Supporting Maine Lobstermen

Representatives Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin will testify at a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee tomorrow in support of a bill that would exempt sea urchins and sea cucumbers from federal inspection when they are imported to or exported from the United States.   Sea urchins and sea cucumbers, harvested in the Gulf of Maine, have a shelf life of seven days and… Read more »

Yesterday, Reps. Bill Keating (MA-09) and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) engaged in a discussion with Rep. John Culberson (TX-07), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, on the House floor.  They talked about the importance of addressing the challenges facing the Northeast multispecies fishery sector management program with respect to… Read more »

Says bill would be a step backwards in recovery of fish stocks Read more »

Effects have already been seen with clams, mussels, oysters; lobster fishery could be impacted Read more »

Ryan budget would end funding for popular Amtrak service in Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said that a Republican budget proposal up for a vote in the House today would eliminate federal funding for the popular Downeaster train service between Brunswick and Boston. "There is a lot I don't like about the Ryan budget and this is just one example of how it would cut programs… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree issued the following statement on President Obama's fiscal year 2015 budget, released today: The President has proposed a budget that has the right priorities—tax breaks for working families trying to get ahead to help them pay for college, daycare and save for retirement. And at the same time it closes unfair tax breaks for the wealthy and tax… Read more »

Says Congress has responsibility to meet country's financial obligations Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said she would vote for a so-called "clean" increase to the nation's debt ceiling when it comes up for a vote tonight. Without an increase to the debt limit, the United States would default on its debt, creating serious problems in world financial markets. "Congress has… Read more »

Beatrice Rafferty School suffering from mold, decaying walls Representatives Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud said that the "omnibus" funding bill that passed the House this afternoon includes funding to build a new K-8 school on the Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Indian reservation to replace the Beatrice Rafferty School. The school is a U.S. Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) funded… Read more »

Bill provides funding for BIW, fisheries disaster relief, Head Start and child nutrition Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted today for a bipartisan bill that will keep the government operating through the rest of the current fiscal year. "This wasn't a perfect bill by any stretch of the imagination, but it did replace some of the… Read more »

Bill will avoid another shutdown and support important programs in Maine, like fisheries disaster funding and continued work at Bath Iron Works Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said today she will vote for a bipartisan bill to fund the federal government through the end of September. The compromise bill, the product of bipartisan House and Senate negotiations over the last few weeks,… Read more »