SENATOR COLLINS DELIVERS FLOOR REMARKS AHEAD OF UNANIMOUS SENATE PASSAGE OF HER BILL TO COMBAT LYME AND OTHER TICK-BORNE DISEASES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Susan Collins issued the following press release:

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the bipartisan Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act she introduced with Senator Tina Smith (D-MN)-with Senator Angus King (I-ME) joining them as an original cosponsor-passed the Senate unanimously. Senator Collins spoke from the Senate floor prior to passage of the bill.

The bill reauthorizes initiatives and programs to combat tick-borne diseases first established through the original Kay Hagan Tick Act, which Senators Collins and Smith led to passage in 2019. The Senators named their bill in hon...