Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined 56 Members of Congress in urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reiterate the urgent need for a humanitarian pause and for Israel to conduct military operations within the scope of international law because of the critical need to protect innocent lives, regional stability, and American national security interests… Read more »
For more than 15 hours on the House floor last week, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree fought back against 83 extreme Republican amendments to a Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill. The funding bill written and passed by House Republicans includes a crippling 39 percent cut to the Environmental… Read more »
As House Republicans prepare to pass their harmful fiscal year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is leading the House Democratic caucus’s opposition on the floor, where she will be pushing back on 131 extreme anti-environment Republican amendments well… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, today welcomed more than $13 million in new investments from the Biden Administration to advance rural prosperity, economic development, competition, and sustainability in Maine. President Biden announced more than $5 billion in investments across five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiatives,… Read more »
Longtime organic farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed news from the Biden Administration that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued the final, long-awaited Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) rule to ensure fair, consistent standards across the organic livestock and… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), ranking member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee which oversees funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced more than $3.5 million to fund six projects across Maine that advance environmental justice as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement regarding Representative Mike Johnson’s election as Speaker:
“As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, I am relieved the House Republicans’ Speakership chaos is finally over, and I hope that the Republicans will get back to work on passing our appropriations bills.
“The relief that… Read more »
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that Maine has been awarded more than $38 million in funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP) in 2024.
“Over 45,000 Maine households rely on LIHEAP to stay safe and warm during the winter,” said the Maine Delegation. “With home… Read more »
Maine’s First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and all Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee today wrote to Chair Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member David Scott (D-Ga.) urging that the nearly $20 billion of conservation funding passed in the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) be used only for its intended purpose in the upcoming Farm… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed news from the Biden-Harris Administration that Maine will be home to one of the nation’s first Tech Hubs. The Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub, led by the Maine Technology Institute, was designated as one of 31 Tech Hubs in regions across the country, authorized by the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act.… Read more »
