Working Toward A Ceasefire in Gaza

Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, alongside U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and 37 of their colleagues sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking them to withhold pending offensive weapons transfers to Israel after seven humanitarian aid workers from World Central… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and five senior House Democrats with significant experience in foreign policy and human rights - Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02), Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12), and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) sent a letter urging President Biden to make clear that continued efforts… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after Israel’s cabinet approved a deal for the release of 50 hostages held by Hamas terrorists in exchange for a multi-day ceasefire: “I welcome the Israeli cabinet’s approval of an agreement to cease fighting in Gaza for four days in exchange for the release of 50 Israeli hostages. We must work with Israel and… Read more »

Following the brutal massacre by Hamas terrorists in Israel, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement: On October 7, Hamas unleashed the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust and it should weigh on all Americans. Hamas’s savage genocide, rape, and hostage taking of Jews, including children and the elderly, is barbaric… Read more »