Susan Collins

I think that is a joint effort between--through our AAA, Area Agencies on Aging, through our Protective Services side, as well as the Guardianship Units.

Now is the time for a system that acts in the name of beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice

I thank the Senator from Delaware for allowing me to speak for up to 12 minutes.

I think is absolutely critical.

I think the concern that many of us have who represent lower-income large rural states is from our discussions with the private sector...

The Society of Civil Engineers rated 40 percent of my State's roads as being in fair or unacceptable conditions.

The American Society of Civil Engineers each year puts out a report card and tallies up the backlog in repairs and refurbishment.

The current shortage of truck drivers in our country is expected to grow from 48,000 to a 175,000 by the year 2024.

The Administration has given conflicting signals on the issue of the air traffic control privatization.

I totally agree, yes.

I want to personally thank you for the inclusion of additional funding for training vessel replacement in the President's Budget Request.

We tripled funding for TIGER from $500 million to $1.5 billion in order to better meet our Nation's infrastructure needs.

The tremendous need for this program was once again demonstrated this past year by the fact that the department received 452 applications requesting more than $6 billion in funding for TIGER projects.

For all of its talk about project streamlining, the Administration needs to streamline its own process and quickly deploy these dollars.

I hope that the Administration will refrain from undermining our progress by floating rescission packages, musing about vetoes, or continuing to play politics with major infrastructure and safety projects.

Thanks to the increased budget caps, Senator Reed and I were able to include an additional $12.6 billion for THUD programs in the fiscal year 2018 Omnibus bill.

I certainly hope that we can continue this good work in 2019 as we evaluate the Administration's proposals and receive input from members on both sides of the aisle.

I assess that risk as extremely high. I don't see what will prevent it from happening.

SNAP funding is critically important in Maine, where one in five children are food insecure.

I am concerned that that is leaving American producers at a disadvantage.

This program has allowed our producers to greatly expand their markets and create more jobs at home.

I am hoping that we can take a look at the fiscal year 2019 budget and restore some funding in that area.

I am concerned that the President's budget request would completely eliminate the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative.

American consumers are increasingly interested in knowing exactly where and how their food is produced.

I'm introducing three bipartisan bills to address this crisis.