Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 61 House colleagues today wrote directly to President Biden, urging the administration to quickly ratchet up America’s acceptance of refugees from Ukraine as Russian forces lay waste to Ukraine and displace millions.
“We ask your administration to take several necessary steps to ensure the safety of the Ukrainian people and a robust… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced Family Planning Association of Maine, also known as Maine Family Planning, has received $1,925,000 from the US Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Statewide FamilyPlanning Project which provides medical, educational, and referral services to at risk, in need clients… Read more »
MOLDOVA—On Wednesday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and a bipartisan group of 6 U.S. Representatives visited the Ukraine-Moldova border crossing, which is located just 35 miles from Odessa, Ukraine. Pingree’s is the first U.S. Congressional Delegation to stop in Moldova, which is not part of NATO, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Following the group’s… Read more »
ROMANIA—Following a two-day trip to Poland, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and a bipartisan group of six U.S. Representatives continued their fact-finding mission in Romania, a close ally of the U.S. Over two days, the group met with U.S. and NATO forces, including servicemembers from Maine, at an airbase near the border, and met with the Prime Minister of Romania,… Read more »
POLAND—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and a bipartisan group of five U.S. Representatives today wrapped the first leg of their week-long fact-finding mission in Eastern Europe amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The group just spent two days in Poland meeting with U.S. and NATO forces on the ground. While in Poland, members visited the U.S.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC— With gas prices skyrocketing in recent weeks, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced she has cosponsored legislation to curb profiteering by big oil companies and provide American consumers relief at the pump. The Stop Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act, introduced in the U.S. House by Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), would create a windfall profit tax on… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today highlighted $990,000 in federal funding she secured for the University of Maine’s Climate Science Information Exchange in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden. One of ten community projects funded through Pingree’s appropriations requests, the Maine Climate… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), and Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA-5) today led a group of 90 Members of Congress in calling on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to take additional steps to reduce the impact of energy… Read more »
PORTLAND, MAINE—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined the Cummings family on a guided tour of the historic Abyssinian Meeting House in Portland to see first-hand how the $1.7 million in funding she secured will help finally complete the restoration effort. Pam Cummings, who guided Pingree on the tour on Tuesday, and her family have led the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) cosponsored the Sunshine Protection Act, a bicameral, bipartisan bill that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the U.S. starting in 2023. The bill, companion legislation to the Senate’s, which unanimously passed the chamber on Tuesday, was introduced in the House by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)… Read more »
