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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member on the House Interior and Environment Subcommittee, condemned the White House’s announcement that the board of the Kennedy Center voted to rename the building the “Trump-Kennedy Center” and released the following statement: “The Kennedy Center is a national cultural institution established by Congress, and is statutorily named the John F. Ken... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Zero Food Waste Act, legislation that would create a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant program to reduce food waste nationwide. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) reintroduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. “Families are stretching every dollar right now, yet enormous amo... Read More »

U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-Maine) today welcomed $1.5 million in AmeriCorps grants for Seniors Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs in Maine. The funding will support 174 AmeriCorps members in collaboration with the Opportunity Alliance, Penquis, and the University of Maine System. “After the president’s attempts to eliminate AmeriCorps... Read More »

In a bipartisan, bicameral effort to provide vital assistance to farmers affected by toxic “forever chemicals,” also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) reintroduced the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act. The legislation would authorize ... Read More »

In light of the Trump Administration’s repeated actions to cut food assistance, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Members of Congress, and anti-hunger advocates are demanding better policies to combat hunger in America. Joining U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Congressman Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), Hunger Free America CEO Joel Berg and former U.S. Secretary of Agricu... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, says the Trump Administration's unprecedented and legally dubious grantmaking practices have called the integrity of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) into question. In a letter to Acting NEH Chairman Michael McDonald, Pingree raised serious co... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement on her vote against Republican’s funding bill: From the beginning, the vast majority of House Democrats have been united in opposing any funding bill that doesn’t address the escalating health care crisis. Without immediate action, millions of Americans are going to be priced out of their health insurance in January. Presiden... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement on the Senate’s short-term government funding deal: A “deal" that lets enhanced ACA credits expire, which will drive premiums higher for families already stretched thin, fails the millions of families counting on us to keep their health care affordable. That is not a compromise. It is capitulation. House Democrats have been c... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Angus King (I-Maine) led more than 70 Members of Congress in condemning the Trump Administration’s decision to end the automatic extension of employment authorization documents (EADs) for individuals who have filed timely renewal applications. In a letter led by Pingree in the House, and by King in the Senate, to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, and 214 of her Democratic colleagues in Congress are demanding Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins utilize the Congressionally authorized SNAP contingency fund to provide food assistance to hungry Americans as the Republican shutdown approaches its second month. SNAP benefits were made available to eligible indi... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is demanding that President Trump immediately stop his appalling demolition of the White House’s East Wing, warning that his unapproved “ballroom project” tramples historic preservation and defies legally-required federal oversight and interagency coordination. As the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee overseeing the National Park Service, Pingr... Read More »

Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, is calling for transparency and immediate action from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after it was reported the Agency is withholding a long-delayed “forever chemical” risk assessment. The EPA’s report on a PFAS compound called Perfluorononanoic Acid (PFNA) concluded tha... Read More »

On Wednesday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree co-hosted a telephone town hall with AARP Maine on the importance of Social Security and Medicare. During the live event, Pingree addressed the many challenges and uncertainties Maine seniors are facing—from potential impacts of the current government shutdown to concerns about the programs’ long-term solvency—and how she is working in Congress to protec... Read More »

Hours after the federal government shut down, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) condemned Republicans’ refusal to work with Democrats to keep the government open—and stop millions of Americans from falling off a health care cliff. During a press conference at the Portland International Jetport on Wednesday after arriving back home from Washington, Pingree emphasized that the shutdown falls s... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is raising concerns about reports that attorneys have been prohibited from accompanying their clients during routine check-ins at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Maine. In a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, Pingree stressed that preventing legal counsel from attending such visits undermines consti... Read More »