WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Susan Collins issued the following press release:
BANGOR, ME - U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement on the exemption of road salt and cement from the U.S. tariffs on Canada, following her focus on how crucial these two products are for the state of Maine in an August letter to the Administration:
"I appreciate the Administration's announcement that it will exempt road salt and cement from U.S. tariffs. In my communication with Ambassador Greer and Secretary Lutnick, I focused on road salt and cement as two products crucial to Maine that would be severely affected by these tariffs.
"I mentioned in a letter to the Administration that Frenchville, a small Maine town on the Canadian border, ...