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U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) today introduced bicameral legislation to help reduce food waste. The bipartisan New Opportunities for Technological Innovation, Mitigation, and Education to Overcome Waste Act, or the NO TIME TO Waste Act, would support research and new technologies, bolster collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and ... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced Maine was awarded a $990,992 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Diaper Distribution Pilot. This award will help the Maine Community Action Partnership (MeCAP) support caregivers with young children who are facing economic hardship and are working toward self-sufficiency, with a focus on families in eight Maine ... Read More »

In recognition of National Arts in Education Week, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) reintroduced legislation to increase access to the arts for students. The Arts Education for All Act will support and encourage arts education and programming for our young children, K-12 students, and youth and adults involved in the jus... Read More »

Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that $19 million in federal funding is now available to combat marine debris in coastal communities through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Sea Grant Program. This grant program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will support healthy marine e... Read More »

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden today announced more than $1,000,000 in National Park Service (NPS) Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grants for conservation and outdoor recreation projects in Maine. The funding was allocated as follows: $495,756 for the town of Windham to acquire 697.4 acres of heavily forested land and th... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Reps. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), and Greg Pence (R-Ind.) introduced the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2023. The bill would reauthorize the DERA program through fiscal year 2029 at the current level of $100 million annually. In 2005, Congress enacted the original Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through the Energy Pol... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is calling on the Biden Administration to reform the burdensome requirements preventing cities and organizations like those in Maine from accessing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Shelter and Services Program (SSP) funding. In a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswe... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is praising the Biden Administration for extending and redesignating South Sudan for Temporary Protection Status (TPS) through May 3, 2025, safeguarding the lives of both current TPS holders and South Sudanese who have arrived in the United States since the last redesignation in 2022. The news comes just days after Pingree led a group of 19 Members of Congre... Read More »

Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden today applauded President Joe Biden’s approval of the State of Maine’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration for a June 29 storm in Franklin County that caused more than $6.5 million in infrastructure damage. Last month, Governor Mills requested that President Biden issue Maj... Read More »

Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) led a group of 19 Members of Congress in urging President Joe Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to extend and redesignate South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), safeguarding the lives of both current TPS holders and South Sudanese who have arrived in the United States since the last redesignation in 2022. TPS statu... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman William Timmons (R-S.C.) today introduced the Rural Forest Markets Act, bipartisan legislation to help small-scale, family forest owners and states forestry agencies access new economic opportunities and develop solutions to mitigate the climate crisis. “The extreme heat, wildfires, and weather events the country has endured this summer have ... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) hosted National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chair Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson for a comprehensive tour of the arts communities in Waterville, Rockland, and Portland. During the event-filled two-day trip, Pingree and Chair Jackson visited a variety of arts organizations, including Waterville Creates, the Farnsworth Museum of Art, Indigo Arts Alliance, Mayo Str... Read More »

Maine’s Congressional Delegation is pushing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to shut down illegally operated Chinese marijuana growing operations in Maine. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden ask the DOJ to address the illegal growing operations run by foreign governments or entities. The l... Read More »

U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC), along with Senator Susan Collins and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, is pushing to simplify and improve the healthcare travel reimbursement process for Maine veterans. In a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough, the Maine Delegation identifies challenges with the VA’s new Be... Read More »

Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted on Monday in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory in Georgia. In response to the historic fourth indictment of Trump, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement: “We all heard the phone call. Mr. Trump tried to blackmail Georgia’s top election official to illegally fabricate ... Read More »