Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, called on her colleagues to oppose Republicans’ stopgap funding bill. In remarks on the House Floor, Pingree argued that full-year continuing resolutions are not a responsible way to govern, and that Republicans should do their job and come back to the… Read more »
In response to the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel a four-year, $4.5 million funding agreement for the Maine Sea Grant program, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Senator Angus King today sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, demanding that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) immediately reverse this… Read more »
Ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union address, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) wrote an Op-Ed for the Bangor Daily News about the human toll of the Trump Administration's reckless and illegal actions; about the broader economic dangers of tearing down government agencies; and about the power of making your voice heard. In her piece, Pingree wrote about the… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement tonight after President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress:
What the American people heard tonight wasn’t some vision for a better future, or a common-sense plan to tackle our nation’s most pressing challenges, but a bizarre spectacle of lies, fearmongering, score-settling, and Orwellian-level… Read more »
Maine’s First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree will attend President Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, with Maine farmer Seth Kroeck, one of countless American farmers hit hard by the Trump Administration’s illegal federal funding freeze at the Department of Agriculture. Pingree and her office have been working to help affected Mainers like Seth, who… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, co-chair of the Senate American-Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, are calling on the Trump Administration to avoid a catastrophic trade war with Canada that would have huge and immediate impacts on Maine’s people and economy. In a letterto Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to safeguard and strengthen America’s working waterfronts. The Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act would create a grant program and preservation loan fund to provide funding options for waterfront-preservation efforts, as well as establish a Working Waterfronts Task Force… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in response to reports that the Trump Administration has terminated the University of Maine’s $4.5 million grant program for Maine Sea Grant:
The abrupt termination of Maine Sea Grant funding is a devastating loss for our coastal communities and marine industries, including our fisheries. This program has… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime farmer and Agriculture Appropriator, was reappointed by her Democratic colleagues to the House Agriculture Committee today—an assignment that will be vital in supporting Mainers, especially as Congress continues crucial Farm Bill negotiations.
“Being a member of the House Agriculture Committee has been one of my greatest privileges as a… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today responded to President Trump’s threat to withhold federal education funding from Maine, releasing the following statement:
“Federal funding is not a political bargaining chip. President Trump’s threat to cut off funding to Maine is not only an egregious abuse of power—it’s an unconstitutional act of coercion designed to force states into… Read more »
