PORTLAND, MAINE – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in recognition of the 20 year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks:
“Twenty years ago, the September 11th attacks changed our country forever. Those of us old enough to remember the horrific moment the first hijacked jet crashed into the Twin Towers will… Read more »
PORTLAND, MAINE – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) announced today that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7,451,060 to help seven businesses in Maine’s 1st District build or improve their renewable energy infrastructure and lower their energy costs.
“This major investment from USDA will offer small businesses and food producers in my… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) announced more than $3 million in federal funding for Maine fire departments. Fire departments in Falmouth, Kennebunk, Jefferson, and at the Maine State Fire Academy in South Portland will receive a total of $668,604.14 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $700 million will soon be available to help farm and meatpacking workers who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will be available through the USDA’s new Farm and Food Workers Relief (FFWR) grant program.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), who is an organic farmer and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced that three Maine fire departments in the First Congressional District will receive a total of $645,670 in grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). In this fiscal year, the AFG Program will award $319.5 million to an estimated 2,000… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills issued this statement following the release of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Rule:
“The Maine lobster fishery has repeatedly made significant improvements to their practices and modifications… Read more »
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and 66 of her colleagues in the House, led by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to expand efforts to welcome Afghan refugees into the United States.
In the letter, the lawmakers call on Biden to provide humanitarian parole to Afghans in need, including to the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Annie Kuster (D-New Hampshire) today introduced the bicameral Community Wood Facilities Assistance Act, legislation to bolster the United States Forest Service (USFS)’s popular Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Grant Program (CWEWIP), which is currently oversubscribed. The bill would double CWEWIP funds… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced that four Maine fire departments will receive a total of $502,878 in grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). In this fiscal year, the AFG Program will award $319.5 million to an estimated 2,000 eligible fire departments and first responder… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today released the following statement on the House path forward for the Build Back Better Act and the bipartisan infrastructure bill:
“Today’s action by the House begins the hard work of enacting what I believe will be among the most consequential legislation Congress has considered since the Great Society. This watershed… Read more »
