U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representative Chellie Pingree, announced today that two Maine organizations will be receiving a total of $1.2 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative to support the health of Maine’s lobster industry and help lobstermen adapt to any potential regulatory… Read more »
Today, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced $42.5 million in funding for Maine’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP). Delivered by the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this funding will help low-income individuals and families pay for home heating costs this winter and cover… Read more »
In a bipartisan, bicameral effort to provide vital assistance to farmers affected by PFAS, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden introduced the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act. The legislation, which was also co-sponsored by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), would authorize grants for states to provide… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced more than $900,000 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding to conserve the Casco Bay Estuary. The funds, awarded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the University of Southern Maine through the University of Maine System, will support the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership’s (CBEP) Comprehensive… Read more »
Amid the continued and abrupt disruption to postal operations in Camden, Maine’s First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is drawing attention to the U.S. Postal Service’s disservice to the Camden community and calling for better transparency during the renovation project. In a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Pingree said she understands the need to modernize the Camden… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.), and Jared Golden (D-Maine) urged the Chief Executive Officers of Danone and Danone North America to fulfill its earlier commitment to support organic dairy farms in the Northeast. In a December 2021 letter, Danone pledged to work with regional stakeholders to co-invest in Northeastern… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced a $600,000 grant awarded through the American Rescue Plan to support underserved Maine farmers and foresters. The Cumberland County Food Service Security Council’s (CCFSC) project aims to assist Afro indigenous, Black, and other limited resource producers in owning and operating agricultural enterprises. In June, Pingree wrote… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Governor Janet Mills today hosted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack in Gorham, Maine to highlight the state’s Free School Meals Program, which ensures free, universal access to school meals. On a tour of Gorham Middle School, Vilsack, Mills, and Pingree, along with Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and… Read more »
Following the unsubstantiated and speculative decision by Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch to place Maine lobster on their seafood “Red List,” Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Senator Angus King (I-ME) today announced that they will be introducing the Red Listing Monterey Bay Aquarium Act in the House and Senate. This bill would prohibit federal taxpayer… Read more »
Assistant Administrator Coit and the others who are here with us tonight from NOAA Fisheries, thank you for responding to the request of our delegation and the Governor and coming to Maine to hold this meeting.
I am Chellie Pingree, I represent the First Congressional District which includes the coastal and island communities from Kittery to Camden.
My own home is on an island 12… Read more »
