 2003

FINAL VERSION OF SENATE DEFENSE BILL INCLUDES $248 MILLION FOR REFUELING OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINE AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Susan Collins today announced that the final version of the Fiscal Year 2004 Defense spending bill includes $248 million the for the refueling of the...

September 24, 2003

COLLINS ANNOUNCES RECRUITMENT OF PART-TIME SECURITY SCREENERS AT MAINE AIRPORTS

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins, who chairs the Governmental Affairs Committee which oversees homeland security, has announced that the Transportation Security...

September 23, 2003

STATEMENT OF SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS ON PRESIDENT BUSH’S ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

"President Bush presented a well reasoned case for the need for greater international cooperation in the war against terror, and specifically, in the rebuilding of Iraq. I was...

September 23, 2003

COLLINS QUESTIONS US APPROACH, SAUDI COOPERATION IN EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORIST FINANCING

WASHINGTON -- As a follow up to a July hearing, which examined the organizations that are linked to financing terrorism, Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee Senator...

September 23, 2003

COLLINS HONORS LIVERMORE FALLS STUDENT FOR NATIONAL HEROISM AWARD

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins took part in a ceremony at the Capitol Building this afternoon to honor 10-year-old Shantel Brochu of Livermore Falls with the Hasbro "GI...

September 23, 2003

COLLINS PRESSES NAVY SECRETARY NOMINEE ABOUT COMMITMENT TO MAINE

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins last night held a private meeting with Gordon England, President Bush's nominee for Secretary of the US Navy. She discussed with him the...

September 22, 2003

COLLINS CALLS ON ADMINISTRATION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICAN OIL RESERVES

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins is co-sponsoring legislation that would require the US Department of Energy to develop and maintain cost-effective procedures to fill the...

September 22, 2003

COLLINS STATEMENT ON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS AT AIR FORCE ACADEMY

"The findings of the independent civilian panel underscore the grave concerns I have about the danger and suppression female cadets have faced at the US Air Force Academy. It is...

September 22, 2003

COLLINS TAKES ACTION TO PRESERVE MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins is co-sponsoring a Senate resolution that seeks free market parity in trade between the US and China. The resolution encourages the Chinese...

September 19, 2003

WORKING TO LESSEN AMERICA''S NURSING SHORTAGE

The United States is currently facing a nursing shortage of critical proportions. Moreover, this shortage is only expected to worsen as the baby boom generation ages and their need...

September 17, 2003

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS’S PLAN TO RAISE CANADA’S PERSONAL EXEMPTION LIMIT

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate Thursday approved a resolution authored by Senator Susan Collins that seeks parity among U.S., Canadian, and Mexican personal exemption...

September 17, 2003

COLLINS CONDUCTS HEARING ON POSTAL SERVICE REFORM

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, held a hearing today to examine the recommendations of a Presidential Commission for...

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,...

COLLINS-WYDEN AMENDMENT TO DEMAND COMPETITIVE BIDDING, SUNSHINE ON IRAQ CONTRACTS

COLLINS SEEKS TO CHANGE SOCIAL SECURITY RULES THAT PENALIZE PUBLIC SERVANTS

COLLINS QUESTIONS CIVILIAN PANEL ON REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AT US AIR FORCE ACADEMY

COLLINS SECURES FUNDING FOR KEY DEFENSE PROJECTS IN FINAL VERSION OF DEFENSE SPENDING BILL

SENATE APPROVES LEVIN-COLLINS AMENDMENT TO STRENGTHEN US OIL RESERVES

FINAL VERSION OF SENATE DEFENSE BILL INCLUDES $248 MILLION FOR REFUELING OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINE AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD

COLLINS ANNOUNCES RECRUITMENT OF PART-TIME SECURITY SCREENERS AT MAINE AIRPORTS

STATEMENT OF SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS ON PRESIDENT BUSH’S ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

COLLINS QUESTIONS US APPROACH, SAUDI COOPERATION IN EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORIST FINANCING

COLLINS HONORS LIVERMORE FALLS STUDENT FOR NATIONAL HEROISM AWARD

COLLINS PRESSES NAVY SECRETARY NOMINEE ABOUT COMMITMENT TO MAINE

COLLINS CALLS ON ADMINISTRATION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICAN OIL RESERVES

COLLINS STATEMENT ON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS AT AIR FORCE ACADEMY

COLLINS TAKES ACTION TO PRESERVE MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS

WORKING TO LESSEN AMERICA''S NURSING SHORTAGE

SENATE APPROVES COLLINS’S PLAN TO RAISE CANADA’S PERSONAL EXEMPTION LIMIT

COLLINS CONDUCTS HEARING ON POSTAL SERVICE REFORM

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