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My amendment to the Homeland Security F727 spending bill simply said that DHS should NOT be allowed to use taxpayer dollars to spy on Americans who are exercising their First Amendment rights. In Maine and across the country, ICE and CPB officers are trying to intimidate observers from documenting their enforcement operations—including threats to put people on a “domestic terrorism” list. This is about transparency, accountability, and upholding the Constitution. Americans should be able to docu...

So grateful to have such a powerful, compassionate voice helping uplift children’s stories and fight for basic human decency. Proud to call her a fellow Mainer 🩷 @msrachel

$1,025 per day. That’s how much it cost to keep Olivia Andre detained in Dilley. Even when it was KNOWN, by court order, that she could not be deported. Keeping people locked up in these for-profit facilities (often in horrible conditions) is, most importantly, disgusting and inhumane. But it’s also incredibly expensive. As appropriators, we need to have a real accounting of how much this Administration’s cruel anti-immigration agenda is costing American taxpayers. Republicans’ Homeland funding ...

Included in the Homeland Security funding bill for FY27, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree's (D-Maine) amendment would require a report on the costs associated with detaining people who cannot be deported.

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, spoke out against Republicans’ funding bill for the 2027 fiscal year during the Appropriations Committee's markup today. In her opening remarks, Pingree condemned proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Park Service (NPS), and the National Endowments for the Arts (NEA) and Humanities (NEH). At the same time, the Trump Adminis...

Speaking on the House floor tonight, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) condemned the Republican Farm Bill that fails farmers and puts chemical company profits over the health of Americans.

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a longtime organic farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee, spoke out against Republicans’ Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies FY2027 funding bill.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin appeared before the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Monday for a hearing on the FY27 budget. Ranking Member Pingree outlined how he and the Trump Administration are dismantling the agency and putting corporate polluters over the health of the environment and the American people.