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In the House Appropriations full committee markup of the Homeland Security funding bill for FY2026, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree voiced her strong support for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program.

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is joined by Maine Center for Economic Policy analyst James Myall to discuss the impacts of Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" – which cuts Medicaid and SNAP to give tax breaks to billionaires.

Ahead of the vote on President Trump’s $9.4 billion rescission package, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) spoke on the House Floor condemning the Administration’s attempt to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which includes thousands of public radio and television stations across the country like Maine Public.

Today in the full Appropriations Committee markup of the Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration funding bill for Fiscal Year 2026, Senior Appropriator Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) called out the Trump Administration’s hypocrisy, touting a “Make America Healthy Again” agenda while stripping access to healthy food away from families and children.

Today, during the House Appropriations Committee’s markup of the Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree blasted Republicans’ proposed funding cuts, speaking out against glaring issues in the bill, including giving DOGE unfettered access to the VA and ignoring critical resilience efforts for Maine’s public shipyards.

This week, Trump’s White House sent Congress a $9.4 billion budget rescission package — which includes provisions to defund public media like NPR, PBS, and Maine Public. This is an attack on trusted journalism, childhood education, and the voices that keep rural states like Maine connected and informed. Do you rely on Maine Public for local news? Did Sesame Street help your kids learn to read? Do you watch the state basketball championship every year? I want to hear from you! Submit a short vide...

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).