2005 Minority News

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December 2005

12/19/05	Senators Collins, Lieberman Introduce Comprehensive Legislation to Help Make Chemical Plants Safer from Terrorism
12/09/05	Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Holds Hearing To Examine FEMA Operations Following Katrina

November 2005

11/17/05	Collins, Lieberman Praise Special Iraq IG For Uncovering Serious Bribery Allegations
11/16/05	US Postal Service Urges Senators Collins, Carper To Oppose Any Provision That Would Weaken Their Postal Reform Legislation
11/16/05	Homeland Security Committee Holds Katrina Hearing To Explore Lessons Learned From The Private Sector
11/10/05	DHS Inspector General Releases Report Recommending Merger of Border Protection and Immigration And Customs Enforcement Agencies
11/09/05	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Holds Katrina Hearing To Examine Coast Guard Response
11/04/05	Breast Cancer Stamp Extended Two More Years
11/02/05	Senate Homeland Security Committee Holds Hurricane Katrina Hearing To Examine Levees In New Orleans
11/01/05	Chairman Susan Collins Releases Statement on Appointment of Katrina Recovery Coordinator

October 2005

10/20/05	Homeland Security Committee Holds Katrina Hearing, Receives Moving Testimony From FEMA Official Who Was In New Orleans During Storm
10/20/05	US Senate Approves the Collins-Lieberman Provision To Help Ensure Responsible Government Purchases Related To Hurricane Katrina
10/11/05	Senator Collins Urges Senate Leadership To Consider Katrina-Related Bills To Prevent Fraud, Waste, And Abuse
10/09/05	Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Issues Further Requests For Government Documents For Hurricane Katrina Investigation
10/07/05	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Approves Nomination Of Julie Myers To Be Assistant Secretary Of Department Of Homeland Security
10/07/05	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Approves Collins-Lieberman Bill To Help Ensure Responsible Government Purchases Related To Hurricane Katrina
10/06/05	Senators Collins, Lieberman Hold Katrina Hearing, Acting FEMA Director Testifies

September 2005

09/30/05	GAO Releases Report On NASA’s Misuse Of Passenger Aircraft, Waste Of Millions Of Taxpayer Dollars
09/29/05	Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Requests Extensive Government Documents For Hurricane Katrina Investigation
09/28/05	Senators Collins and Lieberman Hold Katrina Hearing To Discuss Immediate Needs Of Victims And Communities
09/23/05	Senators Collins and Frist Correspondence on Hurricane Investigation
09/22/05	Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Approves Bills To Help Victims Of Hurricane Katrina
09/21/05	Senators Collins And Lieberman Introduce Bill To Help Improve Communications For First Responders
09/21/05	Senators Collins And Lieberman Hold Hearing On Transit Security To Examine Lessons Learned From The London Attacks
09/19/05	GAO Releases Report To Senators Collins And Lieberman On U.S. Govt Efforts To Curtail Islamic Extremism
09/16/05	Senators Susan Collins And Joseph Lieberman Call On DHS To Issue Unclassified Version Of Natl Transportation Security Strategy
09/15/05	Senators Susan Collins and Joseph Lieberman Unveil Bill To Assign An IG To Oversee Katrina-Related Expenditures
09/14/05	Senators Collins, Lieberman Hold First Congressional Hurricane Katrina Hearing
09/12/05	Senator Collins Releases Statement on Resignation of FEMA Director Michael Brown
09/09/05	Senator Collins Releases Statement On Sec Chertoff’s Assignment Of Vice Adm Thad Allen To Katrina Efforts
09/07/05	Senator Collins Comments On Announcement Of Bipartisan, Bicameral Hurricane Response Committee
09/02/05	Senators Collins and Lieberman Launch Oversight Investigation Of Hurricane Relief Efforts, Emergency Preparedness To Learn Lessons For Future Disasters
09/02/05	DHS Proposes New Rules On Documents Needed For Travel To U.S. From Canada, Mexico Proposal
09/01/05	Senate Approves $10 Billion Relief Aid for Gulf Coast Hurricane Victims

August 2005

08/04/05	Collins, Lieberman Concerned Container Security Targeting System Requires More Attention, Overseas Segment of Supply Chain Most Problematic
08/01/05	Senate Approves Senator Collins’ Bill To Create National Women’s History Museum In The District Of Columbia

July 2005

07/29/05	Senator Collins Stresses Need For DHS Guidance And Oversight Of Visa Security Program
07/29/05	Senator Collins’ Statement On GAO’s Paul Posner
07/29/05	Levin-Coleman Bill Introduced to Clamp Down on Abusive Tax Shelters and Tax Havens
07/27/05	Senator Collins To Introduce Chemical Security Legislation In Fall
07/27/05	Senate Homeland Security Leaders Call For Increased Mass Transit Security Funding
07/26/05	Senator Collins’ Legislation Stops U.S. Companies from Using Foreign Subsidiaries to Do Business with Terrorist States
07/22/05	Senators Collins & Lieberman Criticize TSA for Violating Privacy Laws While Testing Passenger Prescreening System
07/22/05	Senators Collins, Lieberman Launch Investigation into Mass Transit Security in the U.S.
07/21/05	Senator Collins Says Move By China To Revalue Yuan Is Good First Step, More Needs To Be Done To Meet Fair Trade Standards
07/21/05	Committee Approves Nominees For DHS IG, GSA IG, & TSA Administrator
07/20/05	Feingold, Collins Provision To Watch Over Iraq Reconstruction Spending Included In Senate Foreign Ops Bill
07/19/05	Senator Collins Applauds Maine Coast Guard Crew Involved In Major Cocaine Busts
07/18/05	Senator Collins Announces $7.1 Million For Amtrak Security
07/14/05	SENATOR COLLINS SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO ENSURE REASONABLE BORDER REQUIREMENTS FOR FREQUENT TRAVELERS TO CANADA
07/13/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN QUESTION INDUSTRY AND OTHER EXPERTS ON PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO MAKE CHEMICAL FACILITIES MORE SECURE
07/13/05	SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON DHS’ SECOND STAGE REVIEW
07/12/05	SENATE APPROVES COLLINS-LIEBERMAN FIRST RESPONDER GRANT FORMULA, DOUBLES RISK-BASED HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING
07/11/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN OFFER FIRST RESPONDER GRANT LEGISLATION AS AMENDMENT TO HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL
07/10/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN RELEASE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE SAFEGUARDS IN FEMA’S DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM
07/01/05	COMMITTEE RELEASES WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO COLLINS-LIEBERMAN INTELLIGENCE REFORM OVERSIGHT LETTER

June 2005

06/29/05	IN RESPONSE TO COLLINS-LIEBERMAN COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION, STATE DEPARTMENT AND TERRORIST SCREENING CENTER ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO SHARE TERRORIST INFORMATION
06/27/05	SENATOR COLLINS COMMENDS DHS REPORT TO COORDINATE HOMELAND SECURITY EFFORTS WITH CANADA & MEXICO
06/24/05	SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON LINDA SPRINGER
06/23/05	SENATOR COLLINS PRESSES FOR STRONGER TRADE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST UNFAIR COMPETITION FROM FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS
06/22/05	COMMITTEE APPROVES COLLINS - FEINGOLD BILL TO SAVE TAXPAYERS $300 MILLION ANNUALLY BY ELIMINATING WASTEFUL SPENDING IN PURCHASE CARD PROGRAM
06/22/05	COMMITTEE APPROVES SENATOR COLLINS’ BILL TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR AMBULANCE, RESCUE & OTHER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
06/22/05	COMMITTEE APPROVES COLLINS-CARPER POSTAL REFORM LEGISLATION
06/21/05	SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
06/21/05	SENATOR COLLINS CHAIRS HEARING ON JUVENILE DIABETES
06/17/05	SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN ANNOUNCE RECEIPT OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF BRAC-RELATED DOCUMENTS, SECURE COMMITMENT FROM SECRETARY ENGLAND THAT ADDL REQUESTS WILL BE RESPONDED TO
06/16/05	SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR CRACKDOWN ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS WHO CHEAT ON THEIR TAXES, POSE UNFAIR COMPEITITION
06/16/05	Coleman and Levin Call for Reforms to Federal Contractor Levy Program
06/15/05	SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY AT CHEMICAL FACILITIES
06/13/05	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESPONDS FURTHER TO SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN’S SUBPOENA, DELIVERS ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
06/12/05	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELEASES MORE BRAC-RELATED DOCUMENTS FOLLOWING SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA LAST WEEK
06/10/05	SENATOR COLLINS STATEMENT ON NCTC DIRECTOR NOMINATION
06/10/05	SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S NOMINATIONS FOR PRIVACY & CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
06/08/05	SENATOR COLLINS JOINS EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON SAUDI SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
06/07/05	SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN ISSUE SUBPOENA FOR BASE CLOSURE DOCUMENTS
06/02/05	DoD RELEASED BRAC DATA INSUFFICIENT, ACCORDING TO SENATORS COLLINS AND LIEBERMAN

May 2005

05/28/05	SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN DEMAND THAT RUMSFELD TURN OVER BRAC RELATED DOCUMENTS
05/27/05	SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN ASK PRESIDENT BUSH TO DIRECT THE PENTAGON TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE BRAC-RELATED DOCUMENTS
05/26/05	COLLINS, LIEBERMAN OFFER GUIDANCE FOR GAO’S BRAC REVIEW TO ENSURE DOD RELIED ON ACCURATE INFORMATION COMPLIES WITH LAW
05/25/05	SENATORS COLLINS PRESSES DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF ABOUT NEED FOR ‘NO FLY LIST’ PROCEDURES
05/25/05	SENATOR COLLINS CHAIRS HEARING DETAILING LINK BETWEEN SALE OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS AND HEZBOLLAH
05/25/05	PSI Releases Reports and Findings Detailing Problems With Department of Homeland Security Programs
05/18/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN: INVESTIGATION REVEALS WASTE, MISMANAGEMENT & FRAUD IN FEMA’S DISASTER AID PROGRAM IN MIAMI-DADE
05/13/05	SENATORS CALL ON WHITE HOUSE TO ESTABLISH PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD AS CALLED FOR IN INTELLIGENCE REFORM ACT
05/06/05	CHAIRMAN & RANKING MEMBER APPLAUD CREATION BY GAO OF FORENSIC AUDIT AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT (FSI)
05/02/05	SENATOR COLLINS SUPPORTS “PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK”
05/02/05	SENATE HONORS OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY; RESOLUTION COSPONSORED BY SENATOR COLLINS

April 2005

04/27/05	SENATOR COLLINS CHAIRS HEARING TO EXAMINE SECURITY OF CHEMICAL FACILITIES, VULNERABILITY TO TERRORIST ATTACKS
04/25/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN ASK TSA TO CRACK DOWN ON WASTE AT TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER
04/21/05	SENATE CONFIRMS NEW DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, SENATOR COLLINS ADDRESSES SENATE
04/21/05	SENATOR COLLINS PRESSES MAINE PRIORITIES, CONNECTS MAINERS WITH U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER OFFICIALS
04/21/05	SENATOR COLLINS EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF ELIMINATING FRAUD, WASTE & ABUSE IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
04/21/05	SENATORS COLLINS & CARPER STRESS COMMITMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE POSTAL REFORM
04/20/05	SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN PORT SECURITY
04/18/05	CHAIRMAN COLLINS CONTACTS DHS SECRETARY ABOUT PROPOSED PASSPORT RULES
04/15/05	Coleman Investigation Prompts Bank To Rescind Loan Surcharge, Saving Low-Income Minnesotans Thousands Next Year
04/14/05	SENATOR COLLINS COMMENDS DC JUDGE FOR THREE DECADES OF SERVICE
04/14/05	POSTAL SERVICE, TREASURY, OPM, GAO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE POSTAL REFORM LEGISLATION
04/14/05	SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO GIVE D.C. MORE POWER OVER LOCAL BUDGET
04/13/05	SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE APPROVES HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING FORUMLA LEGISLATION
04/13/05	COMMITTEE REPORTS HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING FORMULA & WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LEGISLATION TO SENATE
04/13/05	COMMITTEE APPROVES AKAKA-COLLINS WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LEGISLATION
04/13/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN INVITE INPUT FROM SECRETARY CHERTOFF ON IAIP ROLE
04/13/05	Senate Investigative Subcommittee Releases Report Exposing Abusive Practices In the Credit Counseling Industry
04/08/05	COLLINS, LIEBERMAN SEEK FACTS ABOUT RECENT ANTHRAX SCARE AT DOD

March 2005

03/31/05	SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON WMD REPORT
03/31/05	SENATOR COLLINS COMMENDS DHS FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS GOALS
03/28/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN: DHS DEEPWATER REPORT INCOMPLETE
03/22/05	DHS LAUNCHES SENATOR COLLINS’ PROGRAM TO ENSURE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES
03/22/05	STUDY ON PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS IN RURAL AREAS REINFORCES SENATOR COLLINS’ STANCE ON NEED FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO ALL STATES
03/18/05	SENATORS COLLINS & CARPER INTRODUCE POSTAL REFORM LEGISLATION
03/17/05	COLLINS, LIEBERMAN URGE ACCELERATION OF COAST GUARD DEEPWATER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
03/17/05	SENATE APPROVES COLLINS-LIEBERMAN AMENDMENT TO RESTORE $855 MILLION IN HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING; 63-37 VOTE
03/16/05	LEVIN-COLEMAN STAFF REPORT DISCLOSES WEB OF SECRET ACCOUNTS USED BY PINOCHET
03/14/05	SENATOR COLLINS URGES BUDGET COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE FUNDS FOR POSTAL REFORM
03/11/05	SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES BILL TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR AMBULANCE, RESCUE & OTHER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
03/09/05	COMMITTEE APPROVES MICHAEL JACKSON TO BE DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY
03/09/05	SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS DHS SECRETARY ON FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
03/08/05	SENATOR COLLINS URGES FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
03/07/05	SENATOR COLLINS CHAIRS CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY NOMINEE
03/03/05	SENATOR COLLINS ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $200,000 FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE & ASSETS IN MAINE
03/03/05	SENATOR COLLINS REQUESTS EQUAL PAY RAISE FOR FEDERAL CIVILIAN AND MILITARY EMPLOYEES
03/03/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN STATEMENT ON INDICTMENTS FOR FEMA FRAUD
03/03/05	Senator Collins Introduces National Women’s History Museum Bill
03/02/05	Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Federal Whistleblower Protection Introduced In Senate
03/02/05	Senator Collins Calls for Greater Protection of Federal Employee’s Private Information
03/01/05	Senator Collins Announces Release of Nearly $17 Million for Homeland Security in Maine

February 2005

02/23/05	SENATOR COLLINS RECEIVES ASSURANCES FROM DHS REGARDING EMERGENCY LANDINGS AND PORT DIRECTOR POSITION AT BANGOR AIRPORT
02/18/05	Chairman Collins Introduces Bill to Eliminate Wasteful Spending in Federal Purchase Card Program
02/17/05	SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S NOMINATION OF JOHN NEGROPONTE TO BE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
02/15/05	SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON SENATE APPROVAL OF NEW DHS SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF
02/14/05	SENATOR COLLINS CALLS FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY NOMINEE
02/10/05	SENATE INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE RELEASES REPORT TO COMBAT ABUSIVE TAX SHELTERS
02/09/05	SENATORS COLLINS-LIEBERMAN-CRAIG SEEK RENEWAL OF CONGRESSIONAL AWARDS PROGRAM
02/07/05	SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON COMMITTEE CONFIRMATION OF MICHAEL CHERTOFF TO BE DHS SECRETARY
02/04/05	SENATOR COLLINS PRAISES DHS ASST. SEC. STEWART VERDERY
02/02/05	SENATOR COLLINS QUESTIONS DHS SECRETARY NOMINEE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES, PORT SECURITY
02/01/05	SENATOR COLLINS PRAISES WEB SITE TO HELP PROTECT STUDENTS & EMPLOYERS FROM PHONY COLLEGES

January 2005

01/26/05	Senators Collins & Lieberman Express Concern That Pentagon’s Expanded Human Intelligence Capabilities “Could Undermine Congress’s Vision for Intelligence Reform”
01/26/05	Senators Collins & Lieberman Hold Hearing on DHS Oversight
01/25/05	SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN ANNOUNCE GAO NEW HIGH RISK LIST
01/25/05	SENATOR COLLINS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS
01/24/05	Senator Collins’ Statement on Asa Hutchinson
01/11/05	Senator Collins’ Statement on DHS Nominee
01/10/05	Senator Collins Statement on Resignation of Kay Coles James
01/06/05	Senators Collins & Lieberman Initiate Investigation Into Possible Fraud Involving FEMA Dollars
01/06/05	Senator Collins’ Statement on DHS National Response Plan
01/05/05	Senator Collins Re-Elected As Chairman Of Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
01/04/05	Senator Collins Commends DHS For Completing 2004 Goal For Entry-Exit System At Border Crossings