Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced $921,250 in Community Project Funding (CPF) for Trekkers, a non-profit, outdoor-based mentoring program, to support a thriving community hub for youth development. The funding, which was approved today with House passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bill, is among more than $16.7 million in funding for… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced that she has secured $540,000 for the Equality Community Center in Portland to complete building renovations for its collaborative community center and workspace for underserved populations. Passed today by the House in the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations package, Pingree successfully fought to fund 15 community… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, and Governor Janet Mills announced the Maine Defense Industry Alliance (MDIA), a newly established non-profit coalition of Maine defense companies, state agencies, community colleges and universities, and other vocational training organizations. Based at the York County Community College (YCCC)… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-Maine) are raising concerns over Consolidated Communications’ (CCI) proposed Portland-based layoffs. The House delegation said CCI’s customer service layoffs will have many harmful impacts and strongly urged CCI President and CEO Bob Udell to reconsider.
“[W]e urge you in the… Read more »
On Tuesday, Maine Governor Janet Mills and Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree joined Efficiency Maine Executive Director Michael Stoddard and Mariana Casagranda, a manufactured homeowner, to celebrate a $10 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment to accelerate clean energy deployment in rural Maine. Efficiency Maine’s Whole-Home Heat Pump Solutions… Read more »
Maine’s Congressional Delegation wrote to President Joe Biden in support of Governor Janet Mills’ request for a Major Disaster Declaration to help address the estimated $70.3 million in damage that occurred across eight Maine counties during the January 10 and January 13 storms. U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden asked the… Read more »
In remarks on the House floor Wednesday night, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree called attention to the devastating impacts recent storms have had on Maine communities and working waterfronts.
“The sheer destruction these storms had on our working waterfronts is astonishing,” Pingree said. “More frequent, intense storms, floods, and rising sea… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after House Republicans voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas:
“House Republicans have done absolutely nothing this Congress to reform our immigration system. In fact, House Republican leadership won’t even allow us to vote on a historic immigration bill that Republicans… Read more »
In a House Agriculture Committee hearing today with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree sounded the alarm on the urgent need to support farmers in Maine and across the county facing challenges due to climate change. The hearing comes on the heels of devastating and costly storms in… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $10.4 million for the City of Portland to improve accessibility in the Portland International Jetport terminal. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Terminals Program award, made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funds the installation of new passenger boarding bridges and fixed bridge… Read more »
