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As New York Fashion Week gets underway, Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus founder and chair Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is calling attention to the critical need to promote sustainable textile production in the United States. In a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, Pingree and her colleagues underscored the… Read more »

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today pushed United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack to expand grant eligibility for projects based in former mill sites.  The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for… Read more »

Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today welcomed news that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is allocating $5.4 million through the Shelter and Services Program (SSP) for Maine. This funding, announced today as part of a $380 million nationwide allocation, will… Read more »

House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Ranking Member Chellie Pingree joined leaders on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees in pressing for answers from U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack regarding failures under its Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), which have inflicted a dire food shortage crisis on… Read more »

Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree joined Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in Maine to highlight conservation and preservation efforts underway through the National Park Service. On Thursday, Pingree and Secretary Haaland visited the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, where they met with local leaders to learn about the community’s vision for the care and… Read more »

Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus Founder and Chair Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is leading members of the Caucus in urging President Joe Biden to include representatives from the textile and fashion industries in his new White House Task Force on Climate and Trade. In a letter to the president, Pingree and her fellow Slow Fashion Caucus members highlight… Read more »

This week Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) hosted U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in Maine for a two-day tour of ongoing infrastructure projects across the First District, highlighting how investments made possible by the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are strengthening supply chains, supporting rural and tribal communities, and… Read more »

Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is joining a Congressional push to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to grant presidents immunity from criminal prosecution. The constitutional amendment, introduced and led by Congressman Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), is cosponsored by nearly 50 Democratic Members of Congress. This week, President Biden called… Read more »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced she will not attend Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress today, and issued the following statement: “The October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists were a heinous crime. Israel has a right to defend itself and its people. However, Israel does not have a right to violate international law. I am… Read more »

Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army Inspector General’s (IG) reports on the mass shooting in Lewiston: “Our state was forever changed on October 25, 2023. In the time since that tragic day, we have grieved as a community for those who were killed; we have also demanded answers on how… Read more »