Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced the legislation to strengthen support for our local and regional food systems – helping more people access nutritious, locally grown food. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has introduced a companion bill in the Senate with Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Tina… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) criticized House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s proposal to raise the debt limit while imposing widespread cuts to critical federal programs. Pingree released the following statement:
“Raising the debt limit is a routine, bipartisan obligation, yet Speaker McCarthy has orchestrated a months-long debt ceiling standoff that has put the United… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) today marked National Food Waste Prevention Week by relaunching the Congressional Food Recovery Caucus. This bipartisan caucus, co-founded by Pingree in 2018, aims to promote food waste reduction across the food supply chain, provide educational opportunities to congressional members and staff, support efforts… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) has cosponsored two bills—the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act and the Supreme Court Ethics Act—to bring accountability to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Congressional effort, led by Rep. Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-Ga.), comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigative report that found… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 240 Members of Congress are taking action to defend access to medication abortion across the country in the wake of Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling to invalidate the U.S. Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) more than 20-year-old approval of mifepristone. The lawmakers—led by Senators Chuck Schumer, Murray, Durbin,… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) says a Texas judge’s ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration demands Congress act to defend access to medication abortion across the country. Pingree has cosponsored the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act, introduced by Congresswoman Cori… Read more »
This Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) are teaming up to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve military sexual trauma (MST) survivors’ access to care and benefits, as well as bolster MST claims… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on a tour of Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) in South Portland as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Tour to highlight how President Biden’s economic policies are benefiting hardworking Americans across the country.
“Free… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities on Tuesday to face felony charges:
“Make no mistake: today is a sad day for this country. For the first time in our nation’s history, a former president has been arrested on criminal charges. It is a tragic moment of great… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today voted against Republicans’ dangerous energy package, H.R. 1, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. After the vote, Pingree released the follow statement:
“Under President Biden, Congressional Democrats have made historic… Read more »
