On Tuesday evening, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree hosted a Tele-Town Hall event live from her office in Washington, D.C. During the hour-long event, she spoke directly with Mainers who have called her office since President Trump was inaugurated expressing their concerns, fears, and outrage over actions taken by the president, Elon Musk, and the Administration.
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Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the Indian Health Service (IHS), demanded urgent action from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to stop dangerous cuts to the IHS workforce, which is already facing huge challenges and staffing vacancies.
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Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) demanded recently confirmed Environmental… 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 »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, is calling on the newly-confirmed Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee Zeldin to reject any effort to purge his agency’s workforce. Pingree’s letter follows reporting from The New York Times that the EPA… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Blake Moore (R-Utah) today introduced the bipartisan Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act, which would make it easier for outdoor retailers to sell safer apparel that does not contain Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS. The bill aims to eliminate a significant trade barrier that currently penalizes companies for choosing… Read more »
oday during a press conference at the Portland International Jetport, Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree spoke out against the litany of illegal and unconstitutional actions President Trump, his Administration, and Elon Musk have taken since Inauguration Day. Pingree shared that her office has received an unprecedented number of phone calls from concerned constituents, who have expressed… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) issued the following statement today in response to President Trump’s announcement of sweeping new tariffs on imports—including a 25% levy on goods from Maine’s largest trading partner, Canada:
“President Trump’s tariffs will have devastating consequences for Mainers and our economy, driving up costs for working families and destabilizing key… Read more »
Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a top Appropriator in the House, released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s memo to the Office of Management and Budget, pausing all federal funding:
I am outraged by President Trump’s reckless directive to freeze federal funding. This is an unprecedented and unlawful assault on Congress’s constitutional power… Read more »
House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is sounding the alarm over the Trump Administration’s illegal and unprecedented directive to pause all federal financial assistance. On Tuesday, Pingree released the following statement calling attention to the wide-ranging and life-threatening impacts this brazen act could have on… Read more »
