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Pingree Releases Statement on Reported 'End' to ICE's 'Operation Catch of the Day'

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in response to reports that the Department of Homeland Security has ended "Operation Catch of the Day" in Maine:    I cannot independently confirm this announcement because the Department of Homeland Security has not provided my office with basic information about this operation, despite repeated requests…

Durbin, Pingree, Buchanan Introduce Bicameral, Bipartisan Legislation to Establish ‘Produce Prescription’ Program for Veterans

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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) today introduced the Produce Prescription for Veterans Act, new legislation that would authorize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide produce prescriptions to veterans.  These produce prescription programs would allow veterans who have…

In Scathing Letter to DHS Sec. Noem, Pingree Demands Full Report, Accounting of Immigration Operation in Maine

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is calling on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to provide a full and detailed accounting of the legal basis for arrests made during her agency’s expanded immigration enforcement operation in Maine. In a letter to Noem on Thursday, Pingree expressed her outrage over the operation, which DHS has disturbingly dubbed…

Pingree Condemns Operation ‘Catch of the Day’ as DHS Finally Confirms Increased ICE Actions in Maine

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On Wednesday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement on increased immigration enforcement operations in Maine: After first granting Fox News exclusive access to federal agents on the ground in Maine, Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security has finally confirmed details about their operation “Catch of the Day”—a truly heinous and…

Pingree Statement on Potential ICE Activity in Maine

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Amid reports of increased immigration enforcement operations in Maine, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement: Over the past year, Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security and its untrained, masked, and violent immigration officers have terrorized and traumatized entire communities on orders from a truly lawless and morally corrupt Administration.…

Pingree Secures $14.3 Million for Maine’s 1st District

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, today announced more than $14 million in Community Project Funding (CPF) for communities in Maine’s First Congressional District. The funding, which was included in the “minibus” funding package that passed the House today, includes $12.3 million to improve the water infrastructure in five…

Pingree Secures Major Win Against Big Chemical in EPA Funding Bill, Strips Rider That Would Shield Pesticides Manufacturers from Lawsuits

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, announced today that she has successfully stripped a provision in the FY2026 funding bill that would have shielded pesticide manufacturers like Bayer from lawsuits. Pingree has been leading the effort to remove Section 453 from her subcommittee’s…

Pingree Condemns Trump’s Unauthorized ‘Large-Scale’ Attack, Capture of Venezuela President

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after President Trump announced the United States carried out an unauthorized “large-scale” military operation in Venezuela, leading to the capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife: The Trump Administration’s decision to apprehend and detain President Maduro is a breathtaking abuse of power, a…

Pingree, Larsen, Stanton Lead 70+ Members in Demanding Trump Remove Name from Building, Reverse Illegal Renaming

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Kennedy Center, Congressman Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), and Congressman Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) are leading more than 70 of their colleagues in Congress in calling on President Trump to reverse the illegal renaming effort and remove his name from the building immediately. The Kennedy…

Pingree: JFK Would be Appalled by Illegal Kennedy Center Name Change, Trump’s ‘Profound Egomania’

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member on the House Interior and Environment Subcommittee, condemned the White House’s announcement that the board of the Kennedy Center voted to rename the building the “Trump-Kennedy Center” and released the following statement:  “The Kennedy Center is a national cultural institution established by Congress, and is…