Press Releases

January 11, 2018

Senator Collins Highlights Increase of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Due to Opioid Epidemic

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January 10, 2018

Senator Collins Questions Expert on Opioid Crisis’ Effect on Rural Communities

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January 10, 2018

Collins, King Announce Support for Bill to Protect Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today released a joint statement outlining their support for a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to...

January 09, 2018

Senator Collins Questions Expert on Opioid Crisis’ Effect on Rural Communities

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January 09, 2018

Senator Collins Emphasizes Need for Community-Based Approaches to Combatting Opioid Abuse

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January 09, 2018

ICYMI: AARP Applauds Passage of Senator Collins’ RAISE Family Caregivers Act

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2018 -- AARP welcomes passage in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives of the bipartisan Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE)...

January 09, 2018

Senator Collins’ Bill to Support Family Caregivers Heads to President’s Desk to be Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today applauded the unanimous passage of legislation they authored that will establish a...

January 08, 2018

Collins, King Send Letter to Administration Opposing Drilling Off the Coast of Maine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan...

January 05, 2018

Following a Longtime Effort from Senators Collins and Shaheen, Medicare May Now Provide Coverage for New Lifesaving Diabetes Therapies

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, released the following statement after the Centers for...

January 05, 2018

Following a Longtime Effort from Senator Collins, Medicare May Now Provide Coverage for New Lifesaving Diabetes Therapies

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), co-chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

January 05, 2018

Enhancing Opportunities for Women to Continue to Achieve Success in Aviation

When the Wright Brothers successfully launched the world’s first airplane in 1903, they credited their sister, Katharine, with providing the engineering and business expertise...

January 05, 2018

Senators Collins, King Fight to Protect Jobs, Local Newspapers

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) joined a bipartisan group yesterday in writing to the administration to express concern about a pending...

January 05, 2018

Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators in Cosponsoring Bill to Expand Veterans’ Access to Peer Counseling Specialists

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined a group of six bipartisan Senators in cosponsoring the Veteran Partners’ Efforts to Enhance Reintegration (PEER)...

January 04, 2018

Senators Collins, Peters Provision Boosting Fire Departments Signed into Law

Washington, D.C. - President Trump signed into law the AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act that included a provision authored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME),...

January 04, 2018

HHS OIG Report Finds that Drug Manufacturers’ Misclassifications May Have Led to More Than $1.3 Billion in Lost Medicaid Rebates

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report which found that over the past five...

January 03, 2018

Senator Collins Highlights Increase of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Due to Opioid Epidemic

Senator Collins Questions Expert on Opioid Crisis’ Effect on Rural Communities

Collins, King Announce Support for Bill to Protect Net Neutrality

Senator Collins Questions Expert on Opioid Crisis’ Effect on Rural Communities

Senator Collins Emphasizes Need for Community-Based Approaches to Combatting Opioid Abuse

ICYMI: AARP Applauds Passage of Senator Collins’ RAISE Family Caregivers Act

Senator Collins’ Bill to Support Family Caregivers Heads to President’s Desk to be Signed into Law

Collins, King Send Letter to Administration Opposing Drilling Off the Coast of Maine

Following a Longtime Effort from Senators Collins and Shaheen, Medicare May Now Provide Coverage for New Lifesaving Diabetes Therapies

Following a Longtime Effort from Senator Collins, Medicare May Now Provide Coverage for New Lifesaving Diabetes Therapies

Enhancing Opportunities for Women to Continue to Achieve Success in Aviation

Senators Collins, King Fight to Protect Jobs, Local Newspapers

Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators in Cosponsoring Bill to Expand Veterans’ Access to Peer Counseling Specialists

Senators Collins, Peters Provision Boosting Fire Departments Signed into Law

HHS OIG Report Finds that Drug Manufacturers’ Misclassifications May Have Led to More Than $1.3 Billion in Lost Medicaid Rebates

Following Letter from Collins, King, Pingree, and Poliquin, President Issues Disaster Declaration for State of Maine

ICYMI: “Tax cut plan will benefit hardworking Mainers, not DC elites”

Aging Committee Warns of IRS Scam Targeting Hotmail Users

Senators Collins and King Announce Nearly $450,000 for Nine Maine Housing Programs

Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group in Seeking to Enhance Support for America’s Libraries & Museums