Press Releases

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced Maine will receive $5,075,000 from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in support of the state’s COVID-19 response. The funding, which was provided through the CARES Act, will go towards epidemiology & lab capacity for COVID-19 diagnosis and testing. “In order for Mainers to get back to work… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) flew to Washington this morning to cast her vote in favor of an emergency COVID-19 relief package which includes key provisions secured by Democrats to expand coronavirus testing and deliver billions in critical aid to health care providers and small businesses. A vote is expected onH.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care… Read more »

In a bipartisan effort to support Maine farmers during the ongoing pandemic, U.S. Senator Susan Collins and U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to reiterate priorities for implementing the assistance to farmers that Congress provided through the CARES Act and the Families First Coronavirus Response… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement regarding the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), a $19 billion COVID-19 relief package for farmers and ranchers unveiled by the Trump Administration late last night: “As with all policies of this scale, the devil is in the details. It is… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is awarding the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) with a grant of $17,271,019. The funding was appropriated through the CARES Act to support operating expenses during the coronavirus pandemic. “Now more than ever Mainers need a robust public transit system to help them access… Read more »

All eight members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today, urging him to provide price stabilizing assistance to assist New England dairy farmers who are struggling with plummeting prices for milk products and increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced the National Endow ment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded $426,800 to the Maine Arts Commission and deliver relief to the state’s cultural economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. The funds, appropriated through the CARES Act, will be re-granted to Maine arts organizations to preserve jobs and cover operational… Read more »

After listening to feedback from Maine’s small business community, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today wrote to House leaders urging commonsense fixes be made to the Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) and provisions be included in Congress’s next COVID-19 relief package to help small businesses weather this crisis. In her letter to leadership, Pingree suggested nine specific… Read more »

U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine), and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging the department to directly purchase raw Maine potatoes from farmers. As the pandemic has disrupted much of daily life and closed or restricted restaurants… Read more »

Members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegationswrote to the Department of Defense (DOD) to express their concern with an updated policy that reduces the paid administrative leave options available to public shipyard workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The updated guidance creates impediments to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers staying home if necessary to… Read more »