Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, is speaking out against reported plans by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low income and disadvantaged communities benefit from residential and… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-N.C.) today introduced bicameral, bipartisan legislation to offer a disaster mitigation tax credit for working waterfronts. The Working Waterfronts Disaster Mitigation Tax Credit Act would allow working waterfronts situated along coastal areas and navigable waterways to claim a… Read more »
MAINE–Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s formal decision to revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), along with Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), reintroduced legislation to study the effectiveness of biochar, a carbon-rich material produced from biomass.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Ranking Member of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, spoke out against Republicans’ funding bill for the 2026 fiscal year during the Appropriations Committee's markup today. In her opening remarks, Pingree called the entire appropriations process into question as the Trump Administration continues to undermine previous funding… Read more »
During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, Democrats shined a light on how Republicans drafted yet another funding bill that makes the cost-of-living crisis worse. Their bill raises energy utility bills while slashing funds for National Parks and the arts.
House Republicans’ Interior funding bill takes an… Read more »
Today, House Republicans released the draft fiscal year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. Instead of lowering the cost of living and confronting the climate crisis, House Republicans are raising utility bills and energy prices. The legislation takes an aggressive anti-environment, pro-pollution stance with… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and James Moylan (R-Guam), alongside Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act. This legislation provides resources for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collaborate with local and tribal… 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 »
