Press Releases

May 28, 2026

Senator Collins Speaks at Auburn Public Safety Building Groundbreaking

Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos. AUBURN, ME – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins delivered remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the City of Auburn’s new...

February 03, 2026

Bill to Combat Proliferation of Chinese-linked Illicit Drugs in Maine Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured significant funding and legislative language to support efforts to combat the...

February 03, 2026

Senator Collins’ Statement on Congress Passing Five-Bill Appropriations Package

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement following the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote of 217...

January 30, 2026

Senator Collins’ Statement on Senate Passage of Five-Bill FY26 Funding Package

Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video of Senator Collins’ floor remarks WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued...

January 29, 2026

Senator Collins Announces ICE Ceases Enhanced Operations in Maine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ceased its enhanced operations in the State of Maine. The...

January 24, 2026

Senator Collins' Statement on the Shooting of Alex Pretti

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis: "This tragic...

January 21, 2026

Senator Collins’ Statement on ICE Operations in Maine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations taking place in the State of...

January 07, 2026

Senators Collins, King Announce Nearly $370,000 to Protect Children from Internet Crime

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins—Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee—and Angus King announced that the Maine State Police will receive a total of $369,364...

July 22, 2025

Senate Intelligence Authorization Bill Advances with Key Provisions Authored by Senator Collins

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, announced that the Committee advanced the Intelligence Authorization Act...

August 15, 2024

Senator Collins Participates in Ribbon Cutting of New Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge and Madawaska Land Port of Entry

Click HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos Madawaska, ME – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins participated in a ribbon cutting for the new Madawaska Land Port of Entry...

June 11, 2024

Collins, Peters Bipartisan Bill to Establish Center to Coordinate Northern Border Security Passes Senate

Washington, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Gary Peters (D-MI) to further expand the operations and duties of the Northern Border...

May 09, 2024

Senator Collins Questions Secretary of Defense on Lewiston Shooting

Click HERE to watch and HERE to download Washington, D.C. – At an Appropriations hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S....

June 23, 2022

Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Safety Legislation Negotiated by Senator Collins and 11 Colleagues

Click HERE to read Senator Collins’ remarks. Click HERE to watch Senator Collins’ remarks from the Senate floor. Washington, D.C.—Tonight by a vote of...

April 26, 2022

Senator Collins Calls on Attorney General to Explain DOJ’s Contradictory Stance on Mask Mandates, Title 42

Click HERE to watch Sen. Collins’ Q&A with AG Garland on Title 42. Click HERE to watch Sen. Collins’ Q&A with AG Garland on overdose...

January 21, 2022

Collins, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Transparency of Foreign Manufacturers of Medical Products

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), a member of the Health Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced bipartisan legislation that would...

December 14, 2021

Collins, Colleagues Push Administration to Reverse Vaccine Mandate for Truckers Crossing the Northern Border

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) joined 13 of her Senate colleagues in expressing opposition to the Administration’s vaccine mandate that will...

November 19, 2021

Canada Adjusts Border Testing Requirements for Vaccinated Travelers Following Push from Senator Collins

Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins released a statement following today’s decision by the Canadian government to adjust its testing requirement for vaccinated travelers...

November 16, 2021

Collins, Colleagues Ask Canadian Government for Parity in Border Testing Requirements

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Mike Crapo (R-ID) sent a letter asking the Canadian government to help...

November 04, 2021

Senator Collins Joins Effort to Block Taxpayer Funded Payments to Immigrants Who Crossed Border Illegally

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined a group of her colleagues in introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year...

October 13, 2021

Senator Collins’ Statement on Reopening of U.S.-Canada Land Border to Vaccinated Canadians

Caribou, ME—U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued this statement following the announcement that vaccinated Canadians will soon be allowed to cross the land border between the U.S. and...