My Work as House Interior Appropriations Chair

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today was elected to serve as House Appropriations Committee Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair. After seven years on the House Appropriations Committee, Pingree will take the gavel and lead the subcommittee that oversees discretionary spending for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental… Read more »