WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,489,000 for health care equipment and services in the region in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full Senate and more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $1,700,000 in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill to support the restoration of the Abyssinian Meeting House in Portland. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Housing and Urban Development Appropri more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that $2,500,000 she requested for the Auburn Public Safety building project was included in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full Senate a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $200,000 for a new generator for Fish River Rural Health's Madawaska Clinic in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The bill, which was officially released by the full Appropriations Committee this afternoon, must still be voted  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that $5,250,000 she requested for 3 Maine airport improvement projects was included in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full Senate and Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that $7,200,000 she requested for the replacement of Dover Bridge was included in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full Senate and House.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $700,000 to engineer the expansion of the Eastern Trail from Kennebunk through Wells and North Berwick in the draft fiscal year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation and Housing Appr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation and Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that $732,000 she requested for the Walkable Houlton project was included in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Housing Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full Senate and House.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $850,000 to support the construction of a York County emergency operations center in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Homeland Security Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $17,537,000 to support research at the University of Maine in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bills. The bills, which were officially released by the full Appropriations Committee this afternoon, must still be voted upon by the full Senate and House. "The more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that she secured $7,522,000 for infrastructure and economic development in the Katahdin Region in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must stil more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that $12,960,000 she requested for Maine Northern rail improvements was included in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full Senate and House more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $2,850,000 for the Perkins Cove Revitalization Project in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation and Housing Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation and Housing (or Transportation, Housing and Urban Dev more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $643,000 for a new mobile unit for Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP) in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The bill, which was officially released by the full Appropriations Committee this afternoon, must still be voted upon by the full Se more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: US Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to keep climate-smart agriculture provisions in the Build Back Better Act. In their letter to leadership, Pingree and Spanberger, who are the primary sponsors of the Agriculture Resilience Act and Climate Stewardship Act, highlight the importa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $120,000 in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill to support economic redevelopment and community revitalization in Danforth. Senator Collins is the Ranking Member and lead Republican on the Transportation, Housing and Urban De more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that she secured $3,100,000 for infrastructure improvements at the Loring Commerce Centre in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full Senate  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured $871,000 in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Health and Human Services Appropriations bill to support the Red Cross' blood collection and distribution. The bill, which was officially released by the full Appropriations Committee this afternoon, must still be voted upon by more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced today that she successfully secured more than $264,959,000 for 106 Maine projects located across the state in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bills that have been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Of that amount, 37 of the projects totaling $99,246,000 were funded through the Transport more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued this statement on the passing of Colin Powell: "I am deeply saddened by the passing of Colin Powell, a wonderful person and an extraordinary public servant. "He dedicated his life to his country, serving decades in the military, rising to the highest leadership position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and later becoming our nation's top dip more PR

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: As Maine and many other states across the U.S. confront increasing challenges in housing affordability during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) joined 34 of his Senate colleagues in urging that comprehensive housing investments stay in President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan. The Senators' letter to Congressional leadership and the President seeks comprehensive investment more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: With colder weather around the corner and energy costs projected to precipitously increase this winter, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) and a bipartisan coalition of 36 senators in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assi more PR