Press Releases

March 05, 2025

Senator Collins Announces that Department of Commerce has Agreed to Renegotiate Maine Sea Grant

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the Department of Commerce has agreed to renegotiate funding for Maine Sea Grant. At the urging of Senator...

February 12, 2025

Senators Collins, Shaheen Urge Navy to Protect Jobs at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Warn of Negative Impact on National Security

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and...

February 07, 2025

Senator Collins Leads Bipartisan Group in Introducing Bill to Improve Access to High-Quality Job Training

Washington, D.C. —U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students...

January 23, 2025

Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $6 Million for Targeted Economic Development Projects in Maine

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Angus King announced that 10 state and local agencies and organizations...

January 02, 2025

More Than $42 Million for Maine Coast Guard Facilities Secured by Senator Collins in Disaster Relief Bill

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she has secured a total of $42,082,000, funding the U.S. Coast...

December 18, 2024

Senate Overwhelmingly Advances Senator Collins’ Social Security Fairness Act

Click HERE to watch her full floor remarks. Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate overwhelmingly advanced the Social Security Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill authored by Senators...

October 29, 2024

Senator Collins Participates in Factory of the Future Groundbreaking at UMaine

Click HERE and HERE for individual photos. Orono, ME – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins participated in a groundbreaking for the Green Engineering & Materials Factory of the...

October 18, 2024

Senator Collins Participates in BangorHousing Opportunity Center Grand Opening

Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Bangor, ME – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke at the grand opening of...

October 01, 2024

Senator Collins Announces $191 Million Army Contract for General Dynamics’ Saco Defense Facility

Bangor, ME— U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Defense, announced today that the General...

September 30, 2024

Senator Collins Announces $216 Million F-35 Contract for Pratt & Whitney

Bangor, ME – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Defense, announced today that Pratt &...

September 24, 2024

Senators Collins, Warner Introduce Bills to Improve Retirement Security for Family Caregivers

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced two bipartisan, bicameral bills that would allow family caregivers to better save for...

July 30, 2024

Senator Collins’ All-American Flag Act Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. – The All-American Flag Act has officially been signed into law. The federal government will now be required to exclusively buy flags that are produced entirely...

May 08, 2024

Golden, Collins introduce bipartisan legislation to support loggers harmed by natural disasters

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Jared Golden and Senator Susan Collins today introduced the bicameral, bipartisan Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act, which would establish a...

February 07, 2024

Collins, King Announce $1.7 Million to Support Maine Forest Products Economy

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King have announced a federal grant to support Maine’s forest products economy. The $1,745,869 in funding through the...

November 13, 2023

Collins, Reed Introduce Bill to Protect Working Waterfronts

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced the Working Waterfront Preservation Act. This bipartisan bill would help preserve access for...

November 02, 2023

Senator Collins Announces More Than $14 Million for Improvements at International Marine Terminal

Washington D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has been...

March 22, 2023

Collins, Klobuchar, Braun Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Americans Save and Pay for Skills Training and Credentialing Programs

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, bipartisan...

March 03, 2023