WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Susan Collins issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $45,000,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) to support the construction of a new cutting-edge health and life sciences complex at the University of Maine (UMaine).
This significant federal funding announcement follows the University of Maine System's release of an independent study (https://www.collins.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/1526trippumbachmainepublicmedicalschoolfeasibilitystudy.pdf) that offered several suggestions to improve health care access in the State of Maine. This includes, "investing in research, nursing, and allied health programs; and bu...