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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.
About a decade ago, when former Senator Joe Lieberman and I headed the Homeland Security Committee, I remember vividly testimony that we received from the Treasury Department in which the officials said that Saudi Arabia was the epicenter…
I rise today to introduce the Clean Cooking Support Act. I am pleased to be joined in this effort by my friend and colleague, Senator Durbin. Our bill aims to address a serious global public health and environmental issue where leadership…
I ask unanimous consent that the remaining votes be 10 minutes in length. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause, Senators rising.) The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican whip.
In 2019, when Congress enacted the SECURE Act, which many of us cosponsored, it included a provision that I authored...
In April, I introduced the SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act with Senator Warner.
I rise today with my colleague, Senator Tina Smith, to introduce the Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act, legislation that eliminates Medicare's arbitrary 190-day lifetime cap on inpatient services in psychiatric hospitals. Given…
it is with a great deal of hometown pride that I rise in strong support of the confirmation of Darcie McElwee to be the new U.S. attorney for the State of Maine. Both Darcie and I are natives of the northern Maine community of Caribou…
the guidance from our health experts over the past year has been conflicting and inconsistent, and that heightens the distrust in these institutions.
I think all of us can agree that students suffer when they are not in school.
the debate on President Biden's massive plan to expand social programs has focused primarily on its enormous cost. Remarkably, little attention has been paid to the content of those policy changes. Yet the expensive entitlement programs…
I ask unanimous consent that, following my remarks, Senator Lankford and Senator Scott of South Carolina be recognized to speak and to complete their remarks prior to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection…
Republican senators like Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski said they were quite sure, they were convinced that all these Trump nominees to the Supreme Court certainly recognize Roe versus Wade as settled precedent.
The Texas law is extreme and harmful, I oppose the court's decision to allow the law to remain in effect for now while these underlying constitutional and procedural questions are litigated.
To my knowledge, Judge Kavanaugh is the first Supreme Court nominee to express the view that precedent is not merely a practice and tradition, but rooted in Article 3 of our Constitution itself.
I could not vote for a judge who had demonstrated hostility to Roe v. Wade because it would indicate a lack of respect for precedent.
at long last, tomorrow morning, I expect that the Senate will approve the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. For far too long, any discussion of transportation infrastructure in this country has been accompanied by the…
first, let me offer to work with both Senators from Louisiana to secure the funding that their State so desperately needs, in my capacity as ranking member of the Transportation, HUD Appropriations Subcommittee. Louisiana has been…
the FBI has estimated that China's theft of simply American intellectual property runs from between $300 billion to $600 billion a year.
the Bureau has more than 2,000 operations going on, investigations, that tie back to the Chinese government.
I hope the witnesses will also address how the CCP is using a variety of methods to acquire these capabilities.
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