Press Releases

October 02, 2015

Preventing Falls Among our Nation’s Seniors

Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries among seniors. Each year, approximately 2.5 million older Americans are treated in emergency rooms...

October 01, 2015

Senator Collins Urges Colleagues to Pass Vital Bipartisan Funding Bill and Honor Commitment to Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, spoke from the Senate floor...

September 30, 2015

Senators Collins, King Announce Nearly $400,000 for Scientific Research and Training Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that Maine will receive a total of $399,333 in funding to support world-class research and...

September 30, 2015

Senator Collins, Colleagues, Offer LWCF Short-Term Extension

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the expiration of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) set to take effect today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins spoke from the...

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 29, 2015

Senator Collins Speaks from the Senate Floor, Urges Colleagues to Protect Critical Student Aid Program Set to Expire

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke from the Senate floor this afternoon to...

September 29, 2015

Collins, King Commend Two Maine Schools Earning National Blue Ribbon Recognition

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King applauded two Maine schools, Costal Ridge Elementary School in York and Minot Consolidated School in Minot, that...

September 28, 2015

Collins, King Announce Assistance to Firefighters Grants for Whitefield, Corinth Fire Departments

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will award $43,810 to the Whitefield Fire...

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 25, 2015

A Message to Inspire the Nation and the World

On September 24, Pope Francis made history as the first Pontiff ever to address a joint session of the United States Congress. Far beyond the immediate audience of Senators and...

September 24, 2015

Senator Susan Collins to Accompany Pope Francis into Congressional Chamber Today

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Susan Collins will be among the bipartisan group of lawmakers who will accompany Pope Francis into the congressional chamber prior to his...

September 24, 2015

Senator Susan Collins' Statement on Pope Francis' Historic Address to Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C.— After Pope Francis’ historic address to a Joint Session of Congress, U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following...

September 23, 2015

Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $4 Million For Neurologic, Alzheimer’s Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senators Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Angus King announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and...

September 23, 2015

2015 Drug Take-Back Day

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the 10th U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King...

September 23, 2015

Senate Passes Bipartisan Resolution Led by Senators Collins, Mikulski Honoring First Women To Complete Elite Army Ranger School

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution, led by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and co-sponsored by Senator Barbara Mikulski...

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 22, 2015

Senate Passes Legislation Introduced by Senator Collins to Combat Boko Haram

WASHINGTON D.C.— The United States Senate passed bipartisan legislation today introduced by U.S. Senator Susan Collins aimed at stopping the spread of the terrorist...

September 21, 2015

Senator Collins Introduces Bipartisan Fix to Increase Government Accountability:

WASHINGTON — United States Senator Susan Collins, along with a bipartisan delegation of her Senate colleagues, filed a bipartisan amendment today that will...

September 18, 2015

Collins, Leahy, Burr, and Shaheen Head Bipartisan Letter, Signed by Majority Of Senate's Members, Pressing For Permanent Authorization and Strong Investment In the Nation's Premier Land and Water Conservation Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the expiration of the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) fast approaching, a bipartisan coalition of 53 senators led by Senators...

September 18, 2015

Senators Collins, King Announce Funding for the State of Maine for the Development of Offshore Wind and Renewable Energy Projects

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced today that the Maine Governor’s...

Preventing Falls Among our Nation’s Seniors

Senator Collins Urges Colleagues to Pass Vital Bipartisan Funding Bill and Honor Commitment to Veterans

Senators Collins, King Announce Nearly $400,000 for Scientific Research and Training Programs

Senator Collins, Colleagues, Offer LWCF Short-Term Extension

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

Senator Collins Speaks from the Senate Floor, Urges Colleagues to Protect Critical Student Aid Program Set to Expire

Collins, King Commend Two Maine Schools Earning National Blue Ribbon Recognition

Collins, King Announce Assistance to Firefighters Grants for Whitefield, Corinth Fire Departments

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

A Message to Inspire the Nation and the World

Senator Susan Collins to Accompany Pope Francis into Congressional Chamber Today

Senator Susan Collins' Statement on Pope Francis' Historic Address to Congress

Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $4 Million For Neurologic, Alzheimer’s Research

2015 Drug Take-Back Day

Senate Passes Bipartisan Resolution Led by Senators Collins, Mikulski Honoring First Women To Complete Elite Army Ranger School

Senator Collins Outlines Need for Exceptions in Abortion Legislation

Senate Passes Legislation Introduced by Senator Collins to Combat Boko Haram

Senator Collins Introduces Bipartisan Fix to Increase Government Accountability:

Collins, Leahy, Burr, and Shaheen Head Bipartisan Letter, Signed by Majority Of Senate's Members, Pressing For Permanent Authorization and Strong Investment In the Nation's Premier Land and Water Conservation Program

Senators Collins, King Announce Funding for the State of Maine for the Development of Offshore Wind and Renewable Energy Projects