Susan Collins

China, on the other hand, now has the world's largest Navy, has about 60 more ships than our own fleet.

The administration's budget prioritizes national security and homeland security spending last, relative to, seemingly, every other area of the budget.

But just to clarify. You stand by the statement that is in the budget materials, that the additional money would eliminate the 20 deferred maintenances?

I was pleased to see that the Army's budget request includes 21 million for a new Joint Vehicle Maintenance Shop for the Maine National Guard at its Saco location.

It is vitally important. Beginning of 2024 scheduled Virginia Class maintenance availabilities at the shipyard will exceed its capacity.

A billion dollars is a lot of money year after year after year, though it doesn't seem so in this environment anymore, but it used to be a lot of money, and to have push for this money year after year after year and then see such poor…

Senator Jack Reed and I authored this legislation and we were successful in getting it included in the December package.

In December Congress passed the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act, known as the CERTS Act.

Virtually every major source of business and revenue for bus companies...has been severely restricted or eliminated over the past 14 months.

My hope is that we're not going to see another two-month delay once the applications are received.

If NextGEN worked as intended, we should see all of those trends going in the other direction.

I want to make sure that rural states like Maine remain competitive and get a fair shake in RAISE going forward.

I hope people will be prosecuted for the violence that we've seen on videos.

I very much appreciate that the Department's budget would continue the Integrated Pest Management Program, but I am dismayed that it would eliminate the USDA's Potato Breeding Research Program.

Last year I urged USDA, obviously in the past Administration, to include loggers in its COVID assistance programs.

Commercial vessels (both passenger and non-passenger) find the CDC guidance on mask mandates for indoor and outdoor areas to be very inconsistent and confusing.

The sooner we get as many people as possible vaccinated, the sooner we can get there and that's one of the reasons we're continuing to push on that.

I can go sit at a bar and drink for hours at a crowded bar now without wearing a mask and yet I can't take a short flight from Bangor to Washington without wearing my mask.

If NextGEN worked as intended, we should see all of those trends going in the other direction.

I hope people will be prosecuted for the violence that we've seen on videos.

It feels to be holding the gavel even for a very short time once again.

I want to make sure that rural states like Maine remain competitive and get a fair shake in RAISE going forward.

Senator Jack Reed and I authored this legislation and we were successful in getting it included in the December package.

My hope is that we're not going to see another two-month delay once the applications are received.

In December Congress passed the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act, known as the CERTS Act.