SACO, MAINE—This afternoon, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) hosted President Biden’s Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael S. Regan, on a tour of Saco’s Water Resource Recovery Department to highlight how Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding can help address the impacts of climate change in Maine. The wastewater treatment facility in… Read more »
PORTLAND, MAINE—This morning, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) joined U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Deputy Secretary Donald Remy and Portland Mayor Kate Snyder in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new, state-of-the-art Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). The 62,500-square-foot, $64 million clinic replaces the VA clinics on Fore Street in Portland and in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) reintroduced her Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act, legislation that reduces the current 365-day waiting period for work authorization eligibility to 30 days, allowing an asylum seeker to apply for authorization as soon as the asylum claim is filed. The bill makes no changes to law or regulation relating… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced Maine will receive $2,856,158 this year under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along key roads and highways. Passed by the Democratic Congress and signed into law by President Biden, these investments will create good-paying jobs… Read more »
WASHINGTON —Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) led seven of their colleagues, including Senator Angus King (I-ME) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), to press House and Senate appropriators to include additional funding for the Pandemic Assistance for Timber Haulers and Harvesters (PATHH) Program in upcoming government funding legislation. The PATHH… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced today that George P. Theall of Portland has accepted an offer to attend the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Pingree nominated Theall to the Academy in December.
“Acceptance to a U.S. service academy is extremely competitive and reflects highly on a student’s scholarship, community service, and character,” said… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Vice Chair Rep. Chellie Pingree, Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko, and Vice Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, A. Donald McEachin, and Mike Quigley sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy decrying the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to purchase an… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced the Hemp Advancement Act of 2022 to improve the 2018 Farm Bill’s hemp provisions and provide greater clarity and flexibility to hemp growers and processors. While hemp production was federally legalized by the 2018 Farm Bill, red tape and regulatory uncertainty has hindered… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined the U.S. House of Representatives in passing H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation, introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), seeks to make the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) more efficient and financially stable while giving the agency more flexibility to… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—In a continuation of their advocacy on behalf of Maine lobstermen and women, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to request a delay of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) new Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan… Read more »
