Press Releases

September 23, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS EXPRESSS DEEP CONCERN AT RECENT ERROR IN NMFS TRAWLLING DATA

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins has expressed her deep concern with the recent report that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has been using inaccurately...

September 20, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS WILL “WORK AS HARD AS POSSIBLE” TO ASSIST WORKERS OF KENT, INC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, whose schedule would not allow her to personally attend, sent a representative today to a meeting in Fort Kent to extend her concern...

September 20, 2002

“ANGELS IN ADOPTION” AWARD TO HONOR HOULTON WOMAN

Each year, members of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption nominate an individual or couple to receive the "Angels in Adoption" award. The coalition is a bipartisan alliance...

September 19, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE FISHERY MANAGEMENT & CONSERVATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that she is cosponsoring legislation, introduced by Senator Olympia Snowe, that would address recently identified...

September 19, 2002

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO EXPAND THE PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Senator Christopher Bond of Missouri introduced the "Affordable Housing Expansion Act of 2002." This legislation will...

September 18, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS LEADS FIGHT AGAINST INVASIVE SPECIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins today joined Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) in introducing the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act. This bill would create the most...

September 17, 2002

DOWNEAST HERITAGE CENTER RECEIVES $1 MILLION GRANT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Susan Collins today announced the awarding of a $1 million Commerce Department Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to the city of Calais and...

September 17, 2002

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS EDUCATION AWARD

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Susan Collins has been chosen to receive the prestigious William H. Natcher Distinguished Services Award from the Committee for Education Funding (CEF),...

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

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 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 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 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 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...

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS EXPRESSS DEEP CONCERN AT RECENT ERROR IN NMFS TRAWLLING DATA

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS WILL “WORK AS HARD AS POSSIBLE” TO ASSIST WORKERS OF KENT, INC.

“ANGELS IN ADOPTION” AWARD TO HONOR HOULTON WOMAN

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS URGES COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE FISHERY MANAGEMENT & CONSERVATION

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO EXPAND THE PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS LEADS FIGHT AGAINST INVASIVE SPECIES

DOWNEAST HERITAGE CENTER RECEIVES $1 MILLION GRANT

SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS EDUCATION AWARD

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

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

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

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES $2.1 MILLION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS IN MAINE

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

PROTECTING CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM MERCURY

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