Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted on Monday in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory in Georgia. In response to the historic fourth indictment of Trump, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement:
“We all heard the phone call. Mr. Trump tried to blackmail Georgia’s top election official to… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today led a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the EPA to finalize a generation pathway for electric renewable identification numbers (eRINs) for electricity produced from renewable biomass and used as transportation fuel under the long-approved renewable electricity… Read more »
Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) leaders Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee, Reps. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), DWC Chair, and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), urged Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to ensure discrimination settlement funds reach women farmers and those who have faced discrimination by the… Read more »
Amid continued Republican threats to take food away from hungry Americans by weakening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation's most effective anti-hunger program, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and her fellow Democratic House Agriculture Committee members are calling on Speaker Kevin McCarthy to respect the Farm Bill process and leave partisan politics… Read more »
Senior House Appropriations Committee Member Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced more than $12 million she championed in the Appropriations bill for the 2023 fiscal year has been disbursed to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. One of 15 First District community projects funded by Pingree totaling $34.5 million, $12,326,000 will support… Read more »
Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted on Tuesday in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn the 2020 election following a sprawling federal investigation into his attempts to cling to power after losing the presidency to Joe Biden. In response to Trump’s unprecedented third indictment this year, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following… Read more »
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, along with Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, announced today that Bath Iron Works (BIW) has been awarded a contract to build three additional DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The contract is part of the Navy’s 5th DDG-51 multiyear procurement (MYP) authorized by Congress. The contract also supports the… Read more »
With Congress in the process of crafting a five-year legislative package to support American agriculture, nutrition, and rural development, U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) hosted House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) and her fellow Committee members in Midcoast Maine for a listening session on the next Farm Bill. Pingree, Chair Thompson, and… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined President Joe Biden in Auburn, Maine as highlighted how Bidenomics and his Investing in America Agenda are revitalizing manufacturing and bringing investments and jobs to communities, including those too often been left behind. Pingree, along with Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and Congressmen Jared Golden (D-Maine) traveled on Air Force… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), led by Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), introduced legislation to lower the cost of college for current and future borrowers. The Student Loan Interest Elimination Act would refinance the interest on federal student loans for all existing borrowers to zero percent and cap interest rates for… Read more »
