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Did Collins seek funding for Lewiston’s intergenerational center?

Matches stated direction. Collins requested $4 million for a proposed senior housing and services center, and Congress appropriated it to Lewiston Housing Authority.

Susan M. Collins

Lewiston center funding

Matches stated direction

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Collins said she secured funding for affordable housing projects in Maine.

What the record shows ·

Her FY2023 request sought $4 million for St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, proposing senior housing and services. Congress appropriated that amount to Lewiston Housing Authority.

Limit: This checks the request and appropriation, not completed housing, disbursement or sole credit.

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  1. WABI / WAGM Maine Senate debate, October 13, 2026, 31:19–31:36https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXhqabYBF4&t=1879s

    WABI / WAGM · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Native captions, 31:19–31:36; paraphrase of the housing-funding claim, not an exact quotation.

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  2. Collins FY2023 THUD funding request, St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, page 10 (document)

    Office of Senator Susan Collins · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Page 10: $4 million for St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, Lewiston Housing Authority, proposing senior housing and services.

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  3. Final FY2023 THUD project-funding table, St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, Congressional Record S9475 (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Dec 20, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    S9475 (PDF page 151): St. Mary’s Intergenerational Center, Lewiston Housing Authority, $4 million; Collins listed as Senate requestor. Final allocation bound by Public Law 117-328.

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  4. Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 2617)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-117publ328

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Became law December 29, 2022. Division JJ, section 101, deems the 2021 right whale rule enough for the lobster and Jonah crab fisheries to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act until December 31, 2028, and has the National Marine Fisheries Service issue new rules for those fisheries that take effect by then. Section 4 and Division L, Title II bind the final housing-funding table.

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