Press Releases

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in support of maple syrup producers’ eligibility for direct relief from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).  CFAP, created through the CARES Act, will provide up to $16… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) and Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in response to a Presidential Memorandum that calls on USTR and USDA to provide the lobster industry with the same form of financial assistance that has already been extended to farmers suffering as a result of China’s… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded three grants totaling $464,312 to help cultural organizations in the First Congressional District retain employees during this economic crisis. The funding comes from the CARES Act, passed by Congress with Pingree’s support in late March, and will support essential… Read more »

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that Native Maine Produce & Specialty Foods, a Westbrook distribution company, was awarded $1.35 million to participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program.   The Farmers to Families Food Box Program, a… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) sent a 17-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Committee Chairs urging relief for the more than half-a-million workers in the clean energy sector who have been neglected in past COVID-19 response packages. The… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today released the following statement after the White House announced President Trump will sign an Executive Order extending foreign worker visa restrictions, including H-2B seasonal worker and student visas, through the end of 2020: “This Executive Order is yet another example of President Trump using the coronavirus pandemic to advance a hateful… Read more »

On Juneteenth, a date commemorating when the last forcibly enslaved Black Americans were freed on June 19th in 1865, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) launched a new webpage detailing more than 25 federal bills she supports to address systemic racism in the United States. Pingree’s new Racial Justice webpage outlines legislation she is co-sponsoring in the 116th… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) led a bipartisan group of 13 House members in a letter urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to dismiss a petition filed by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA). NERA’s petition calls on FERC to assert jurisdiction over 45 individual state net metering programs. “Utilities, farmers, houses of worship,… Read more »

Amid nationwide protests of police brutality toward Black Americans, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced her original co-sponsorship of the bicameral Justice in Policing Act of 2020, which would hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct and increase transparency in policing. “While policing happens at the local level, Congress must take the lead in enacting… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement following President Trump’s roundtable with Maine fishermen and proclamation to rollback of marine monument protections: “President Trump spent much of his roundtable saying he could fix trade policies that have hurt Maine fishermen with the stroke of a pen, but it is his failed trade policies that caused… Read more »