Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $7.75 million thus far to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19. The funding is provided through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), created through the CARES Act, which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) has been awarded a total of $3,215,332 from the U.S.
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Eastern Maine Development Corporation has been awarded $400,000 to support the redevelopment and revitalization of small businesses in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo, and Hancock counties that have suffered financial harm as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding was awarded through the Economic Development Administration (EDA)’s CARES Act Recovery Assistance Program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $2,256,784 to Waldo Community Action Partners for Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a total of $974,168 to combat tobacco use among Maine youth throughout the state. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).
Washington, D.C. — Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation co-sponsored by Senator Susan Collins to establish the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys. The Commission would be housed within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and would recommend policies to improve current government programs.
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that Bath Iron Works was awarded a $132 million contract modification for shipbuilder and supplier industrial base improvements in support of the DDG-51 class destroyer program. This is in addition to $3 million previously awarded to BIW to start the surface combatant industrial base effort.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced an amendment to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act that would enact anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people to transgender service members into statute.
“We fully support the letter of request recently sent to you by Governor Janet Mills, which outlines the necessity of this relief for the Maine maple syrup industry.”
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has been awarded a total of $931,880 to combat the opioid abuse crisis throughout the state. This funding was awarded through the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) Program.
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