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Pingree Presses Army on Restricting Reservists with Mental Health Diagnosis from Possessing Guns
April 4, 2024
In light of a new Interim Commission Report on last October’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today pushed Sergeant Major of the Army Michael R. Weimer on what guardrails are in place to prevent Army reservists, like the shooter Robert Card, from possessing a firearm when experiencing a mental health crisis, and what protocols exist to ensure local law enforcement are informed when a reservist’s access to military weapons and ammunition are restricted. Sergeant...
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Pingree Raises Concerns Over Maine’s Meat Processing Backlog with USDA Secretary Vilsack
April 4, 2024
In a House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee hearing today with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) shed light on challenges Maine farmers are facing amid meat processing backlogs. Pingree, a longtime farmer and member of both the House Agriculture Committee and House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee, asked Secretary Vilsack how funding in the FY2025 Appropriations bill will help USDA address these ongoing challenges f...
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Pingree Secures Nearly $2 Million for Clean Water Infrastructure in Brunswick
March 14, 2024
Through Community Project Funding, Pingree secured $1,940,000 for the Town of Brunswick to install an 11,100-foot water line to the Bay Bridge community mobile home park and surrounding neighborhoods to bring a reliable drinking water supply to hundreds of vulnerable Brunswick residents who live in Bay Bridge Estates.
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In Hearing with Sec. Vilsack, Pingree Emphasizes Need to Support Farmers in Face of Climate Crisis
February 14, 2024
In a House Agriculture Committee hearing today with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree sounded the alarm on the urgent need to support farmers in Maine and across the county facing challenges due to climate change. The hearing comes on the heels of devastating and costly storms in Maine, which severely impacted businesses, working waterfronts, and farm operations throughout the state.
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Congresswoman Pingree's 2023 in Review
December 21, 2023
2023 was very busy! I have been defending the huge legislative gains we made last Congress while fending off Republicans' dangerous and extreme agenda. Please take a moment to watch my video recap of 2023, highlighting how I worked for you and all First District Mainers in Congress.
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Ranking Member Pingree Leads Opposition to Republican Appropriations Bill Defunding Climate Programs
November 2, 2023
As House Republicans prepare to pass their harmful fiscal year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) spoke in strong opposition to the bill on the House floor. Republicans’ bill takes an aggressive anti-environment and pro-pollution stance with a crippling 39% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and policy provisions that will endanger public health, strain the economy, and i...
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