Press Releases

April 23, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR SWIFT PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Susan Collins calls for immediate consideration of legislation to...

April 23, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS EFFORT TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, who is the Senate Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, today expressed support for the...

April 23, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO FIGHT CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS

Washington - In an effort to spur innovation in research and drug development for chronic health conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. Senator Susan Collins today introduced...

January 27, 2012

"The State Of The Union"

The Constitution requires that, each year, the President of the United States report on the state of our union. The State of the Union speech is the President's opportunity to...

January 27, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS CO-SPONSORS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THAT AIMS TO PREVENT CRITICAL DRUG SHORTAGES

Senator Collins recently joined Senator Amy Klobuchar on the Senate floor to push for immediate consideration of legislation they have introduced that would provide the U.S. Food...

January 26, 2012

MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE DELEGATIONS RESPOND TO BRAC PROPOSAL

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) released the following statement in response to U.S. Secretary of...

January 26, 2012

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS RESPOND TO BRAC PROPOSAL WITH REGARD TO ALL MAINE MILITARY FACILITIES

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today released the following statement in response to U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s request for Congress to...

January 24, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS’ REACTION TO PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

Following President Obama’s State of the Union address this evening, Senator Susan Collins released this statement: “A year ago, our country was shocked and...

January 23, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF WILLIAM KAYATTA TO FIRST CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

U.S. Senator Susan Collins released this statement following the President's nomination of William Kayatta of Cape Elizabeth to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. "I...

January 23, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON EXTENSION OF U.S.-CANADA SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following the announcement that the United States and Canada have signed a two-year extension of the 2006 Softwood Lumber...

January 23, 2012

“Achieving Bipartisan Success”

The New Year is always a good time to look back with a feeling of accomplishment at the challenges we have met, and to look forward with hope to those that lie ahead. Americans are...

January 20, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON DECISION TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BILL

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement after Majority Leader Reid announced his intention to postpone Tuesday's scheduled vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act. "I...

January 19, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF AN ADDITIONAL $9.9 MILLION IN LIHEAP FUNDS TO HELP LOW-INCOME, ELDERLY FAMILIES

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that Maine will receive an additional $9.9 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Low-Income Home Energy...

January 18, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PROTECT IP ACT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement on the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property, or PIPA, Act. “I...

January 13, 2012

“Renewed Hope For Americans With Diabetes”

There is exciting news in our fight against diabetes, one of the most costly and devastating diseases affecting nearly 21 million Americans. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

January 11, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS TO ADDRESS THE SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

**REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY** U.S. Senator Susan Collins Member, Senate Armed Services Committee Member, Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member, Senate...

January 06, 2012

“The Troubling Cost Of Medicating America’s Foster Children”

More than half a million children are in foster care in the United States, including 1,400 here in Maine. Typically, these children have been placed in care because they have been...

January 03, 2012

SENATOR COLLINS ADDRESSES ROTARY CLUB OF BANGOR

U.S. Senator Susan Collins was in Bangor today to address the Rotary Club on her accomplishments of 2011. The following is the text of her address as prepared for delivery. We are...

December 22, 2011

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON TAX AGREEMENT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement regarding a deal to extend the payroll tax relief for two months and initiate negotiations on a one-year tax cut...

December 19, 2011

“A Bipartisan Plan To Create Jobs And Opportunity”

Mainers, like so many Americans, are frustrated that our nation’s unemployment rate remains unacceptably high. They are frustrated that people who want to work can’t...

SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR SWIFT PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS

SENATOR COLLINS APPLAUDS EFFORT TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO FIGHT CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS

"The State Of The Union"

SENATOR COLLINS CO-SPONSORS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THAT AIMS TO PREVENT CRITICAL DRUG SHORTAGES

MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE DELEGATIONS RESPOND TO BRAC PROPOSAL

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS RESPOND TO BRAC PROPOSAL WITH REGARD TO ALL MAINE MILITARY FACILITIES

SENATOR COLLINS’ REACTION TO PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF WILLIAM KAYATTA TO FIRST CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON EXTENSION OF U.S.-CANADA SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT

“Achieving Bipartisan Success”

SENATOR COLLINS' STATEMENT ON DECISION TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BILL

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF AN ADDITIONAL $9.9 MILLION IN LIHEAP FUNDS TO HELP LOW-INCOME, ELDERLY FAMILIES

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PROTECT IP ACT

“Renewed Hope For Americans With Diabetes”

SENATOR COLLINS TO ADDRESS THE SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

“The Troubling Cost Of Medicating America’s Foster Children”

SENATOR COLLINS ADDRESSES ROTARY CLUB OF BANGOR

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON TAX AGREEMENT

“A Bipartisan Plan To Create Jobs And Opportunity”