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Today, during the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee hearing for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request with Secretary Burgum, Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) laid out how the Trump Administration is dismantling the Department of the Interior—abandoning its core mission to protect our environment, preserve our public lands, and help steward our natural resources in order to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

Pingree pressed Zeldin on a recent announcement from that the EPA plans to rescind and reconsider limits on four “forever chemicals”—weakening landmark drinking water standards implemented under President Biden.

Pingree delivers opening remarks at the House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee hearing with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin

Republicans are at it again, and they’re hoping you won’t notice. Cutting critical services like SNAP and Medicaid, then dumping the fallout on states and local taxpayers. Your property taxes? About to go through the roof. Your health care? On the chopping block. But don’t worry – billionaires and big corporations are getting their tax breaks.

In the House Agriculture Committee markup of the partisan reconciliation bill, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) spoke out against Republicans’ proposal to slash $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Chellie and Wolf discussed how Maine is uniquely impacted by Trump's trade war with Canada and how its affecting Maine businesses.

Members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), and the House Energy and Commerce Committee will lead fellow Democratic lawmakers in holding a press conference to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) assault on environmental protections for the American people. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recently announced he was “driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion,” includin...

During a House Agriculture Committee hearing, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) called out the Trump Administration and their Republican allies for threatening to slash $230 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—which more than 40 million Americans rely on for monthly food assistance—in order to pay for a $4.5 trillion tax cut for the wealthiest Americans.

Just this week, the Trump Administration has targeted our food banks, local farmers, libraries, student exchange programs, rural energy projects, public health workers, unions—and even the Smithsonian. Thanks to everyone standing up, speaking out, and fighting back. Democracy isn’t a spectator sport—let's keep pushing forward together.