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VIDEO: Ranking Member Pingree Slams House Republicans’ Plan to Defund National Parks, Shut Down Public Museums

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today derided Republicans’ Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill for the Subcommittee, which defunds cash-strapped National Parks, decimates funding to prevent climate disasters, and shuts down public museum…

VIDEO: Citing Maine’s Recent FEMA Disaster Designation, Pingree Calls Out GOP’s Shortsighted Climate Crisis Cut

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), ranking member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today spoke in strong opposition to House Republicans’ proposed State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding bill. In remarks to the Subcommittee, Pingree said Republicans’ proposal that cuts $11.1 billion from the Environmental…

VIDEO: In Interior Appropriations Hearing, Ranking Member Pingree, Forest Service Call Attention to Harmful Impact of Proposed Republican Cuts

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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today called attention to the potentially detrimental impact Republican-proposed budget cuts would have on Americans’ jobs and way of life. In a budget hearing on Thursday, Pingree heard directly from U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore about the how these…

$1.2 Million Awarded to Help Ease Affordable Housing Crisis in Maine, Pingree Announces

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portland housing

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, today announced more than $1.2 million in grant funding for affordable housing efforts in Maine’s First Congressional District. Made possible through the Consolidated Appropriations Act for the 2023 Fiscal Year, the NeighborWorks America funding will support efforts to develop and preserve…

Pingree Rejoins Powerful Appropriations Committee as Top Democrat on Interior Subcommittee

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My Work on the Appropriations Committee

Maine’s First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree will again serve on three House Appropriations Subcommittees: Interior, Environment and Related Agencies; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies. Pingree, who was Chair of the Interior Subcommittee in the…

Championed by Pingree, York River to Receive Long-Awaited Federal Protections

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York River

WASHINGTON, DC— After years of advocacy alongside the York River watershed communities, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today secured long-sought federal protections for approximately 30.8 miles of the river in southeast Maine and surrounding acreage in the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding bill now headed for President Biden’s…

Pingree Secures $2.75 Million to Support Maine’s Clean Energy Workforce

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Maine Clean Energy Partnership Workforce Initiative

WASHINGTON, DC–Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $2,750,000 in Community Project Funding for the Maine Governor’s Energy Office. The funding Pingree secured in the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations bill will support the Maine Clean Energy Partnership Workforce Initiative, which develops programming for workforce and training opportunities and provides direct training…

Pingree Announces $500,000 to Support Alfond Youth Center

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Alfond Youth Center

The Alfond Youth and Community Center in Waterville will receive $500,000 to launch a targeted program supporting children and families in need, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced today. The Community Project Funding is among a total of $34.5 million secured by Pingree in the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding bill for 15 projects in Maine’s First District. The…

Pingree Secures Nearly $3.5 Million to Improve Water Resiliency in Saco Amid Sea-Level Rise

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Saco Water Resource Recovery Department

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced nearly $3.5 million in Community Project Funding to improve water infrastructure resiliency in Saco. With final passage of the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding bill, Pingree secured $3,452,978 for the Saco Water Resource Resiliency Project to make Saco’s existing headworks structure more resilient to the effects of sea-level…

Pingree Secures $1 Million to Restore Access to Clean Drinking Water in Limerick

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Limerick Maine

Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $1 million for the Town of Limerick to restore access to clean drinking water to its residents. The Community Project Funding, secured by Pingree in the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations bill, will be used by the Limerick Water and Sewer District to replace outdated and dangerous sewer and water mains in the Hollandville…

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