More than 80 Members of Congress, led by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), and Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-N.C.), are demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) after the Trump Administration cancelled two agency programs that help bolster local and regional food supply chains by purchasing food from American… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee urged Secretary of Commerce Harold Lutnick to rein in the Trump Administration’s disastrous trade policies, including its escalating trade wars with Canada and Mexico. Pingree and her colleagues underscored the immediate and long-term impacts of President Trump’s chaotic approach to… Read more »
Maine’s First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree will attend President Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, with Maine farmer Seth Kroeck, one of countless American farmers hit hard by the Trump Administration’s illegal federal funding freeze at the Department of Agriculture. Pingree and her office have been working to help affected Mainers like Seth, who… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime farmer and Agriculture Appropriator, was reappointed by her Democratic colleagues to the House Agriculture Committee today—an assignment that will be vital in supporting Mainers, especially as Congress continues crucial Farm Bill negotiations.
“Being a member of the House Agriculture Committee has been one of my greatest privileges as a… Read more »
In letters sent today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the United States Forest Service, and Department of the Interior (DOI), which encompasses eleven bureaus, including the National Park Service, House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, says the Trump Administration’s reported firing of 3,400 U.S. Forest Service (FS) employees will severely hinder the agency’s ability to fight wildfires.
In a letter to newly confirmed Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Pingree underscores that… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-Minn.) and House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee Ranking Member Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-Ga.) in demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the Trump Administration’s illegal federal funding freeze—which is already causing significant harm to… Read more »
In an op-ed published in The Hill today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) lays out a practical, bipartisan path to working with the Trump Administration on its “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda. Pingree, a longtime farmer and advocate for sustainable agriculture, local food systems, and nutrition access, says she is ready to work across the aisle to make… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced millions of dollars in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for clean energy initiatives across Maine, including $8.7 million to help Maine’s Fox Islands advance their ambitious clean energy goals and more than $5.2 million in Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) funding to support local… Read more »
Today, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced $1 million in federal funding to build greater food resilience in Maine’s food system while supporting local suppliers and purveyors. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI), the funding will support five supply chain infrastructure projects across… Read more »
