Press Releases

March 06, 2025

Resolution Designating March 6 as “National Slam the Scam Day” Unanimously Passes Senate

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ashley Moody (R-FL), Richard Blumenthal...

March 04, 2025

Senators Collins, Baldwin Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support the Health and Wellbeing of Family Caregivers

Click here to watch and here to download video of Senator Collins’ remarks on the Senate floor introducing the bill. Her remarks can be read in full here. Washington, D.C. – Today,...

February 25, 2025

UPDATE: Social Security Administration Begins Implementation of Senator Collins’ Social Security Fairness Act

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins praised the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) announcement that this week it will begin issuing retroactive payments dating back...

February 06, 2025

Senators Collins, King Join Colleagues in Calling for Prompt Implementation of Social Security Fairness Act

Washington, D.C – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King joined 26 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the acting commissioner of the Social Security...

January 05, 2025

SIGNED INTO LAW: Social Security Fairness Act Authored by Senator Collins

Washington, D.C. – Today, the President signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Sherrod Brown...

January 02, 2025

Senators Collins, Brown Call on Social Security Administration to Begin Prompt Implementation of Social Security Fairness Act

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) Carolyn Colvin...

December 30, 2024

Senator Collins Championed 5 of 15 Health Care Bills Signed into Law in 118th Congress

Washington, D.C. – In the 118th Congress, there were 1,868 standalone health care bills introduced in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Of those bills,...

December 21, 2024

Senator Collins’ Social Security Fairness Act to be Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the Social Security Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Senators Susan Collins and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), by...

December 20, 2024

Senators Collins, Smith Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Build Rural Health Care Workforce

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve access to health care and address the physician shortage in rural...

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...

December 02, 2024

Senators Collins, Manchin Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Expand Treat-in-Place Emergency Medical Services

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) introduced the...

November 14, 2024

House Overwhelmingly Passes Senator Collins’ Social Security Fairness Act

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the passage of their Social Security Fairness Act by the U.S. House of Representatives and urged...

November 13, 2024

Senators Collins, Shaheen Lead Bipartisan Group Pushing for Reauthorization of Special Diabetes Program

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, led a bipartisan letter to Senate leadership emphasizing...

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...

September 23, 2024

Senator Collins’ Two Bills to Combat Alzheimer’s Head to President’s Desk

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins applauded the passage by the House of Representatives of two bipartisan bills that would cement and build on the important progress...

July 30, 2024

Senator Collins’ Two Bills to Combat Alzheimer’s Pass Senate

Click HERE to watch and HERE to download Senator Collins’ floor remarks in support of the NAPA-AAIA bill package Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins led the...

June 10, 2024

Senator Collins Announces Nearly $1 Million for Geriatrics Workforce Program at UNE

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the University of New England (UNE) will receive $999,917 in grant funding to educate and train primary care and...

November 16, 2023

Collins, Cardin Introduce Bill to Improve Seniors’ Access to Substance Use Treatment

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act. This bipartisan legislation would...

November 14, 2023

Senators Collins, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Disease Management and Prevention for Seniors

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act, bipartisan legislation that would expand Medicare...

September 06, 2023

Senator Collins Announces $450,000 for Maine CDC Alzheimer’s Programs

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has received $450,000 for Alzheimer’s disease...