WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King and Representative Chellie Pingree today announced that the University of Maine-Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/Maine) Coalition and Northeastern University’s Coalition – which includes the Maine-based Roux Institute and FocusMaine – are finalists and in the running for the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), alongside Representatives James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), and Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), introduced the bipartisan Food Donation Improvement Act to encourage food donation efforts across the country. Tens of millions of American families face food insecurity every year—but… Read more »
PORTLAND, Maine—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced her office’s nominees to the United States Service Academies—the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. To be considered for an appointment to a service academy, applicants must be… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Responding to the record high cases of COVID-19 in Maine today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement:
“COVID-19 has never been a bigger threat to Mainers than it is right now. In the last month alone, daily hospitalizations across the state have increased 76 percent. Today there are 1,460 new cases in Maine, which is a devastating… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on Tuesday voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022). The compromise defense bill authorizes three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, builds on previous attempts to close the pay gap by authorizing support for a 2.7 percent pay increase for our service men and women in uniform, and makes… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced American Rescue Plan funding for five Maine airports in the First Congressional District. The $187,000 in grants, awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will provide economic relief for airports’ costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, debt service… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and nearly 100 House Members penned a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday urging the Senate to retain and expand affordable insulin measures in the Build Back Better Act. The letter, led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.), emphasizes the importance of retaining the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Dan Newhouse (R-Washington) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Food Date Labeling Act, a bill designed to end consumer confusion around food date labeling and ensure Americans do not feel it is necessary to throw out safe, useable food.… Read more »
WASHINGTON — Maine’s congressional delegation today challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to reject the University of Maine Farmington’s application for a renewed Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant. GEAR UP Maine, run by UMaine Farmington and Syntiro, has helped prepare Maine students for college since 1999, including… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Chair of the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee, today spoke on the floor in support of a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown while encouraging her Republican colleagues to remember their “solemn duty to exercise our power of the purse” and come to the table to negotiate a full annual… Read more »
