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Pingree, Golden Urge CCI CEO to Reconsider Portland-Based Layoffs

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Consolidated Communications

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-Maine) are raising concerns over Consolidated Communications’ (CCI) proposed Portland-based layoffs. The House delegation said CCI’s customer service layoffs will have many harmful impacts and strongly urged CCI President and CEO Bob Udell to reconsider.  “[W]e urge you in the…

Pingree Touts $10 Million Federal Investment to Boost Clean Energy, Lower Heating Costs in Rural Maine

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On Tuesday, Maine Governor Janet Mills and Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree joined Efficiency Maine Executive Director Michael Stoddard and Mariana Casagranda, a manufactured homeowner, to celebrate a $10 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment to accelerate clean energy deployment in rural Maine. Efficiency Maine’s Whole-Home Heat Pump Solutions…

Maine Delegation Urges President Biden to Approve Governor Mills’ Request for Major Disaster Declaration Following January Storms

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Maine’s Congressional Delegation wrote to President Joe Biden in support of Governor Janet Mills’ request for a Major Disaster Declaration to help address the estimated $70.3 million in damage that occurred across eight Maine counties during the January 10 and January 13 storms. U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden asked the…

‘This Is Bigger Than Any of Us’: On House Floor, Pingree Calls for Urgent Action to Protect Working Waterfronts

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In remarks on the House floor Wednesday night, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree called attention to the devastating impacts recent storms have had on Maine communities and working waterfronts.  “The sheer destruction these storms had on our working waterfronts is astonishing,” Pingree said. “More frequent, intense storms, floods, and rising sea…

Pingree Statement on Mayorkas Impeachment

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after House Republicans voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: “House Republicans have done absolutely nothing this Congress to reform our immigration system. In fact, House Republican leadership won’t even allow us to vote on a historic immigration bill that Republicans…

VIDEO: In Hearing with Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Pingree Emphasizes Need to Support Farmers in Face of Worsening Climate Crisis

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In a House Agriculture Committee hearing today with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree sounded the alarm on the urgent need to support farmers in Maine and across the county facing challenges due to climate change. The hearing comes on the heels of devastating and costly storms in…

Pingree Touts $10.4 Million in Infrastructure Funding to Improve Portland Jetport Terminal Accessibility

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $10.4 million for the City of Portland to improve accessibility in the Portland International Jetport terminal. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Terminals Program award, made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funds the installation of new passenger boarding bridges and fixed bridge…

Yarmouth Student to Attend Air Force Academy

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Sofia Mavor Yarmouth HS

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced that Yarmouth High School senior Sofia Joan Mavor has accepted an offer to attend the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pingree nominated Sofia to the Academy in December. “Acceptance to a U.S. service academy is extremely competitive and reflects highly on a student’s scholarship, community…

Pingree Announces Nearly $400,000 to Protect, Preserve Coastal Maine Wetlands

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Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, today announced a $395,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) grant to support conservation efforts in Maine’s Piscataqua/Great Bay estuary system. The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program funding will allow the Maine…

Pingree, House Pass Bipartisan Tax Bill to Expand Child Tax Credit, Help Lift Maine Families Out of Poverty

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CTC Tax Bill vote

Tonight, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, which will expand Child Tax Credit (CTC) accessibility to 39,000 more children in Maine with the lowest income and help lift nearly half a million kids out of poverty. Pingree, a senior member of the House…

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