WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Congressman Jared Golden announced that the government funding bill that was signed into law last night included $1 billion in supplemental appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides funding to help low-income households pay their energy bills. In total, the government funding bill included $5 billion for LIHEAP, which brings the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help increase access to mental health services for older Americans. The Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2022 would update the Medicare program to ensure Medicare beneficiaries can access clinical psychologists directly for mental health services, regardless of the setting of care. Clinical p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 30, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today introduced bipartisan legislation to increase the diversity of participants in all National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded trials. The NIH Clinical Trial Diversity Act builds upon the NIH's current policies to enhance the inclusion of women, racially and ethnically diverse individuals and people across the lifespan in all   more