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Chair Pingree, Appropriations Committee Release Fiscal Year 2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Funding Bill

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As Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the FY 2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tonight. The legislation funds agencies and programs in the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the…

Pingree, Golden Announce $1.16M Federal Investment to Develop and Expand Maine’s Forest Markets

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee and Congressman Jared Golden today announced $1,164,485 in federal investment has been awarded from the USDA Forest Service to develop and expand forest markets in Maine. The funds will be distributed to the University of…

Pingree Statement on President Biden’s FY22 Budget

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In response to the release of President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement: “Budgets are a reflection of our values. President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget proposal offers a transformative investment in American lives, helping us emerge from…

Pingree Votes for Supplemental Budget to Secure Capitol, Respond to January Attack

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today voted for the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act, legislation to provide $1.9 billion in funding The emergency security supplemental contains funding in the jurisdiction of six Appropriations…

Pingree, Appropriations Chairs Introduce $1.9 Billion Supplemental Budget to Secure Capitol Following Deadly Domestic Terror Attack

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As Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and other subcommittee chair in introducing the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act. The emergency security supplemental contains…

Chair Pingree Applauds Biden Admin’s Ambitious 30 x 30 ‘America the Beautiful’ Conservation Initiative

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today welcomed the release of President Biden’s ‘Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful’ report which recommends the United States conserve at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030.  “The Biden Administration’s aptly…

Video Recap: Chair Pingree Asks Administrator Regan How EPA Will Curb PFAS Contamination

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As Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today questioned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan on his agency’s plans to respond the growing issue of PFAS, or forever chemicals.  PFAS chemicals are man-made chemicals that have so far been found…

Chair Pingree Applauds Interior Dept’s Establishment of Climate Task Force, Secretary’s Revocation of Trump-Era Fossil Fuel Favoritism

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Rep. Pingree at a podium surrounded by almost a dozen people from Environment Maine

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Chair of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today said two orders issued by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reaffirm the agency’s commitment to public health, conservation, and science-based policies. “The last Administration ignored the science and we lost valuable time to address the…

Video Recap: Chair Pingree Asks Forest Service Chief About Carbon Sequestration Efforts on Public Lands

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— As Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today questioned US. Forest Service Chief Victoria Christiansen about how her agency is working with other land agencies to expand carbon sequestration on public lands. A video of today’s full Subcommittee hearing…

ADVISORY: In Her First Hearing as Chair, Pingree to Focus on Marine Plastic Pollution, Recycling

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On Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 11:00 AM ET, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, will hold her first hearing as Chair, which will focus on efforts to address marine plastic pollution through recycling. Plastics are a widespread environmental contaminant. More than 8 million…

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