WASHINGTON, D.C. – With new federal regulations fast approaching and supply chain challenges delaying access to key materials, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills are urging the Biden administration to give Maine lobstermen and women more time to comply with updated gear rules. In a letter to… Read more »
Today, House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs praised President Biden's 2023 budget request. Reactions from Cardinals are below.
Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro
“Working people across the country are struggling to pay their bills and living paycheck-to-paycheck. From… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced the creation of the first-ever bipartisan Public Shipyard Caucus – whose original membership includes U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Rob Wittman (VA-01), Reps. Ed Case (HI-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-02), Elaine Luria (VA-02), Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Bobby Scott (VA-03). The Caucus was founded to… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 61 House colleagues today wrote directly to President Biden, urging the administration to quickly ratchet up America’s acceptance of refugees from Ukraine as Russian forces lay waste to Ukraine and displace millions.
“We ask your administration to take several necessary steps to ensure the safety of the Ukrainian people and a robust… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced Family Planning Association of Maine, also known as Maine Family Planning, has received $1,925,000 from the US Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Statewide FamilyPlanning Project which provides medical, educational, and referral services to at risk, in need clients… Read more »
MOLDOVA—On Wednesday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and a bipartisan group of 6 U.S. Representatives visited the Ukraine-Moldova border crossing, which is located just 35 miles from Odessa, Ukraine. Pingree’s is the first U.S. Congressional Delegation to stop in Moldova, which is not part of NATO, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Following the group’s… Read more »
ROMANIA—Following a two-day trip to Poland, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and a bipartisan group of six U.S. Representatives continued their fact-finding mission in Romania, a close ally of the U.S. Over two days, the group met with U.S. and NATO forces, including servicemembers from Maine, at an airbase near the border, and met with the Prime Minister of Romania,… Read more »
POLAND—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and a bipartisan group of five U.S. Representatives today wrapped the first leg of their week-long fact-finding mission in Eastern Europe amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The group just spent two days in Poland meeting with U.S. and NATO forces on the ground. While in Poland, members visited the U.S.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC— With gas prices skyrocketing in recent weeks, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced she has cosponsored legislation to curb profiteering by big oil companies and provide American consumers relief at the pump. The Stop Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act, introduced in the U.S. House by Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), would create a windfall profit tax on… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today highlighted $990,000 in federal funding she secured for the University of Maine’s Climate Science Information Exchange in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden. One of ten community projects funded through Pingree’s appropriations requests, the Maine Climate… Read more »
