Collins is also indicated separately to the New York Times. She told them that she would not support a nominee in a lame duck session of Congress if Joe Biden worked when the White House.

I rise today to introduce the Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act. This bill would create a process to seek justice for a group Pan American World Airways pilots who lost their careers and pensions following the bombing of Pan…

But now is not the time to be cutting back services. I do disagree with the President very strongly on that issue. But Postal Service is absolutely essential.

I rise today to join my colleague from Michigan, Senator Peters, in introducing legislation to expand Medicare beneficiaries' access to Medical Nutrition Therapy, or MNT, which is a cost-effective component of treatment for obesity…

I rise today to introduce the State Veterans Homes Domiciliary Care Flexibility Act. This bill would address a current gap in care for veterans in Maine living with early- stage dementia. Specifically, it would ensure that the VA can waive…

I have listened to the presentations of my two colleagues, Senator Cassidy and Senator Menendez, and I could not agree with them more. We have an opportunity to solve a problem that is affecting each and every community in our country…

let me begin by thanking my two colleagues, Senator Moran and Senator Blumenthal, for their tremendous leadership on the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletics Act. I am very proud to be a cosponsor of their bill. This shows…

I rise today to join my colleague from Arizona, Senator Sinema, in introducing legislation to support the operation of a national child abuse hotline. Of all the major national help hotlines, the crisis line for child abuse and neglect…

the Paycheck Protection Program of forgivable loans has been a lifeline to millions of our small businesses and their employees. According to a recent census survey, more than 76 percent of Maine's small businesses reported receiving a PPP…

I rise today to express my support for the National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the Senate today with strong bipartisan support, and to highlight a number of its important provisions, as well as amendments that I have authored…

first, let me recognize and thank Senator Grassley for his extraordinary leadership on an issue that matters so greatly to the American people, and that is the high cost of prescription drugs. His persistence has produced the Prescription…

I rise to introduce a bill with my colleague, Senator Smith that will help the hardworking loggers across this Nation whose operations have suffered serious losses directly due to the pandemic. In Maine alone, logging has a roughly $650…

I ask unanimous consent that Megan McCulloch, a defense fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges throughout the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered ____________________

today, I am pleased to be joined by my colleague from West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin, in introducing the Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act. Our bill, known as the AUTO Act, would lessen the financial…

I see there are colleagues and friends on the floor waiting to speak, and I just want to assure them that I will be very rapid. (The remarks of Ms. COLLINS pertaining to the introduction of S. 4155 are printed in today's Record under…

last night, the Senate approved legislation to extended the Paycheck Protection Program, better known as PPP, through August 8, while we continue bipartisan negotiations on a bill to provide additional assistance to our small businesses…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Paycheck Protection Program

I want to commend the Senator from Maryland, the ranking member on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, for bringing this legislation forward this evening. I also want to commend my neighbor from New England, Senator…

I am pleased to join my colleagues in supporting the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill to provide full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to address the deferred maintenance backlog for our national parks. Under the…

I rise today to introduce legislation to allow nonprofit critical access hospitals (as defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) that are undergoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations to apply for forgivable loans under…

I rise today 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. This change is long overdue given the steps…

I rise today at a time of great sorrow, anger, and fear for our Nation. We face the confluence of a health crisis, an economic depression, and a killing that laid bare the racial injustice that still taints our country. The horrific death…

I rise today to introduce, with my colleagues Senator Rubio, Cardin, and Shaheen, legislation to strengthen the Paycheck Protection Program, which has proven to be such an important lifeline to America's small businesses and their…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Senator Collins pertaining to the introduction of S. 3833 are printed in today's Record…

throughout America, we set aside Memorial Day to honor those who gave their all for all of us, but this Memorial Day will be very different from those we have celebrated in the past, as we honor our veterans. This Memorial Day, there will…