Press Releases

March 2016
03/03/16	In Response to the Sudden, Aggressive Price Spikes of Decades-old Rx Drugs: Chairman Collins, Ranking Member McCaskill Introduce Legislation to Help Ensure Patient Access to Affordable Medication (Democrat)
February 2016
02/23/16	In Response to National Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Abuse, Aging Committee to Lead Hearing titled: Opioid Use Among Seniors: Issues and Emerging Trends (Joint)
02/12/16	Senate Aging Committee Announces Top 10 Frauds Targeting Our Nation’s Seniors: (Joint)
02/10/16	Senate Aging Committee and Department of Homeland Security Unveil New Scam Perpetrated Against our Nation’s Seniors: How Global Drug Traffickers Are Deceiving Seniors to Unknowingly Smuggle Drugs Across International Borders (Joint)
January 2016
01/29/16	Senators Collins, Klobuchar Lead Bipartisan Letter to President Obama Calling for Greater Investment in Alzheimer’s Research (Republican)
01/22/16	Senator Collins Reminds Seniors of Persistent IRS Scam during Tax Filing Season (Joint)
01/21/16	Senator Collins Announces Staff Changes for Senate Aging Committee (Republican)
01/20/16	Senators Collins, McCaskill Announce that Former Turing CEO Martin Shkrelli Has Invoked the Fifth Amendment, (Joint)
December 2015
12/17/15	Collins, McCaskill Statement on Arrest of Martin Shkreli on Securities Fraud Charges (Joint)
12/09/15	Senate Aging Committee Holds 1st Hearing on Off-Patent Rx Drug Price Spikes (Joint)
12/03/15	Senate Aging Committee Investigates, Holds 1st Hearing On Off-Patent Rx Drug Price Spikes Titled: Sudden Price Spikes in Off-Patent Drugs: Perspectives from the Front Lines (Joint)
November 2015
11/04/15	Collins, McCaskill Open Senate Investigation into Rx Drug Pricing, Announce Intention to Hold Hearings (Joint)
September 2015
09/23/15	Senators Collins, McCaskill Work to Raise Awareness of the Danger Falls Cause Among Seniors (Joint)
July 2015
07/30/15	Senator Collins Co Hosts Event Tonight to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid and the Older Americans Act (Republican)
07/16/15	Senate Approves Reauthorization of Older American's Act (Republican)
07/16/15	Collins, McCaskill Demand Documents From Treasury Department in Contracting Investigation (Democrat)
07/15/15	Maine High School Track Star, Arundel 10-Year Old, Testify Before Senate Aging Panel On Living With Type 1 Diabetes (Republican)
June 2015
06/24/15	Dexter, Maine Small Business Owner Testifies Before Senate Aging Committee About Seniors Working In Retirement Years (Republican)
06/17/15	Senator Collins Warns of New Section 8 Housing Scam (Republican)
06/17/15	Senators Collins and McCaskill Press to Give Telephone Companies the Ability to do More to Block Unwanted Calls (Joint)

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