Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota), as well as Congressmen James Comer (R-Kentucky) and Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), in introducing bipartisan legislation that will support hemp farmers and provide a regulatory pathway for products containing hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD). The bill, H.R. 5587, would… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act, which included her amendment on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Safer Choice label. The bill requires EPA to list PFAS chemicals (also known as “forever chemicals”), including PFOA and PFOS, as… Read more »
Today, in a speech on the House floor, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today urged passage of H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act. The bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to list PFAS chemicals (also known as “forever chemicals”), including PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Superfund clean-up program within a year and to develop… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today called for a vote on two bills that would repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force(AUMF) and prohibit any funding for offensive military force against Iran without congressional authorization. The bills led by Representatives Barbara Lee (D-California) and Ro Khanna (D-California) respectively… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s deadly airstrike at the Baghdad International Airport, which killed General Qassim Soleimani, Commander of the Iranian Forces:
“Soleimani was an evil man whose death we do not mourn. Still, this move deliberately escalates conflict with Iran, increases the risk to… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced the Westbrook School Department is the recipient of a $125,000 Drug-Free Communities grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy in cooperation with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
“This federal funding will help Westbrook community partners to educate kids and parents… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced today that Deering High School junior Aidan Blum Levine has won the 2019 Congressional App Challenge for Maine’s 1st District. His submission “Windition” allows users of the app to post up-to-date weather conditions for winter sports.
“Year after year, the apps Maine students develop are technically impressive, innovative, and solve… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today released the following statement regarding the House of Representatives vote on the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA):
The last NAFTA upended Maine’s economy, causing our mills to shutter and thousands of good jobs to be outsourced. Though Democrats improved the deal originally handed to us by the Trump administration, this… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in advance of the US House of Representatives vote to approve two articles of impeachment against the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump:
“Among the vast powers assigned to the Congress by our Founders, the impeachment of a chief executive is without question our gravest responsibility with… Read more »
Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) and Jared Golden (D-ME-02) wrote to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), urging the agency to heed the formal comments and concerns of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF) on the interim final rule on domestic hemp production. A signed… Read more »
