Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced 3 federal grants from the Economic Development Administration are coming to Maine’s 1st Congressional District, totaling an investment of $210,000.
“Coming out of the pandemic, these grants will go far to support a long-term economic development framework in local Maine communities. Along with helping local councils organize… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee and Congressman Jared Golden today announced $1,164,485 in federal investment has been awarded from the USDA Forest Service to develop and expand forest markets in Maine. The funds will be distributed to the University of… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today testified before the House Natural Resources Committee on her bipartisan bill to preserve America’s working waterfronts, the Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act. Pingree’s bill was included as a part of the larger Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act, comprehensive legislation to modernize federal ocean management policy to… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Angus King, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, and Susan Collins, Representatives Chellie Pingree, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior & Environment, and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills welcomed U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to Maine. During the Interior Secretary’s visit, the Delegation, the… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined more than 200 of her House colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Administrator Isabel Guzman of the Small Business Administration urging immediate action to stabilize and improve the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program, which provides emergency assistance grants to venues that were unable to operate during the COVID-19… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted again with her House colleagues to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which has kept the nation embroiled in wars that have claimed tens of thousands of American lives across nearly two decades. The repeal bill passed the House twice in previous sessions of Congress, and has the support of… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined legislation to expand on the success of the universal free school meals approach recently extended by the USDA to bring long-term relief to millions of food-insecure families. The Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021 would permanently provide free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to all… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted to designate June 19th as Juneteenth, a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States and celebrate Black freedom.
“Juneteenth is both a day of celebration and remembrance, this year marking 156 years since the last forcibly enslaved Black people were told of their freedom, more than two… Read more »
Today, Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) re-introduced the PRIME (Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption) Act to make it easier for small farms and ranches to serve consumers. Companion legislation has been introduced in the United States Senate by Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Rand Paul (R-KY). The PRIME Act would give individual… Read more »
Today, Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Jared Golden (ME-02) joined a group of members of Congress from New England border states urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to safely reopen the U.S.-Canadian border.
“Since the land border between the United States and Canada was closed on March 21, 2020, families have been divided, tourists… Read more »
