Press Releases

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,… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more »