Continue working to ensure Mainers have access to needed federal services.

I appreciate Secretary Bessent’s responsiveness to my concerns and will continue working to better ensure that Mainers have access to the federal services they need and deserve.

In a Senate press release announcing reopened IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers in Maine, Collins said she would continue working to ensure Mainers can access needed federal services.

Senator Collins Announces the Reopening of IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers in Augusta and Bangor
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The IRS announced that Taxpayer Assistance Centers in Augusta and Bangor, Maine reopened as of July 6, 2026. The agency said the reopenings support in-person help for taxpayers with federal tax questions and listed operating hours for Augusta, Bangor, South Portland, and Presque Isle virtual service.

Official IRS action restored in-person federal tax assistance in two Maine locations during the lookback window, directly improving Mainers' access to a needed federal service.

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IRS Reopens Taxpayer Assistance Centers in Augusta and Bangor, Maine | Internal Revenue Service
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Collins announced with Treasury and IRS officials that the Augusta and Bangor Taxpayer Assistance Centers reopened on July 6, 2026. Her office said the announcement followed Collins' questioning of Secretary Bessent about the closures and a March delegation letter requesting that IRS reopen the sites.

Collins' office tied a concrete delivery, reopened IRS service centers in Maine, to her official oversight and delegation advocacy. IRS was still seeking permanent staff, so the service restoration appears delivered but ongoing.

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Senator Collins Announces the Reopening of IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers in Augusta and Bangor
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At a Senate Appropriations hearing, Collins opposed closure of the Bangor and Augusta Taxpayer Assistance Centers, saying a Caribou resident would face a 10-hour-plus round trip to Portland for in-person IRS service. Secretary Bessent responded that IRS would look into it and remedy the access problem.

This official hearing record shows serious concrete action by Collins before the July reopening: direct questioning of Treasury over a specific federal service access barrier for rural and older Mainers.

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Senator Collins Questions Secretary Bessent on Maine Taxpayer Assistance Centers
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Collins, King, and Golden called on the IRS to reverse the closure of Augusta and Bangor Tax Assistance Centers. The release said closures would leave some Northern Mainers traveling hundreds of miles for IRS services and asked IRS to restaff and reopen the centers in a timely manner.

This pre-lookback official source documents the advocacy path leading to the July reopening and shows Collins acted after constituent reports of lost access to IRS assistance.

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Sens. Collins, King, Rep. Golden Demand IRS Reopen Bangor and Augusta Tax Assistance Centers
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Collins' official services page says her office assists constituents with matters involving federal agencies, works with federal officials to get answers, and directs urgent requests to one of her six Maine offices.

The standing constituent-service infrastructure supports the continuing-work portion of the promise, though it is an offer of assistance rather than a dated delivery outcome.

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Help With A Federal Agency
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Collins and Shaheen urged FDA to take administrative action to improve access to donor islet cell transplantation for certain people with Type 1 diabetes. They argued current regulatory classifications limit patient access despite FDA approval of a donor islet product in 2023.

This is a lookback-window example of Collins pressing a federal agency to expand access to a health-related federal regulatory pathway, but the record shows a request rather than completed agency action.

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Senators Collins, Shaheen Urge FDA to Expand Access to Islet Cell Transplantation for Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes
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