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Pingree Announces Community Project Funding Opportunity for Maine’s 1st Congressional District

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced that her office is accepting requests for Community Project Funding in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations process. These funds will direct congressional spending to eligible projects conducted by state and local governments or 501(c)3 nonprofits. Additional information on eligibility and application requirements…

Appropriations Cardinals Praise President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 Discretionary Funding Request

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Today, House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs praised President Biden's 2023 budget request. Reactions from Cardinals are below.   Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro   “Working people across the country are struggling to pay their bills and living paycheck-to-paycheck. From…

Pingree Secures Nearly $1 Million to Support Implementation of Maine’s Climate Action Plan

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today highlighted $990,000 in federal funding she secured for the University of Maine’s Climate Science Information Exchange in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden. One of ten community projects funded through Pingree’s appropriations requests, the Maine Climate…

Cummings Family Hosts Rep. Pingree at Historic Abyssinian Meeting House After Securing $1.7M for Restoration Effort

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PORTLAND, MAINE—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined the Cummings family on a guided tour of the historic Abyssinian Meeting House in Portland to see first-hand how the $1.7 million in funding she secured will help finally complete the restoration effort. Pam Cummings, who guided Pingree on the tour on Tuesday, and her family have led the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian…

Pres. Biden Signs Rep. Pingree’s Long-Championed Fix to the Violence Against Women Act, Supporting Maine Tribes

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed the news that protections for tribal citizens have finally been signed into law. Included in the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last week, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was reauthorized to strengthen and sustain successful programs from the 1994 law. The final…

Maine Delegation Secures $17.1 Million to Support Jobs in Maine’s Lobster Industry

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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that $17,065,000 to support Maine’s lobster industry was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill.  Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the CJS…

Pingree Secures Millions for 10 Maine Projects in FY22 Appropriations Bill

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WASHINGTON, DC—With the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bill tonight, Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Chair Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) secured millions of dollars in funding for ten Maine community projects.  “In addition to long-overdue investments to protect human health, fight the climate emergency, and…

Interior Chair Pingree Secures Historic Funding for Arts, Renewable Energy, Environmental Justice in FY2022 Bicameral Appropriations Bill

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WASHINGTON, DC— Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) tonight welcomed House passage of the FY2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which increases funding $1.9 billion above Fiscal Year 2021. This $38 billion bill makes significant investments to…

Pingree Welcomes $130M American Rescue Plan Funding Boost to Support Local, Regional Food Systems

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement of $130 million in supplemental American Rescue Plan funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP). This funding, which is divided into $65 million for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 each, will promote competition and create more and better markets for local…

Pingree Announces USDA Funding to Improve Critical Community Facilities at Wolfe’s Neck, Old Orchard Beach

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced USDA Rural Development has awarded funding to two organizations in Maine’s First Congressional District totaling $2.57 Million. “As a member of both the House Agriculture and House Appropriations Committees, I’ve advocated for federal funding that supports critical infrastructure and economic development in…

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