Press Releases

January 16, 2014

Senator Collins' Statement Following Passage Of Fiscal Year 2014 Federal Funding Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins released this statement following passage of a bill that would fund the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2014. The...

January 16, 2014

Collins, King Announce Justice Jon Levy's Nomination Approved By Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the Senate Judiciary Committee reported Justice Jon Levy, nominee to the U.S. District Court...

January 16, 2014

GOP Senators Introduce Bill To Pay For Unemployment Insurance Extension

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV), along with Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Rob Portman (R-OH), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Dan Coats (R-IN), Lisa Murkowski...

January 16, 2014

Collins, King Announce Trade Adjustment Assistance Approved For Workers Displaced From Lincoln Paper And Tissue

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance for the approximately 200 workers displaced from...

January 15, 2014

Senator Collins Announces American Airlines Will Retain Direct Flights To Bangor And Portland From Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, was informed today that American Airlines, which is in the...

January 15, 2014

Federal Funding Bill Would Support Critical Transportation Projects, Jobs In Maine

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Senate Transportation and Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that the Appropriations bill...

January 15, 2014

Senator Collins’ Additional Views Of Senate Intelligence Report On Benghazi Terrorist Attacks

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Intelligence Committee, of which Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is a member, today released a bipartisan report on the September 11-12, 2012, terrorist...

January 15, 2014

Senator Collins' Committee To Discuss The Challenges Of Providing Care For Holocaust Survivors

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, of which Senator Collins is Ranking Member, will hold a hearing on Wednesday to examine the unique health and social...

January 15, 2014

Collins, King, Shaheen, Ayotte Announce Funding For Shipyard, Virginia Class Submarines

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) announced today that $11.5 million in funding for...

January 14, 2014

Collins, King Congratulate Maine 2014 Senate Youth Program Delegates

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today congratulated Zachary Duperry of Portland and Carolyn Liziewski of Gray on their selection as...

January 14, 2014

Senator Collins Commends Maine Native Russell Currier On Securing U.S. Olympic Berth

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins released this statement following the announcement that Russell Currier of Stockholm, Maine had earned a spot on the U.S. team for the...

January 14, 2014

Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Coalition Of 58 Senators Seeking To Ensure Appropriate Army National Guard End Strength

WASHINGTON, DC - In support of a strong Army National Guard, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) joined a bipartisan group of 58 U.S. Senators in sending a letterto Secretary of Defense...

January 14, 2014

Sen. Collins Highlights Funding For Alzheimer's Research, Treatment And Caregivers In Federal Funding Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's and Ranking Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, announced...

January 14, 2014

Federal Funding Bill Includes Senator Collins' Request For $100 Million To Build Additional DDG-51 At Bath Iron Works

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the bill to fund government operations for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2014 includes the $100 million that she...

January 14, 2014

GOP Senators Negotiating Unemployment Insurance Issue Joint Statement

Washington, D.C. - Following a meeting this afternoon, Senators Dean Heller (R-NV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Dan Coats (R-IN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Johnny Isakson...

January 13, 2014

Bipartisan Group Of Senators Announces Exemption For Volunteer First Responders From Healthcare Mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Angus King (I-ME), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Mark Begich (D-AK) announced today...

January 07, 2014

Senator Collins Votes To Proceed To Consideration Of Unemployment Insurance Extension

WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Susan Collins released this statement today following her vote in favor of proceeding to debate legislation that would extend unemployment insurance...

December 30, 2013

Senator Collins' Statement On USPS Rate Increases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Postal Service's announcement that the Postal Regulatory Commission has...

December 30, 2013

Senator Collins Continues Fight To Protect Military Retirement Pay

WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Susan Collins is continuing her effort to address a provision, included in the Bipartisan Budget Act recently passed by Congress, that, if not fixed,...

December 27, 2013

Senators Collins, King Introduce Legislation To Assist Maine Veterans Who Trained At CFB Gagetown

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King have introduced legislation that would help Maine veterans with claims made to the Department of Veterans...

Senator Collins' Statement Following Passage Of Fiscal Year 2014 Federal Funding Bill

Collins, King Announce Justice Jon Levy's Nomination Approved By Judiciary Committee

GOP Senators Introduce Bill To Pay For Unemployment Insurance Extension

Collins, King Announce Trade Adjustment Assistance Approved For Workers Displaced From Lincoln Paper And Tissue

Senator Collins Announces American Airlines Will Retain Direct Flights To Bangor And Portland From Washington, D.C.

Federal Funding Bill Would Support Critical Transportation Projects, Jobs In Maine

Senator Collins’ Additional Views Of Senate Intelligence Report On Benghazi Terrorist Attacks

Senator Collins' Committee To Discuss The Challenges Of Providing Care For Holocaust Survivors

Collins, King, Shaheen, Ayotte Announce Funding For Shipyard, Virginia Class Submarines

Collins, King Congratulate Maine 2014 Senate Youth Program Delegates

Senator Collins Commends Maine Native Russell Currier On Securing U.S. Olympic Berth

Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Coalition Of 58 Senators Seeking To Ensure Appropriate Army National Guard End Strength

Sen. Collins Highlights Funding For Alzheimer's Research, Treatment And Caregivers In Federal Funding Bill

Federal Funding Bill Includes Senator Collins' Request For $100 Million To Build Additional DDG-51 At Bath Iron Works

GOP Senators Negotiating Unemployment Insurance Issue Joint Statement

Bipartisan Group Of Senators Announces Exemption For Volunteer First Responders From Healthcare Mandate

Senator Collins Votes To Proceed To Consideration Of Unemployment Insurance Extension

Senator Collins' Statement On USPS Rate Increases

Senator Collins Continues Fight To Protect Military Retirement Pay

Senators Collins, King Introduce Legislation To Assist Maine Veterans Who Trained At CFB Gagetown