Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced more than $6 million in federal funding for affordable housing initiatives in Maine’s First Congressional District, approved today in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies funding bill for fiscal year 2024 by the full House of Representatives. The Community Project Funding secured by Pingree includes… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, secured more than $5.5 million in Community Project Funding (CPF) for water infrastructure improvement projects in Richmond, Brunswick, Old Orchard Beach, York, and Camden in the government funding bill for Fiscal Year 2024. Pingree successfully fought to include more than $16.7 million in… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $1,500,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for a new fire training facility at the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center, which serves students from Bonny Eagle, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, Gorham, Gray-New Gloucester, Greely, Scarborough, Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, Windham and Yarmouth. This funding is among more… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $790,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for Sea Meadow Marine to improve working waterfront infrastructure in Yarmouth. The funds Pingree secured will be used to rebuild the bulkhead and launch ramp and install water and sewer systems, dramatically improving the overall utility of the site so that current and… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $921,250 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for Trekkers, a non-profit, outdoor-based mentoring program, to support a thriving community hub for youth development. The funding, which was approved today with House passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bill, is among more than $16.7 million in funding for… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced that she has secured $540,000 for the Equality Community Center in Portland to complete building renovations for its collaborative community center and workspace for underserved populations. Passed today by the House in the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations package, Pingree successfully fought to fund 15 community… Read more »
For more than 15 hours on the House floor last week, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree fought back against 83 extreme Republican amendments to a Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill. The funding bill written and passed by House Republicans includes a crippling 39 percent cut to the Environmental… Read more »
As House Republicans prepare to pass their harmful fiscal year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is leading the House Democratic caucus’s opposition on the floor, where she will be pushing back on 131 extreme anti-environment Republican amendments well… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement regarding Representative Mike Johnson’s election as Speaker:
“As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, I am relieved the House Republicans’ Speakership chaos is finally over, and I hope that the Republicans will get back to work on passing our appropriations bills.
“The relief that… Read more »
Senior House Appropriations Committee Member Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced more than $12 million she championed in the Appropriations bill for the 2023 fiscal year has been disbursed to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. One of 15 First District community projects funded by Pingree totaling $34.5 million, $12,326,000 will support… Read more »
