Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today urged her House colleagues to support the Subcommittee’s funding bill for fiscal year 2024. In remarks on the House floor on Wednesday, Ranking Member Pingree said the bill “continues investments to care for our planet, fight the climate emergency, and meet… Read more »
Senior House Appropriations Committee Member Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced she has secured more than $16.7 million for community projects in Maine’s First Congressional District. Funded through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, Pingree’s 15 projects address a wide range of Maine community needs, including affordable housing, public safety,… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced more than $6 million in federal funding for affordable housing initiatives in Maine’s First Congressional District, approved today in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies funding bill for fiscal year 2024 by the full House of Representatives. The Community Project Funding secured by Pingree includes… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, secured more than $5.5 million in Community Project Funding (CPF) for water infrastructure improvement projects in Richmond, Brunswick, Old Orchard Beach, York, and Camden in the government funding bill for Fiscal Year 2024. Pingree successfully fought to include more than $16.7 million in… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $1,000,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for St. George Municipal School Unit’s new Career and Technical Education (CTE) center in Tenants Harbor. Pingree secured the Congressionally-directed funding, along with more than $15.7 million in CPF for 14 other First District projects, in the Fiscal Year… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $1,500,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for a new fire training facility at the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center, which serves students from Bonny Eagle, Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, Gorham, Gray-New Gloucester, Greely, Scarborough, Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, Windham and Yarmouth. This funding is among more… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $790,000 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for Sea Meadow Marine to improve working waterfront infrastructure in Yarmouth. The funds Pingree secured will be used to rebuild the bulkhead and launch ramp and install water and sewer systems, dramatically improving the overall utility of the site so that current and… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $921,250 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for Trekkers, a non-profit, outdoor-based mentoring program, to support a thriving community hub for youth development. The funding, which was approved today with House passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bill, is among more than $16.7 million in funding for… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced that she has secured $540,000 for the Equality Community Center in Portland to complete building renovations for its collaborative community center and workspace for underserved populations. Passed today by the House in the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations package, Pingree successfully fought to fund 15 community… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, and Governor Janet Mills announced the Maine Defense Industry Alliance (MDIA), a newly established non-profit coalition of Maine defense companies, state agencies, community colleges and universities, and other vocational training organizations. Based at the York County Community College (YCCC)… Read more »
