Press Releases

December 16, 2009

PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL CONTAINING SENATOR COLLINS’ PROVISION TO LIFT FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS IN MAINE

The President today signed the Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation Appropriations bill. This legislation includes a provision, authored by Senator Susan Collins, to...

December 11, 2009

SENATORS COLLINS, CANTWELL PROPOSE CARBON AUCTION: BILL REDUCES EMISSIONS, RETURNS REVENUE TO CONSUMERS

Today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to reduce global warming pollution, spur job growth in clean energy...

December 09, 2009

MAJOR VICTORY FOR SENATOR COLLINS’ EFFORT TO LIFT FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS IN MAINE

A Senate-House conference committee late tonight gave final approval to Senator Susan Collins' provision to create a one-year pilot project that would exempt Maine's highways from...

December 01, 2009

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS, ANNOUNCE TAA APPROVAL FOR PRIME TANNING WORKERS IN HARTLAND

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that workers who have been displaced as a result of decreased production at the Prime Tanning Company in Hartland...

November 29, 2009

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE OXFORD COUNTY FARMERS ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a request to declare an agricultural disaster in Oxford...

November 25, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DHS IG REPORT ON NATION’S AIR CARGO SECURITY WEAKNESSES

The Department of Homeland Security Inspectors General Office today released a report addressing the effectiveness of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) efforts to...

November 23, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE REFORM VOTE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins tonight voted against considering a divisive, partisan bill and, instead, urged her colleagues to work together to develop a new, bipartisan proposal to...

November 18, 2009

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $4.2 MILLION FOR LIMESTONE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $4.2 million in funds to the Limestone Water and...

November 17, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES MORE THAN $50 MILLION FOR MAINE IN SENATE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS BILL

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees, today announced that the Senate has approved the Fiscal Year 2010 Military...

November 15, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS TO INTRODUCE BILL TO SUPPORT DEEPWATER, OFFSHORE WIND POWER RESEARCH

U.S. Senator Susan Collins will introduce legislation on Monday that would require the Secretary of Energy to support research and development of offshore wind technologies at...

November 06, 2009

“Defense Bill Benefits America’s Military And Maine’s Economy”

As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I have always worked to support our troops and their...

November 05, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS FAULTS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S H1N1 VACCINE STRATEGY, URGES NEW PLAN

The Obama Administration has failed to provide clear answers to national preparedness questions raised by Senator Susan Collins, R-ME, the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland...

October 30, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES BILL TO CREATE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MUSEUM

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Susan Collins introduced legislation to create a National Women's History museum on a site near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. that is currently...

October 29, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $10 MILLION FOR MAINE PROJECTS IN SENATE INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that she has successfully secured $10 million in federal funding for...

October 27, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $95.9 MILLION IN SMART GRID FUNDING TO CENTRAL MAINE POWER

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the Central Maine Power Company will receive $95,900,000 in Smart Grid grant funding from the Department of Energy. The funding will...

October 27, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $95.9 MILLION IN SMART GRID FUNDING TO CENTRAL MAINE POWER

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the Central Maine Power Company will receive $95,900,000 in Smart Grid grant funding from the Department of Energy. The funding will...

October 26, 2009

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PROPOSAL FOR TAXPAYER-SUBSIDIZED, GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE PLAN

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released this statement following Senator Harry Reid's announcement that health care reform legislation would include a taxpayer-subsidized,...

October 23, 2009

“H1N1 Flu: Monitoring The Response”

There is no question that federal, state, and local public health officials need to take the H1N1 flu seriously. The virus spreads easily and quickly. Recently, Bates...

October 22, 2009

MORE THAN $13 MILLION IN LIHEAP FUNDING RELEASED FOR MAINE

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has released $2.6 billion in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds,...

October 21, 2009

COMMITTEE TOLD H1N1 VACCINE IS SAFE SUPPLY WILL BE GREATLY INCREASED BY NOVEMBER

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., heard testimony Wednesday from three Cabinet...

PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL CONTAINING SENATOR COLLINS’ PROVISION TO LIFT FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS IN MAINE

SENATORS COLLINS, CANTWELL PROPOSE CARBON AUCTION: BILL REDUCES EMISSIONS, RETURNS REVENUE TO CONSUMERS

MAJOR VICTORY FOR SENATOR COLLINS’ EFFORT TO LIFT FEDERAL TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS IN MAINE

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS, ANNOUNCE TAA APPROVAL FOR PRIME TANNING WORKERS IN HARTLAND

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE OXFORD COUNTY FARMERS ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DHS IG REPORT ON NATION’S AIR CARGO SECURITY WEAKNESSES

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON HEALTH CARE REFORM VOTE

SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $4.2 MILLION FOR LIMESTONE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES MORE THAN $50 MILLION FOR MAINE IN SENATE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS BILL

SENATOR COLLINS TO INTRODUCE BILL TO SUPPORT DEEPWATER, OFFSHORE WIND POWER RESEARCH

“Defense Bill Benefits America’s Military And Maine’s Economy”

SENATOR COLLINS FAULTS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S H1N1 VACCINE STRATEGY, URGES NEW PLAN

SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES BILL TO CREATE NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MUSEUM

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $10 MILLION FOR MAINE PROJECTS IN SENATE INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $95.9 MILLION IN SMART GRID FUNDING TO CENTRAL MAINE POWER

SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES $95.9 MILLION IN SMART GRID FUNDING TO CENTRAL MAINE POWER

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PROPOSAL FOR TAXPAYER-SUBSIDIZED, GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE PLAN

“H1N1 Flu: Monitoring The Response”

MORE THAN $13 MILLION IN LIHEAP FUNDING RELEASED FOR MAINE

COMMITTEE TOLD H1N1 VACCINE IS SAFE SUPPLY WILL BE GREATLY INCREASED BY NOVEMBER