WASHINGTON, DC—As the Biden Administration considers how to implement funding and new programs established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is urging the administration to take steps to ensure rural island community ferry services can access this historic funding to make much-needed improvements to these essential services. In a… Read more »
PORTLAND, Maine–Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in support of new sanctions against Russia announced by President Joe Biden:
“President Biden’s new imposition of overwhelming sanctions on Russia is merited. Vladimir Putin, his circle of oligarch enablers, and the Russian economy must be punished for invading the sovereign democracy of… Read more »
Following President Joe Biden’s announced sanctions against Russia, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement:
“President Biden is right to join our European allies in issuing this first set of strong sanctions against Russia and its oligarchs. We should be very clear about what is happening: Vladimir Putin has created this international crisis… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), and Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) are urging the Biden Administration to fund critical baseline research and scientific studies to advance sustainable offshore wind opportunities in the Gulf of Maine. In a letter to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Amanda… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) are calling on the Biden administration to hold China accountable for breaking promises to the Maine lobster industry and provide much needed transparency on a 2020 trade deal – in the wake of a disclosure that China has failed to hold up its side of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced a $3,600,000 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant for the Casco Bay Island Transit District (CBITD) to replace an outdated, aging ferry in their fleet with a new, hybrid vessel. The funding, awarded through FTA’s competitive Passenger Ferry Grant… Read more »
PORTLAND, MAINE—Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Maine Governor Janet Mills are urging the Biden Administration to extend federal cost share measures amid the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, which are set to expire on April 1, 2022. Currently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides a 100 percent Federal cost share for… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lawmakers from the Maine and Mississippi congressional delegations today urged Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to include funding for three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the Biden administration’s FY2023 budget for the U.S. Navy.
U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.),… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter to Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, urging him to name a DDG-51 destroyer after Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, a Lincoln native and master sergeant in the United States Army’s Delta Force special operations unit. MSG Gordon… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined a group of lawmakers in urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to respond to the recommendations of the Northeast Dairy Task Force as quickly as possible. The Task Force was established in response to Danone’s announcement that it would terminate contracts with 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast, leaving… Read more »
