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| Friday, April 17, 2009 Headlines
Senator Collins heads to Europe for talks with Russians from MPBN: "Maine Sen. Susan Collins is headed to Europe for meetings in Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic. Collins is making the trip with other  members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Collins says she was invited by Committee Chair Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan to be on the trip, which will include several meetings with high ranking officials in all three countries."Read More >> Senator Collins is blogging during her fact-finding mission to Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic: "I was struck again today by how much the Russians seem to want a better relationship with us, yet how much a sense of resentment and loss of power shapes their views. They are convinced that the proposed missile defense installations in Poland and the Czech Republic are directed at them rather than Iran, even as they concede that our assessment of the growing Iranian missile capability was more accurate than theirs was." ...Read More >> "On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate-Federation Council working group held its latest meeting in Moscow with the participation of U.S. Senators Carl Levin, Bill Nelson and Susan Collins. This interparliamentary group alternately gathers in Russia and the United States to discuss the most important issues that have accumulated in U.S.-Russian relations. Based on the results of the meeting, each participant writes recommendations to their respective presidents and other top members of their executive branches. " Senator Collins voted 'Greenest Republican' Republicans for Environmental Protection (REP) today released its fourth annual Congressional Scorecard rating the environmental performance of Republicans in Congress.  Senator Susan Collins (ME) and Congressman Mark Kirk (IL) shared top honors as the "Greenest Republican in Congress." Each had perfect voting records and received additional credits for environmental leadership."We are especially proud of Senator Collins' exemplary record. This is the second year in a row that we have honored her as the 'Greenest Republican in Congress.' She has been an outspoken champion of taking on climate change, expanding use of cleaner energy technologies, and of practicing good stewardship over our natural resources," REP Government Affairs Director David Jenkins said...Read More >> The American people are angry over the country's financial crisis, and rightfully so. We are angry because the current crisis was not created from our own bad investments or decisions, but by those on Wall Street who concocted complicated financial instruments that ended up backfiring and who took advantage of regulatory loopholes with little regard to risk. Investment firms like Bear Stearns borrowed to the hilt, despite not having the resources to back their high-risk strategies. And it has been the American taxpayers and individual investors who are paying the price...Read More >> | SENATOR COLLINS WITH JUSTICE O'CONNOR  UPI: Senator Collins greets former Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor before testifying before a Special Senate Aging Committee hearing on Alzheimer's in Washington recently. MEETING WITH SERGEI KOVALEV  Senator Collins meeting with human rights activist Sergei Kovalev in Moscow GHETTO MEMORIAL IN WARSAW  Senator Collins visited the Ghetto Memorial in Warsaw, Poland.
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