Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), alongside Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) and 16 of her House colleagues today reintroduced the bicameral Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA). This bold, comprehensive legislation sets a roadmap to achieve net-zero emissions from agriculture by 2040 and empowers farmers with the tools and resources needed to improve soil health, sequester carbon, reduce emissi... Read more »
Senator Angus King (I-ME) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) reintroduced their Future Logging Careers Act this week with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) as cosponsors. The bipartisan, bicameral Future Logging Careers Act would allow small logging businesses to train 16- and 17-year-old family members for futures in Maine forest products. “Maine’s logging industry is par... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted for H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would make the District of Columbia America’s 51st state and ensure the city’s more than 700,000 residents are finally fully represented in the U.S. Congress. “Washington, D.C. has more residents than the states of Vermont or Wyoming—yet these states are still allowed representation in Congre... Read more »
On Earth Day, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced $1,595,009 in USDA Rural Development funding has been awarded to four businesses and three local governments. The total $483,009 in grants and $1,112,000 in low-interest loans will propel clean water and renewable energy projects in rural southern and midcoast Maine. “Earth Day is time for us to recommit a whole-of-government approach to mitiga... Read more »
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 in the drinking water of more ... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted in favor of the NO BAN Act, important legislation that would prevent any future president from implementing a xenophobic immigration ban such as former President Trump’s Muslim Ban. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives 218 to 208. “The Muslim Ban only served to stoke xenophobia and senselessly cut thousands of Americans off from thei... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) has joined 164 bipartisan members of Congress in writing to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Guzman to request the agency urgently fix the online application portal for Shuttered Venue Operators Grants (SVOG). When the program went live on April 8, the website crashed due to increased web traffic leading to frustration among struggl... Read more »
Following a push led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that they will provide an additional 22,000 H-2B visas to help small businesses fill seasonal job openings for the upcoming season. These visas will supplement the previous supply of 33,000 H-2B visas for the second ha... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.— As Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to address how the agency will account for non-deferred maintenance projects in our national parks which will not receive funding from the Great American Outdoors Act. The Great American Outdoors Act, ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty for the murder of George Perry Floyd, Jr.: “George Floyd should be alive today. My heart goes out to his loved ones, who have suffered unimaginable loss. This verdict offers small comfort but has demonstrated the overwhelming need for t... Read more »
