How do Collins and Jackson treat Maine’s fishing and woods economy?35 Klaim Bersumber, Fakta yang Diperdebatkan & Bukti

Topic summary

Compare their public records on lobstering, forestry, and federal rules that affect both.

Key research questions

• Investigate "Maine Senate: Susan Collins vs.

Important claims and supporting citations

• Troy Jackson publicly stated that loggers filed 137 complaints with the Department of Labor that were all denied, and accused Susan Collins of doing nothing to help prior to the 1998 St. Pamphile border blockade.

  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/bill-to-support-maines-lobster-industry-clears-appropriations-committee
  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/07/18/2025/bill-to-support-maines-lobster-industry-clears-appropriations-committee
  • https://susancollins.com/news/senator-collins-secures-fy-2026-funding-for-maines-lobster-industry/

• In September 2026, Senators Susan Collins and Angus King urged the Senate Commerce Committee to advance the Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act (H.R. 9436) to extend the pause on new North Atlantic right whale regulations through 2035.

  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/bill-to-support-maines-lobster-industry-clears-appropriations-committee
  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/07/18/2025/bill-to-support-maines-lobster-industry-clears-appropriations-committee
  • https://susancollins.com/news/senator-collins-secures-fy-2026-funding-for-maines-lobster-industry/

• Susan Collins authored and brokered a provision in the December 2022 omnibus spending bill delaying NOAA's North Atlantic right whale vessel-speed and gear rules for the lobster industry until December 2028.

  • https://www.legislature.maine.gov/
  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/
  • https://www.congress.gov/

• In September 2020, Maine Senate President Troy Jackson filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor alleging the agency failed to enforce immigration laws and improperly allowed H-2A workers to haul logs point-to-point within the United States.

  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/bill-to-support-maines-lobster-industry-clears-appropriations-committee
  • https://www.mainesenate.org/down-east-the-politics-of-logging/
  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/07/18/2025/bill-to-support-maines-lobster-industry-clears-appropriations-committee

• Susan Collins opposed NOAA's 2023 proposed vessel-speed rule expansion targeting boats between 35 and 65 feet before the agency withdrew the proposal in 2024.

  • https://www.legislature.maine.gov/
  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/
  • https://www.maine.gov/dmr/

• The 2022 omnibus spending bill included statutory language deeming NOAA's right whale rules compliant with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act through 2028.

  • https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/

• A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a 2021 Maine law sponsored by Troy Jackson prohibiting forest landowners or trucking companies from using immigrant labor to haul logs harvested in Maine after lawsuits by the Maine Forest Products Council, Pepin Lumber, and a Canadian driver.

  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/bill-to-support-maines-lobster-industry-clears-appropriations-committee
  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/07/18/2025/bill-to-support-maines-lobster-industry-clears-appropriations-committee

• In 2021, Troy Jackson sponsored LD 125 to prohibit aerial spraying of glyphosate and synthetic herbicides in silviculture, which passed the Maine legislature but was vetoed by Governor Mills on June 30, 2021.

  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/delegation-governor-mills-pen-open-letter-urging-retailers-restaurants-to-continue-selling-maine-lobster
  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/maine-delegation-blasts-inconsistencies-of-noaas-vessel-strike-rule-that-treats-lobster-industry-unequally
  • https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senators-collins-klobuchar-king-biomass-amendment-passes-senate

Outstanding questions

• Troy Jackson publicly stated that loggers filed 137 complaints with the Department of Labor that were all denied, and accused Susan Collins of doing nothing to help prior to the 1998 St. Pamphile border blockade.
• In September 2026, Senators Susan Collins and Angus King urged the Senate Commerce Committee to advance the Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act (H.R. 9436) to extend the pause on new North Atlantic right whale regulations through 2035.
• Susan Collins authored and brokered a provision in the December 2022 omnibus spending bill delaying NOAA's North Atlantic right whale vessel-speed and gear rules for the lobster industry until December 2028.
• In September 2020, Maine Senate President Troy Jackson filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor alleging the agency failed to enforce immigration laws and improperly allowed H-2A workers to haul logs point-to-point within the United States.
• Susan Collins opposed NOAA's 2023 proposed vessel-speed rule expansion targeting boats between 35 and 65 feet before the agency withdrew the proposal in 2024.
• The 2022 omnibus spending bill included statutory language deeming NOAA's right whale rules compliant with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act through 2028.
• A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a 2021 Maine law sponsored by Troy Jackson prohibiting forest landowners or trucking companies from using immigrant labor to haul logs harvested in Maine after lawsuits by the Maine Forest Products Council, Pepin Lumber, and a Canadian driver.
• In 2021, Troy Jackson sponsored LD 125 to prohibit aerial spraying of glyphosate and synthetic herbicides in silviculture, which passed the Maine legislature but was vetoed by Governor Mills on June 30, 2021.