Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 240 Members of Congress are taking action to defend access to medication abortion across the country in the wake of Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling to invalidate the U.S. Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) more than 20-year-old approval of mifepristone. The lawmakers—led by Senators Chuck Schumer, Murray, Durbin,… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) says a Texas judge’s ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration demands Congress act to defend access to medication abortion across the country. Pingree has cosponsored the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act, introduced by Congresswoman Cori… Read more »
This Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) are teaming up to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve military sexual trauma (MST) survivors’ access to care and benefits, as well as bolster MST claims… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on a tour of Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) in South Portland as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Tour to highlight how President Biden’s economic policies are benefiting hardworking Americans across the country.
“Free… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement after former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities on Tuesday to face felony charges:
“Make no mistake: today is a sad day for this country. For the first time in our nation’s history, a former president has been arrested on criminal charges. It is a tragic moment of great… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today voted against Republicans’ dangerous energy package, H.R. 1, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. After the vote, Pingree released the follow statement:
“Under President Biden, Congressional Democrats have made historic… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today and more than 200 of her Democratic colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives reintroduced the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) to codify the right to an abortion and protect abortion access nationwide. The legislation, which passed the House twice in the 117th Congress but was blocked by Senate Republicans, would… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement on the Manhattan grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump:
“I believe it is important for the legal process to play out fairly and expeditiously, in New York or anywhere else. Like any other American, President Trump is entitled to due process of law. I strongly condemn… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined more than 90 of her colleagues in the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Chair Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), in pushing the Biden Administration to do more to ensure that insurers follow the law and comply with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraception coverage requirements that guarantee women can get FDA-approved birth control… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology unanimously passed Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s (D-Maine) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023, setting the legislation up for a House vote this Congress. Pingree, who is ranking member of the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee, released the following statement on the… Read more »
