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Congressional Delegation Urges VA to Ensure Reliable Wi-Fi Service at Maine CBOCs

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U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, are calling on theDepartment of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) to provide all Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Maine with reliable WiFi service. In a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, the delegation shares that reliable, high-speed Wi...

Pingree Applauds Biden Administration’s Draft National Strategy to Reduce Food Loss and Waste

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Ranking member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, co-founder of the Food Recovery Caucus, and member of the House Agriculture Committee Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is applauding the Biden Administration’s draft national strategy to reduce food loss and waste by 50 percent by 2030. Unveiled by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Micha...

Protect Billions in IRA Funds for Rural Clean Energy in Farm Bill, House Ag Dems Tell Committee Leadership

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Maine’s First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and all Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee today wrote to Chair Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member David Scott (D-Ga.) urging they ensure the billions of dollars passed in the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) be used only for the intended purpose: to aid rural communities, businesses, and utilities in their clean en...

Pingree Welcomes $1.3 Million for Coastal Resilience Projects in Maine

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed news from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that three federal grants totaling nearly $1.3 million were awarded to support coastal resilience projects in Maine’s First Congressional District. The grants for Maine—focused in the Spurwink Marsh, Casco Bay, and tidal we...

VIDEO: As Republicans Push Shortsighted Border Bill, Pingree Champions Bipartisan Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act

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Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree on Wednesday fought back against a punitive, shortsighted Republican bill, H.R. 5283, that would prohibit federal funding for shelters to house migrants on land controlled by Federal Land Management agencies. It would also void a lease between the Federal government and NYC to authorize the use of Floyd Bennett Field to house asylum seekers. Rathe...

King, Pingree, Golden Announce Applications are Open to fill Judicial Vacancies in Maine

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Today, U.S. Senator Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced they will convene an advisory committee to review and provide recommendations to President Biden on candidates to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Maine and a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit: Senator Angus King and Representatives ...

Pingree Announces $760,000 to Support Maine Farms

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime organic farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee, today announced nearly $760,000 in federal grants that will support Maine agricultural producers and businesses. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) will help four First District farms boost production and expand markets for the...

Congresswoman Pingree Welcomes Israeli Cabinet Approval of Ceasefire, Partial Hostage Release Agreement

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after Israel’s cabinet approved a deal for the release of 50 hostages held by Hamas terrorists in exchange for a multi-day ceasefire: “I welcome the Israeli cabinet’s approval of an agreement to cease fighting in Gaza for four days in exchange for the release of 50 Israeli hostages. We must work with Israel and the internatio...

Collins, King, Pingree Announce Nearly $15 Million to Upgrade Freeport Wastewater Facility

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Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree announced that the City of Freeport has been awarded a grant of $7.5 million and a loan of $7.488 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. This funding will allow for long overdue replacements and upgrades to Freeport’s wast...

Maine’s Congressional Delegation and Governor Mills Continue Push to Prohibit Offshore Wind Development in Maine Fishing Grounds

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U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Angus King (I-ME), Representatives Jared Golden (ME-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter today to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) urging them to completely exclude Lobster Management Area 1 (LMA 1) from the Wind Energy Area (WEA) for potential wind power development in the Gulf of Maine. The letter was sent following ...

Pingree Announces $2 Million EPA Grant to Boost Recycling Efforts in Maine

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Today, in conjunction with America Recycles Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced ecomaine is among 25 selectees nationwide to receive over $33 million in Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) grants. With a focus on low-income communities and individuals living in multi-family housing, the $2 million grant will help ecomaine increase the recycling rate in Maine via a targ...

Pingree Signs onto Bicameral Letter to Secretary Blinken on Diplomatic Priorities and Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined 56 Members of Congress in urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reiterate the urgent need for a humanitarian pause and for Israel to conduct military operations within the scope of international law because of the critical need to protect innocent lives, regional stability, and American national security interests during his meetings with I...

ICYMI: Pingree Leads 15+ Hours of Floor Debate Against 83 Republican Amendments to FY 2024 Funding Bill

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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 Protection Agency (EPA) and policy...

VIDEO: On Floor, Ranking Member Pingree Leads Opposition to Republican Appropriations Bill Defunding Climate Programs

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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 past midnight. Republicans’ bill t...

Pingree Announces $13 Million to Support Maine’s Natural Resources and Rural Businesses

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, today welcomed more than $13 million in new investments from the Biden Administration to advance rural prosperity, economic development, competition, and sustainability in Maine. President Biden announced more than $5 billion in investments across five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiatives, including ...

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