Today, during the full Appropriations Committee markup of the Legislative Branch funding bill for Fiscal Year 2026, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) condemned House Republicans’ proposed cuts to the Library of Congress, which she says threatens the preservation of our nation’s history and culture.
“This is the largest library in the world. It is where some of our greatest… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s bipartisan effort to safeguard H-2B visas was unanimously approved in the Homeland Security Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2026. During today’s full Appropriations Committee markup of the bill, Pingree urged her colleagues to support her amendment, which she introduced with Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (R-Md.), explaining how… Read more »
Today in the full Appropriations Committee markup of the Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration funding bill for Fiscal Year 2026, Senior Appropriator Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) called out the Trump Administration’s hypocrisy, touting a “Make America Healthy Again” agenda while stripping access to healthy food away from families and children. A summary of the bill is… Read more »
Today, during the House Appropriations Committee’s markup of the Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree blasted Republicans’ proposed funding cuts, speaking out against glaring issues in the bill, including giving DOGE unfettered access to the VA and ignoring critical resilience efforts for Maine’s public shipyards. A summary of the… Read more »
Today, Congressional Arts Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) led more than 120 of their colleagues in urging President Trump to restore National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant funding approved by Congress. The bipartisan push comes after the Trump Administration canceled NEA grants to hundreds of community… Read more »
Today, during the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee hearing for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request with Secretary Burgum, Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) laid out how the Trump Administration is dismantling the Department of the Interior—abandoning its core mission to protect our environment, preserve our public lands, and help steward our natural… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is sounding the alarm over illegal plans by Elon Musk’s rogue “agency” to gut grant funding for the National Park Service. Many of the grants, including two in Maine, targeted by DOGE for elimination aimed to support Tribes and protect public lands from the impacts of climate change. Pingree, the top Democrat on the House… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member on the House Interior and Environment Subcommittee, is voicing skepticism and concern over Republicans’ budget reconciliation proposal for the Kennedy Center–which is nearly six times more than the annual funding appropriated through the Subcommittee.
“It’s hard to ignore the red flags here. While the Trump Administration is… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, which oversees funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), issued the following statement on the Trump Administration's abrupt termination of arts grants nationwide:
The Trump Administration's sudden cancellation of hundreds… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD):
Dismantling the EPA's Office of Research and Development is an unconscionable attack on… Read more »
