Press Releases

January 20, 2016

Senator Collins Questions Experts on Lack of Access to Mental Health Services at Senate HELP Hearing

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January 06, 2016

ICYMI: “Collins calls for Alzheimer's support, funding after tour of Falmouth center”

FALMOUTH — The message from Maine’s senior U.S. senator was clear Tuesday morning: the state and the nation must do more for those with Alzheimer’s disease and...

January 04, 2016

Senator Collins to Tour Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging’s Stewart Adult Day Center

FALMOUTH, ME—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, will tour the Stewart Adult Day Center in Falmouth tomorrow...

December 16, 2015

Collins, King Congratulate Alba-Technic for Winning Head Health Challenge

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today congratulated Alba-Technic, LLC, one of five companies nationwide to win the Head Health Challenge III....

December 08, 2015

Senator Collins Cites Maine Examples in Opening Statement at Senate Hearing on America’s Opioid Epidemic

Click HERE to Watch Senator Collins’ Opening Statement Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins cited Maine examples in her opening...

December 08, 2015

Senate Passes Collins-Baldwin RAISE Family Caregivers Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Senate passed the RAISE Family Caregivers Act, introduced by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), the Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, and Senator Tammy...

December 04, 2015

Senators Collins, Shaheen, Kirk Named to Women’s and Family Global Health Task Force

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mark Kirk (R-IL) today announced that they have been named to the Center for...

December 03, 2015

Senator Collins Votes to Protect Health Care for Millions of Women

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement after voting in opposition to the Budget Reconciliation Act this...

October 28, 2015

Senator Collins, King Announce Federal Investment in Maternal and Child Health Care Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will receive a federal grant...

October 22, 2015

Senate Passes Legislation to Address the Heroin Epidemic and its Effect on Health of Mothers and Infants

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Senate passed the Protecting our Infants Act, a bipartisan bill cosponsored by Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the...

October 08, 2015

Senator Collins Speaks from the Senate Floor to Urge Support for The Mental Health Reform Act of 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins spoke from the Senate floor this morning to urge support for the Mental Health Reform Act of 2015. This bipartisan...

September 30, 2015

Senate Committee Takes Action to Address Heroin Epidemic and its Effect on Health of Mothers and Infants

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously advanced the Protecting our Infants Act, a bipartisan bill...

September 28, 2015

Senators Collins, King Announce Nearly $400,000 in Federal Funding to Fight Heroin Epidemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded $389,160 in grant funding to the Maine Drug...

September 22, 2015

Senator Collins Outlines Need for Exceptions in Abortion Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, an opponent of late-term abortion, spoke from the Senate floor today to outline concerns about legislation that would...

September 16, 2015

MIKULSKI, COLLINS PRAISE SENATE PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY ALL 20 SENATE WOMEN COMMEMORATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NIH’S OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN’S HEALTH

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), senior members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today...