Rep. Susan Collins (ME-R)
Honorable Susan CollinsUnited States Senator, Maine, RepublicanSenator Collins was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. She was a Legislative Aide to then U.S. Senator Bill Cohen (R) from 1975 to 1987, Staff Director of the Senate Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee from 1987 to 1992, New England Regional Director for the U.S. Small Business Administration in 1992, and Maine Deputy Treasurer in 1993. She chairs the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and also serves on the Armed Services Committee, the Joint Economic Committee, and the Special Committee on Aging. The following is from the September 27, 2004, Senate debate…
