WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * $7.9 Million for the UMaine System Secured by Senator Collins in Funding Bills * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $7,935,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for the University of Maine (UMaine) System in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; Transportation, Housing and Ur more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * More Than $2 Million for Southern Maine Community College Secured by Senator Collins * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $2,237,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for Southern Maine Community College's (SMCC) Education and Training Accelerator Lab in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Financial Services and General G more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Nearly $71 Million for Maine Hospitals and Health Centers Secured by Senator Collins in Funding Bill * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $70,872,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for Maine hospitals and health centers in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriation more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Questions NIH Director on Medical Research Funding, Women's Health * Click HERE for a full-resolution image. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Susan Collins questioned Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on the Administration's approach to medical research f more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * The Kennedy Center Belongs to the American People. Trump Thinks It Belongs to Him. * Op-Ed published on MSNOW President Donald Trump's decision to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for "an approximately two year period of time" -which he announced via Truth Social on Sunday -underscores the profound damage he's doing to this iconic institution. Setting aside the sheer fin more PR