Senator Collins Speaks at 2025 Alzheimer’s Impact Movement Advocacy Forum

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, delivered remarks at the 2025 Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) Advocacy Forum in Washington. Maine Alzheimer’s advocates Mary Dysart Hartt and her husband Mike introduced Senator Collins at the event. Mary and Mike live in Hampden, and Mary has been a tireless advocate on behalf of Mainers living with Alzheimer's—like Mike—and their caregivers.

“When I first joined the Senate, there wasn't really much of a focus in Washington on brain health. Neurodegenerative diseases were thought of as just part of growing old,” said Senator Collins. “But, working with incredible partners like the Alzheimer’s Association, we have raised awareness and put a federal focus on this disease. For myself and members of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s I lead, this fight is both a personal cause and a matter of crafting effective policy. We must not let Alzheimer’s be one of the defining diseases of our children’s generation as it has ours.”

In her remarks, Senator Collins also highlighted her successful legislative efforts to advance Alzheimer’s research, prevention, and treatment. 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, only 15 passed both chambers and were signed into law. U.S. Senator Susan Collins led or co-led 5 of those 15 bills to passage with strong bipartisan support, and 3 of those 5 bills dealt directly with brain health. Those bills were the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, and the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act.

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