WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined a group of her colleagues in introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 to block the Biden Administration's reported plan to spend upwards of a billion dollars to provide $450,000 per person in taxpayer money to certain migrants who broke U.S. immigration laws. "We need to treat people at the border humanely, and I oppose separa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins questioned two of the nation's top public health officials, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, at a Senate Health Committee hearing about the federal government's ongoing response to COVID-19. Today's hearing, titled "Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response," was the Committee's fourth hearing with federa more PR

PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins visited Maine Medical Center to thank health care providers and staff for their selfless work during the pandemic. She also discussed the hospital's plan to construct, modernize, and expand cardiovascular operating rooms. Senator Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, recently secured $3 million for this project in an Appropriations bill, wh more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) tonight released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a historic investment in America's infrastructure. Senator King was a member of the bipartisan group heavily involved in the negotiation of the bill, which passed the Senate in August and now heads to Presid more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the York County Community Action Corporation has received a total of $1,731,577 for its Head Start and Early Head Start Programs. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families' Office of Head Start. "Head Start and Early Head Start programs across Maine provide inval more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that three Maine organizations will be receiving a total of $662,405 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative to support the long-term health and resiliency of Maine's lobster industry. The funds, which have been awarded to the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced today that three Maine organizations will be receiving a total of $662,405 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative to support the long-term health and resiliency of Maine's lobster industry. The funds, which have been awarded to the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Susan Collins, R-Maine, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., today introduce more PR