John,

I wanted to forward you the following press release from Team Collins
regarding Sara Gideon's complete failure to act during the Coronavirus
pandemic and the economic crisis we are seeing in Maine.

Best regards,
Jason Savage

Sara Gideon's Legacy: 100 Days of Inaction During Candidate-Defining
Crisis

During Maine's Dark Hour, #SaraDidNothing

In Contrast, Senator Collins Stepped Up And Delivered Avalanche of Aid

Members of the press,

Today marks 100 days since Speaker Sara Gideon adjourned the Maine
Legislature at the start of a health and economic crisis. During the
last 100 days, many thousands of Mainers have needed immediate, serious
assistance, and Speaker Gideon has done nothing to help. But Susan
Collins has.

Sara Gideon's legacy has been set by her behavior during the last 100
days. The stories of Mainers struggling do not appear to have moved her
to action at all - in fact, it appears as if the State Legislature
won't return until AUGUST. Gideon could call the House back in session
tomorrow if she wanted to lend a hand.

In stark contrast, Senator Collins has stepped up to the plate and
delivered a stunning amount of aid to Mainers in need.

Let's look at the very real impact of Speaker Gideon's decision to
keep the Legislature away from helping with COVID aid. Each of these
bullet points represents thousands upon thousands of Mainers in need.

**"Maine's economic fallout from coronavirus could be nation's worst"**

* Gideon stood aside as the state's economy collapsed.  Thousands of
Mainers lost their jobs, businesses closed, and Gideon did nothing.

"Maine lags neighbors in allocating $1B in federal virus aid..."

* Gideon did nothing and failed to distribute more than $1 billion in
federal aid to Maine's cities and towns.  Senator Collins delivered
$1.25 billion in state and local aid to Maine in May, but that money is
just starting to be disbursed. The vital aid could have been distributed
much sooner had the Legislature acted. Governor Mills even requested
Gideon's assistancein a letter on May 29th,

but Gideon did nothing.

**"Unemployment claims in Maine surpass 100,000 since pandemic began"**

* Gideon did nothing to help with the unemployment crisis. Thousands of
Mainers are still waiting for a broken state unemployment system to be
fixed, and Gideon hasn't shown any interest in their plight. It's
also important to remember how much worse the unemployment crisis would
have been without the Paycheck Protection Program, authored by Senator
Collins.  [The same program that Sara Gideon attacked in a campaign ad
that the Washington Post's independent Fact Checker ratedMOSTLY FALSE.
]

In contrast, Senator Collins put forth an immense, effective, immediate
effort to deliver aid to Maine.

* Senator Collins wrote the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program,
which has supported more than 200,000 Maine jobs and delivered well more
than $2 billion to support about 75-percent of small employers in Maine.

* Senator Collins also delivered tens of millions of dollars in aid and
protective equipment to hospitals, schools, social services, the fishing
industry, the farming industry, Maine's media, and many others.

And during that time, Collins has been on the job in Washington.  She
never stopped legislating.  In addition to responding to the
coronavirus crisis, the Senate recently passed theGreat American
Outdoors Act

which provides $900 million per year for the Land and Water Conservation
Fund to help preserve Maine's beauty for generations to come - an
important priority of Senator Collins.

**It's pretty simple - when coronavirus hit Maine,**

**Senator Collins took effective, aggressive action to benefit her
fellow Mainers.**

**Speaker Gideon did nothing. Not a single thing to help Mainers in
need.**

**#SaraDidNothing**
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