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In response to the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel a four-year, $4.5 million funding agreement for the Maine Sea Grant program, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Senator Angus King today sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, demanding that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) immediately reverse this decision—while underscoring the potential long-te... Read More »

Ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union address, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) wrote an Op-Ed for the Bangor Daily News about the human toll of the Trump Administration's reckless and illegal actions; about the broader economic dangers of tearing down government agencies; and about the power of making your voice heard. In her piece, Pingree wrote about the many Mainers who have rea... Read More »

Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement tonight after President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress: What the American people heard tonight wasn’t some vision for a better future, or a common-sense plan to tackle our nation’s most pressing challenges, but a bizarre spectacle of lies, fearmongering, score-settling, and Orwellian-level propaganda from... Read More »

Maine’s First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree will attend President Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, with Maine farmer Seth Kroeck, one of countless American farmers hit hard by the Trump Administration’s illegal federal funding freeze at the Department of Agriculture. Pingree and her office have been working to help affected Mainers like Seth, who manages Crysta... Read More »

Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, co-chair of the Senate American-Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, are calling on the Trump Administration to avoid a catastrophic trade war with Canada that would have huge and immediate impacts on Maine’s people and economy. In a letterto Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ambassador Jamieson... Read More »

Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to safeguard and strengthen America’s working waterfronts. The Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act would create a grant program and preservation loan fund to provide funding options for waterfront-preservation efforts, as well as establish a Working Waterfronts Task Force at the De... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in response to reports that the Trump Administration has terminated the University of Maine’s $4.5 million grant program for Maine Sea Grant: The abrupt termination of Maine Sea Grant funding is a devastating loss for our coastal communities and marine industries, including our fisheries. This program has long been a critical... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime farmer and Agriculture Appropriator, was reappointed by her Democratic colleagues to the House Agriculture Committee today—an assignment that will be vital in supporting Mainers, especially as Congress continues crucial Farm Bill negotiations. “Being a member of the House Agriculture Committee has been one of my greatest privileges as a Congressp... Read More »

More than 100 tribal representatives and organizations will testify before the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee this week, in one of the largest collective testimonies by Native communities in recent committee history. For weeks, I have been sounding the alarm on the devastating impacts that the Trump administration’s policies are having on our communit... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today responded to President Trump’s threat to withhold federal education funding from Maine, releasing the following statement: “Federal funding is not a political bargaining chip. President Trump’s threat to cut off funding to Maine is not only an egregious abuse of power—it’s an unconstitutional act of coercion designed to force states into compliance wi... Read More »

In letters sent today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the United States Forest Service, and Department of the Interior (DOI), which encompasses eleven bureaus, including the National Park Service, House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) demanded answers and transpare... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the Department of the Interior (DOI), demanded the Trump Administration immediately reinstate terminated Indian Affairs employees, lift the hiring freeze, and officially rescind the deferred resignation and early retirement offers. As Ranking Members of the Sen... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, says the Trump Administration’s reported firing of 3,400 U.S. Forest Service (FS) employees will severely hinder the agency’s ability to fight wildfires. In a letter to newly confirmed Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Pingree underscores that these firings come as the For... Read More »

Today, House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree warned the Trump Administration that its ill-conceived federal hiring freeze will jeopardize National Park Service (NPS) operations at national parks like Acadia. Pingree called on Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to immediately resume all seasonal hiring for the NPS and emphasized that the season... Read More »

On Tuesday evening, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree hosted a Tele-Town Hall event live from her office in Washington, D.C. During the hour-long event, she spoke directly with Mainers who have called her office since President Trump was inaugurated expressing their concerns, fears, and outrage over actions taken by the president, Elon Musk, and the Administration. Listen to the full event Read More »