Press Releases

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...

September 25, 2003

COLLINS ACTS TO SAVE “DO NOT CALL” REGISTRY

WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Susan Collins worked with colleagues in the Senate today to save the national "Do Not Call" Registry. She is co-sponsoring legislation that would grant...

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...

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

COLLINS ACTS TO SAVE “DO NOT CALL” REGISTRY

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