Press Releases

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)  joined her colleagues on the House Rural Broadband Caucus in sending a bipartisan letter with over 70 other Representatives asking President Biden to prioritize broadband investments in underserved areas of rural America as part of any infrastructure proposal his administration presents to Congress. President Biden has made a passing a major… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Chair of the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, today released the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior’s revocation of an 11th hour order by the Trump administration that undermined the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF):  “The Great American Outdoors Act passed on an… Read more »

As negotiations over the next COVID-19 relief package continue, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) has joined more than 100 of her colleagues in urging Congressional leadership not to strip survival checks from millions of people who utilize these checks to help their family withstand this devastating crisis. The letter’s 104 signers represent a geographically and… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined 18 members of Congress in reintroducing the bipartisan Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act, legislation to provide a regulatory pathway for the legal sale of hemp products, including cannabidiol (CBD), as dietary supplements. Hemp production was explicitly legalized in… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today cosponsored the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act to fund research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on firearms safety and gun violence prevention. The legislation would authorize $50 million in funding each fiscal year for the next five years at the CDC to study gun violence. According to the Gun… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined a group of 120 Democratic members of Congress to urge House and Senate leadership to repeal a massive tax giveaway for a small number of extremely wealthy taxpayers that Republicans slipped into must-pass pandemic-relief legislation last year. The members call for funds to flow to Americans fighting to make ends meet in the midst of the… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), joined a bicameral, bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and members of the U.S House of Representatives calling upon the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kevin Shea, to quickly implement  a program to provide grants and forgivable loan support to seafood processing facilities and processing… Read more »

Senator Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Jared Golden (ME-02) announced today that they are now accepting applications from Mainers interested in working for a number of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) positions in Maine. After the applications are reviewed, King, Pingree, and Golden will submit recommendations to the Biden Administration for the… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined 132 bipartisan members of Congress in sending a letter to the Biden administration outlining actions they should take to address harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals. The letter includes actions the administration can take to protect communities from PFAS immediately, including creating a… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Congressman Jared Golden, and Senator Angus King today announced they will convene an eleven-memberadvisory committee to review and provide recommendations to President Biden on candidates to serve as U.S. Attorney for Maine.  “The U.S. Attorney is the top federal law enforcement officer role in Maine, and their work will be key for our state and… Read more »