WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced today that she successfully secured more than $264,959,000 for 106 Maine projects located across the state in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bills that have been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Of that amount, 37 of the projects totaling $99,246,000 were funded through the Transport  more