Following recent allegations that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) allows imports of fraudulent organic products, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is calling on USDA to investigate alleged organic fraud and protect the integrity of the organic label by swiftly implementing the Strengthening Organic Enforcement rule.
“There is a significant amount of time… Read more »
Governor Janet Mills and the Maine Congressional Delegation issued the following joint statement today in response to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s release of its draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) for the Gulf of Maine:
“We look forward to reviewing the proposal in detail, but we are encouraged that the Bureau has initially listened to our concerns and… Read more »
Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), and Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) today announced introduction of a bipartisan resolution to designate October 16 as World Food Day. Each year, the United States joins 130 other nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, is applauding the Biden Administration for its $60 million investment to help schools increase access to healthy foods for students. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement today at an elementary school in Virginia, where he unveiled two new grant opportunities plus a training… Read more »
Following the brutal massacre by Hamas terrorists in Israel, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement:
On October 7, Hamas unleashed the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust and it should weigh on all Americans. Hamas’s savage genocide, rape, and hostage taking of Jews, including children and the elderly, is barbaric… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is voicing her concern over the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) decision to no longer maintain two daybeacons in Penobscot Bay. Pingree, who is a resident of North Haven, said the two daybeacons—the Drunkard Ledge Daybeacon and the Fiddler Ledge Daybeacon—“play a vital role in helping the North Haven ferry, and hundreds of working and pleasure boats… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced she is cosponsoring legislation that would make Indigenous Peoples’ Day a federal holiday, replacing Columbus Day. The bicameral Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act was recently introduced by Representatives Norma J. Torres (D-Calif.), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), and Senators… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced two federal grants totaling more than $1,000,000 for the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center (GPIWC). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement awarded GPIWC $776,000 over three years to support existing GPIWC programs, help coordinate ongoing work with other service providers,… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined her Democratic colleagues in voting to vacate Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, releasing the following statement:
“Unlike the Senate, our founders structured the House of Representatives to decide matters by a simple majority. But Kevin McCarthy was so desperate to grasp the gavel that he sold out our institution, allowing just… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement after the House passed a 45-day Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown:
“For months, there has been a bipartisan path forward to keeping the government open. This stopgap passed with votes from both sides, but nearly half the Republican… Read more »
