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Susan Margaret Collins is a United States Senator from Maine, serving since January 7, 1997. A member of the Republican Party, Collins is known for her moderate stance on various issues, often working across party lines. Throughout her tenure, she has focused on a range of topics including healthcare, national security, and economic policy. Collins has been recognized for her independent approach to governance, often emphasizing the importance of bipartisanship in her legislative efforts.
The New England Forestry Foundation is within $11.5 million of its goal, which, under the terms of the partnership agreement with the Pingree family, must be met by December 31 of this year. I would note that the Pingree Family has agreed…
An amount of $1.2 million in Forest Legacy funding will allow the acquisition in fee of 3,600 acres immediately adjacent to Maine's Mt. Blue State Park, and will bring needed protections to Maine's scenic and popular Western Mountain…
Phase II of the West Branch project consists of the remaining acreage of approximately 580,000 acres of what is one of the largest contiguous blocks of forest under single management in the eastern United States and has sustained a flow of…
This tremendous turnover calls into question whether the traditional use of these lands for forestry and for outdoor recreational activities will continue. We are fortunate that the present owners of these valuable lands are offering an…
Shipbuilders in my home State and others have stressed the criticality of the LPD 17 Program to their workforce over the next six to eight years as they strive to transition successfully between maturing programs and the construction of…
I look forward to the adoption of this legislation which will strengthen our K-12 education. No endeavor is more important to our Nation's future than ensuring that all children reach high standards. That is exactly what the legislation…
A pilot program that could allow farmers to combine noncontiguous units under one policy and to receive premium discounts could be extremely beneficial to my State. I hope that we can strongly encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
I have heard from many Maine potato farmers that one barrier to their using the crop insurance program is the inability to insure the crops of a farm that may consist of several non-contiguous units under one policy. Therefore, I was…
This solves the problem. For one thing, it eliminates another 15-percent cut that is scheduled to go into effect in October of next year.
The regulatory overkill of the Clinton administration has already exceeded the savings projected by the balanced budget amendment.
More than 2,300 home health agencies across the country have been forced to close their doors as a result of the regulatory burden and the flawed payment system.
The point is, cuts of this magnitude, that we have seen in the State of Maine and throughout the country, cannot be sustained without hurting senior citizens.
Unfortunately, that is exactly right. Unbelievable though it may seem, the formula that is being used actually penalizes those agencies in our two States that have done a good job of holding down costs.
Senate Republicans are committed to enacting legislation to preserve, strengthen, and save Medicare for current and future generations.
I want also to join in the Senator's praise of Senator Grassley for his leadership on many of the issues affecting senior citizens and rural health care in America.
In closing this debate, let me quote from a 74-year-old woman who wrote to me about how deceptive sweepstakes put her deeply into debt. In her letter, she said: My only source of income is a monthly Social Security check totaling $893. I…
Yes, I agree with the Senator from Michigan. The practice of using different-looking promotional mailings without any information explaining that they are for the same sweepstakes serves no purpose except to lead recipients into believing…
On behalf of Senators Campbell, Dorgan, Gregg, and myself, I am pleased to offer a sense-of-the-Senate amendment urging the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of the…
I commend both you and your Subcommittee for addressing the important issue of fraud in the market for microcap securities. As I said in my March 23, 1999 testimony before your Subcommittee, fighting fraud in this market has been one of…
Opponents of this bill contend that health care providers in states like Maine that do not have a law requiring parental involvement could still be liable for conspiracy or as accomplices under this legislation. The liability would…
Let me just point out, we understand fully the ownership of INA in Japan. That is not the question. The question is in the activities of the Yasuda Insurance Company in Japan and what they are doing to affect the market of the third sector…
What we are asking for, and we have received cooperation from the trade representative, Ms. Barshefsky, is for full interagency review. That is taking place today, and we are very appreciative of their cooperation in doing this. It has…
I rise today to thank the Senator from Mississippi, the distinguished chairman of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, for so generously honoring my request to support the USDA-Agricultural Research Service's New England Plant…
I was totally surprised by the attitude of our soldiers upon my first arrival in Bosnia, about how positive they were about what they were doing and why they are there. I was totally set back, I was not expecting this, and I thought to…
Contrary to the assertions of opponents to this legislation, the fact is that it will bring more money to our public schools, and it is a very pro-education pro-public-schools piece of legislation that the Senator from Georgia has brought…
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