Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted in support of the Delivering for America Act, which passed the House of Representatives 257-150. The critical legislation will provide the United States Postal Service (USPS) with $25 billion in emergency appropriations, require USPS to treat election mail as First Class mail, and explicitly reverse the Trump Administration’s s... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today heralded the House Appropriations Committee’s final markups of the Fiscal Year 2021 funding bills as directly beneficial to Mainers during the coronavirus pandemic and the crises of systemic racism, climate change, and the economic harm caused by COVID-19. The FY2021 Appropriations bills include robust funding for climate change mitigation efforts, cor... Read more »
As a member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today offered an amendment to the fiscal year 2021 funding bill urging USDA to immediately act on President Trump’s June 24th memorandum to provide relief funds to the lobster industry. Pingree’s amendment will direct the USDA Secretary to review President Trump’s memorandum and prioritize appropriate a... Read more »
Responding to the request for two fiscal year 2021 Arleigh-Burke class (DDG-51) destroyers —a ship built at Bath Iron Works in Maine—in the President’s FY 2021 budget request, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden released the following statement: “Maine’s congressional delegation has worked together to authorize and secure funding for robu... Read more »
Reacting to President Trump’s FY2021 budget proposal, which was announced today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement: “Last week, President Trump used his State of the Union address to express his support for health care access. Today, in contrast, he’s proposed a budget that would slash billions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Ins... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, today voted to pass two legislative packages that comprise all twelve FY 2020 funding bills. H.R. 1865 and H.R. 1158, together will fund the federal government through September 30, 2020. The bills make historic investments in many of Pingree’s priorities, including local and organic agriculture, election secu... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted for the passage of the FY2020 appropriations bills, including agricultural funding which she pushed for with her seat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture. The FY2020 agreement included funding for programs Pingree helped to create in the 2018 Farm Bill. “Farmers feed America, and they deserve support from Congress during these... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced that the full House Appropriations Committee has approved a FY2020 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies spending bill that reverses the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to a range of USDA programs—including several tackling climate change and the unnecessary relocation of key research staff. “... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee, today announced that the full House Appropriations Committee has approved the FY2020 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which increases discretionary funding by $1.73 billion from the 2019 level. The bill lays out a very different vision from the Trump administration... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) announced that the FY2020 defense spending bill approved by the full House Appropriations Committee includes funding for three DDG-51 destroyers—one and possibly two of which will be built at Bath Iron Works (BIW). The bill also funds other construction projects at the midcoast yard. The FY2020 defense spending now moves to the House fl... Read more »
