WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced federal funding for five Maine-based projects aimed at strengthening and exploring new market opportunities in Maine and New England’s agricultural food systems. The $3.5 million U.S. Department of Agriculture investment coming to Maine is through the Local Food Promotion Programs (LFPP) and the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $200,000 grant to a small, family run meat processing business in Kennebunk. The USDA’s Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) will help Nest & Mullen LLC, a five-generation farm and butcher shop, rebuild their meat processing plant that… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest nearly half a million dollars to improve equitable access to jobs, business opportunities, education, housing, and health care for people who live and work in rural Maine areas.
The funding will be awarded to:
The Island Institute in Rockland:… Read more »
PORTLAND, ME — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed a new report from the Joint Economic Committee estimating that 66,000 Child Tax Credit monthly payments were sent to families in Maine’s First Congressional District the week before Thanksgiving. A total of $27.2 million in tax cuts went back in the pockets of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Build Back Better Act, the most beneficial bill for working families enacted since The New Deal. The bill will prepare the nation for the next century through unprecedented investments in climate-smart programs and the establishment of a safety net that… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced that SPACE Gallery, a nonprofit organization that supports contemporary artists in Maine, will receive $250,000 in pandemic relief from the American Rescue Plan. The Portland arts organization is among 66 grantees across the country to be awarded a total of $20.2 million in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced a $249,352 grant was awarded to the Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) for a project that aims to develop nature-based climate resilience solutions for vulnerable coastal Casco Bay municipalities. The National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) grant, awarded through… Read more »
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced today that she is among the members of Congress traveling to Glasgow, Scotland with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26). The members, who will be in Glasgow for the second week of the global climate… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) tonight joined House Democratic colleagues to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and advance the Build Back Better Act, which together will be the most consequential investment in the American people, our environment, and the country’s infrastructure in a generation.
“For far too long, our… Read more »
WASHINGTON — The Maine delegation announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a design for a new Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) building at Togus. The firm Triple C - The A&E Group, LLC will design the project. The new facility was announced last year after dogged work from Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), along with… Read more »
