In response to a request for information made September 2018 by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), alongside Reps. McCollum, Stevens, and Takano, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued a report on how to build on existing federal efforts to address the nation’s recycling challenges, which increased as a result of China’s National Sword policy banning foreign waste impor... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement following reports that President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Congresswoman Deb Haaland to be U.S. Interior Secretary: “I want to congratulate my friend and colleague Congresswoman Deb Haaland on her historic nomination. If confirmed by the Senate, Congresswoman Haaland will be the first Indigenous person to lead the Interio... Read more »
Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to reject a petition for emergency interim fishery regulations regarding the North Atlantic right whale. The petition, submitted by a number of out-of-state interest groups, would bypass the established regulatory process and c... Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 7105, the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvements Act, a comprehensive veterans’ bill including improvements supported by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), with several provisions she authored as part of H.R. 1092, the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act. “Every year ... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined 74 members of Congress and three former Members in submitting an amicus brief in the case of Conservation Law Foundation et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency et al. In the amicus brief, the lawmakers assert that the Trump administration’s so-called Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR)—also known as the Dirty Water Rule—ignores scien... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced today that Yarmouth High School junior Elena Miller has won the 2020 Congressional App Challenge Maine’s 1st District. Her submission “Scoregenix” is a way for athletes, coaches, and spectators to keep track of scores during baseball and softball games. “The Congressional App Challenge is an opportunity for Maine students to showcase their technological skil... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced a federal grant totaling $184,907 from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to Konbit Sante in Falmouth. The funding will support a pediatric ward in the largest governmental hospital north of Port-au-Prince. “Congratulations to Konbit Sante for the award of this meaningful USAID grant. This funding will provide the Justinian... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today released the following statement in reaction to the news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved emergency use authorization for a coronavirus vaccine: The FDA’s authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine is monumental news for our nation. I trust that Maine’s leaders are prepared to begin distributing the vaccine quickly, efficiently, and equ... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has announced her office’s nominees to the United States Service Academies—the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. To be considered for an appointment to a service academy, applicants must be nominated by an authorized nomina... Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 70 House members today introduced a resolution recognizing the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, committed the international community to curbing greenhouse gas emissions and seeks to limit the increase in global temperatures to less than 2° Celsius, in an effort to prevent dangerous, human-i... Read more »
