Maine's U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe
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Sen. Olympia Snowe
With her election in 1994, Olympia J. Snowe became only the second woman senator in history to represent Maine, following the late Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, who served from 1949 to 1973. In November 2006, she was re-elected to a third six-year term in the U.S. Senate with 74 percent of the vote.
Before her election to the Senate, Snowe represented Maine’s Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for 16 years. Snowe is only the fourth woman in history to be elected to both houses of Congress and the first woman in American history to serve in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of Congress.
When first elected to Congress in 1978, at the age of 31, Snowe was the youngest Republican woman, and the first Greek-American woman, ever elected to Congress. She has won more federal elections in Maine than any other person since World War II.
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Remarkable mission that brought bin Laden to justice
By U.S. Sen. Olympia J. ... - May 06I was pleased to join with my Senate colleagues in offering the strongest possible support for a resolution honoring our heroic military and ...
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A day that forever changed our nation
By U.S. Sen. Olympia J. ... - Sep 08This week, with the heaviest of hearts, we commemorate the ninth anniversary of the tragedy that befell our country Sept. 11, 2001, and changed ...
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Fishermen must be allowed to fish
By U.S. Sen. Olympia J. ... - May 19Last year, Maine’s world-class fishermen and their counterparts from around New England were able to land only 27 percent of the total allowable ...
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Health-care reform: 'We should have done better'
By Sen. Olympia J. Snowe - Mar 31Having been fully immersed in advancing the issue of health-care reform for more than a year, I cannot help but arrive at the culmination of this ...
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Job growth vital to America’s economic recovery
By U.S. Sen.Olympia Snowe - Dec 17As was abundantly clear over the past year, our nation was on the brink of a financial collapse that could have jeopardized the future of the ...
Protecting honor of our fallen heroes
By U.S. Sen. Olympia J. ... - Apr 17At this very moment, thousands of our courageous men and women in uniform are serving in harm’s way in every corner of the globe to protect our ...
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'Massive failure on innumerable levels'
By U.S. Sen. Olympia J. ... - Jun 09The explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20 tragically claimed 11 lives and spawned the worst oil spill in our nation’s ...
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Commemorating milestone year for Maine’s troop greeters
By Sen. Olympia J. Snowe - Apr 07We simply cannot begin to thank the legendary and awe-inspiring Maine Troop Greeters enough for selflessly making it a priority at any hour of the ...
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End silence on China’s currency manipulation
By U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe - Mar 19I joined with a bipartisan group of 14 U.S. senators March 16 to cosponsor and announce new legislation to vigorously confront China’s currency ...
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New law helps jobless workers, provides tax relief
By Sen. Olympia J. Snowe - Dec 01Despite modest progress, the nation’s economy remains in recession, threatening the financial stability of millions of hardworking Americans in ...