Susan Collins: “And … our economies are so linked, if you try to hurt one you end up hurting Maine.”

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…

Any attempt to politicize grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), or any other agency, by another means — whether an Executive Order or guidance — is contrary to congressional intent.

I have been urging Secretary Noem and others in the Administration to get ICE to reconsider its approach to immigration enforcement in the state.

Because I have these relationships with the president’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and with Cabinet members, I have been able to restore funding that was in jeopardy.