Susan Collins: “I don’t regret that vote.”

This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.

“Maine is particularly vulnerable to global supply shocks because our state imports much of our home heating oil,”

We’re already looking at whether there’s language we can put in the next set of appropriations bills that would prohibit this from happening.

I urge you not to move forward with this proposal, which would undermine the intent of the CR provision and more important, the Federal government’s objective of funding biomedical research projects based on scientific merit and value…