Press Releases

September 30, 2002

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $224,618 DOE GRANT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE TRANSITION TO TEACHING PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins announced today that the University of Maine will receive $224,618 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of...

September 30, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS PLEDGES SUPORT TO EMPLOYEES OF C.B.CUMMINGS & SONS, CO.

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Susan Collins pledged that she will do everything in her power to support employees of C.B. Cummings & Sons Co., after its president announced it is...

September 27, 2002

COMBATING INVASIVE SPECIES

Maine's waterways are under attack from invasive species that threaten drinking water systems, Maine's fisheries, recreation, wildlife habitat, and lakefront property. To combat...

September 27, 2002

BIW PRESIDENT THANKS SENATOR COLLINS FOR HER “UNTIRING AND EFFECTIVE WORK” ON BEHALF OF BIW AND ITS WORKFORCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins received a letter today from Allan Cameron, President of Bath Iron Works (BIW), thanking the Senator for her "untiring and effective...

September 27, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES PRESIDENT TO RESTORE FLEXIBILITY TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today joined Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) in urging President Bush to exercise the flexibility that Congress intended to give the...

September 27, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS’S LEGILATION TO ADDRESS FOOD ALLERGENS LABELING PASSES HEALTH COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins's legislation, the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, has been passed by the Senate Committee on Health, Education,...

September 27, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS HEARS ANNUAL REPORT OF POSTMASTER GENERAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins today heard the Annual Report of the Postmaster General at the Senate Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation & Federal...

September 26, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES COLELGES TO SUPPORT THE GRAMM-MILLER AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Susan Collins rose in support of the Gramm-Miller amendment to the Homeland Security bill today, praising the inclusion of her legislation to protect...

September 26, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS LEADS CALL TO SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE NOT TO CUT MEDICARE HOME HEALTH PAYMENTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins today led 66 of her Senate colleagues in urging the elimination of the automatic 15 percent cut in Medicare home health payments currently...

September 26, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR STRONG INSIDER LOAN LAWS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins, ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) and Senator Carol Levin (D-MI), subcommittee chair, today are calling...

September 26, 2002

NFIB Honors U.S. Sen. Susan Collins As Guardian Of Small Business

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NIFB), the nation's largest small business advocacy group, today named U.S. Senator Susan Collins a Guardian...

September 25, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS’S LEGISLATION FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILD ABUSE GAINS ACCEPTANCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins's legislation, the "Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act" (CAPTA) has been passed by the Senate Committee on Health, Education,...

September 25, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS’S LEGISLATION CO-ORDINATING EFFORTS OF NEW DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND FIRST RESPONDERS GAINS ACCEPTANCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins's bi-partisan legislation, the First Responders Act of 2002, has been passed by the Senate and is now a part of the Homeland Security Bill....

September 25, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS HEARS TESTIMONY ON U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ

WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today heard testimony from Former Secretary of Defense and Former Director of the Central...

September 24, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS RECEIVES “FRIEND OF THE SHAREHOLDER” AWARD

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins has been chosen to receive a "Friend of the Shareholder." award presented by the American Shareholders Association. The award is presented...

September 24, 2002

WHITE HOUSE ASSURES SENATOR COLLINS ON EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONS IN THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins has received written assurances from Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, that the President will not use his existing legal...

September 24, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES SENATE LEADERSHIP TO PASS BI-PARTISAN STATE FISCAL RELIEF LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins has urged Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott to include State Fiscal Relief legislation,...

September 24, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO SUPPORT THE EAST COAST GREENWAY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins today called on President Bush to support the East Coast Greenway by directing the Departments of Interior, Agriculture, Transportation,...

September 24, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 6 - 12 AS “NATIONAL 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WEEK”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Education Committee, announced today that she will cosponsor a resolution to designate October 6 - 12 as...

September 23, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE FOR CANCER PATIENTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Health Committee, has cosponsored the "Quality of Care for Individuals with Cancer Act." This legislation will...

SNOWE AND COLLINS ANNOUNCE $224,618 DOE GRANT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE TRANSITION TO TEACHING PROGRAM

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS PLEDGES SUPORT TO EMPLOYEES OF C.B.CUMMINGS & SONS, CO.

COMBATING INVASIVE SPECIES

BIW PRESIDENT THANKS SENATOR COLLINS FOR HER “UNTIRING AND EFFECTIVE WORK” ON BEHALF OF BIW AND ITS WORKFORCE

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES PRESIDENT TO RESTORE FLEXIBILITY TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS’S LEGILATION TO ADDRESS FOOD ALLERGENS LABELING PASSES HEALTH COMMITTEE

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS HEARS ANNUAL REPORT OF POSTMASTER GENERAL

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES COLELGES TO SUPPORT THE GRAMM-MILLER AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BILL

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS LEADS CALL TO SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE NOT TO CUT MEDICARE HOME HEALTH PAYMENTS

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR STRONG INSIDER LOAN LAWS

NFIB Honors U.S. Sen. Susan Collins As Guardian Of Small Business

SENATOR COLLINS’S LEGISLATION FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILD ABUSE GAINS ACCEPTANCE

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS’S LEGISLATION CO-ORDINATING EFFORTS OF NEW DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND FIRST RESPONDERS GAINS ACCEPTANCE

SENATOR COLLINS HEARS TESTIMONY ON U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS RECEIVES “FRIEND OF THE SHAREHOLDER” AWARD

WHITE HOUSE ASSURES SENATOR COLLINS ON EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONS IN THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES SENATE LEADERSHIP TO PASS BI-PARTISAN STATE FISCAL RELIEF LEGISLATION

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO SUPPORT THE EAST COAST GREENWAY

SENATOR COLLINS COSPONSORS LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 6 - 12 AS “NATIONAL 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WEEK”

SENATOR COLLINS SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE FOR CANCER PATIENTS