PORTLAND, MAINE – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced two small businesses in Maine’s 1st District will receive more than $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). These USDA grants, which were awarded to Northern Spent Grains in… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Following a push by Maine’s Congressional Delegation and Governor Janet Mills, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that producers of maple sap used to make maple syrup are now eligible for direct financial relief to help offset the financial harm they have experienced due to COVID-19.
In June, U.S. Senators Susan… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), and 119 House colleagues wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to renew waivers for programs which address food insecurity among children. Specifically, the members urged the Department to extend waivers for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined by Congresswomen Annie Kuster (D-New Hampshire), Cheri Bustos (D-Illinois), Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), and 19 House colleagues wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue demanding oversight of the $19 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and why an infinitesimal… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced two Prescott Grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) totaling $199,704. The grants, which were awarded to College of the Atlantic and Marine Mammals of Maine, will support the conservation and recovery efforts for stranded marine mammals along the Maine coast.
“The news of a beached whale, seal, or sea… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced the fire departments in Portland, Old Orchard Beach, and Casco will receive a collective total of $329,536 in grant funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The grant funding will support operations and safety at each of the three fire departments.
“Maine… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced federal two grants totaling more than $325,000 will be awarded to two institutions in her district. The Maine State Library will receive $210,270 and Bowdoin College will receive $115,000, both from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
“I’m thrilled… Read more »
As President Trump threatens to send unidentified federal police forces to cities across America, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today cosponsored the Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets Act, led by Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, both of Oregon. The bill would block federal paramilitary occupations in Portland,… Read more »
As the country grapples with the legacy of systemic racism, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted to remove racist and Confederate imagery from the United States Capitol. The House passed H.R. 7573 by a vote of 305-to-113.
“Leaders of the Confederacy endorsed race-based enslavement and were traitors to the United States. Any glorification of Confederate… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined her House colleagues in enacting the Great American Outdoors Act, legislation to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and preserve the national parks system and public lands across the nation. This landmark bipartisan conservation bill passed the US House 310-107. The… Read more »
