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In an effort to provide a permanent fix to the severe erosion at Camp Ellis, U.S. Senator Susan Collins and U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to urge them to preserve a provision for Camp Ellis that they advocated for in the Water Resources Development Act of... Read More »

Today, Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Joe Courtney (CT-02) led a coalition of representatives from the New England Congressional Delegations in writing to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees, urging them to include additional funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the upcoming government funding package. As winter approaches, funding for LIHEAP is ... Read More »

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $385 million in nine projects that will benefit Maine’s forest products and agriculture industries while helping to combat climate change. The grants, which were awarded under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities fundin... Read More »

U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) today introduced legislation to remove barriers and inequities from federally funded physician residency programs. The bipartisan Fair Access in Residency (FAIR) Act, which is strongly supported by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) as well as the University of New England College of Me... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today voted alongside her Democratic and Republican colleagues in the House to pass the bipartisan Preventing a Patronage System Act, introduced by Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), which would secure the civil service and protect federal employees from losing statutory job protections and due process rights. “In the 11th hour of h... Read More »

Ahead of today’s House Education and Labor Committee hearing on removing barriers to organizing, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) reiterated her support for workers pursuing unionization in Maine and across the country, drawing attention to Chipotle’s union-busting tactics in Augusta: “This summer, Chipotle abruptly closed a store in my district within weeks of workers filing to unionize. M... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today called attention to the suspicious and potentially illegal union-busting tactics in Maine by multi-billion-dollar chains Chipotle and Starbucks. In a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on removing barriers to organizing, fellow New England Representative Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) raised Pingree’s concerns, asking former National Labor Relations B... Read More »

After the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) gave lobster industry participants just two business days to submit proposals for a new risk reduction plan to protect right whales and denied lobstermen and their allies access to a key data tool, Maine’s congressional delegation pushed back today against these decisions by the agency. In their letter to NMFS, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Se... Read More »

Dirigo. As Mainers, we know well the meaning of our Latin motto: “I Lead.” And we live by it. Whether by leading the United States in its approach to lowering health care costs, or by aggressively fighting climate change, Maine has made this motto much more than a word on a flag or a bumper sticker. Addressing the high price of prescription drugs has been one of my biggest focuses as an elected of... Read More »

Senator Angus King, Governor Janet Mills, Senator Susan Collins, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden are calling on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch to immediately reverse the controversial listing of Maine lobsteron their seafood “Red List” and to remedy the significant harm they have already caused the iconic industry. In a letter to the Aquarium’s board led by Senator ... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is condemning the updated designation by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program that adds American lobster to its “red list” of seafood to avoid. “Seafood Watch’s recommendation to ‘avoid’ Maine lobster is misguided, uninformed, and reckless. This decision coincides with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new gear regulations, inc... Read More »

Following President Biden’s prime-time address on Thursday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement: “President Biden is absolutely right: The ‘MAGA’ philosophy that has taken over the Republican Party is extreme. At every turn, Congressional Republicans are working to deny the disturbing events of January 6, undermine trust in our electoral system, and limit acces... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $600,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants awarded to three meat and poultry processors in Maine’s First Congressional District. Awarded through the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant Program (MPIRG), the funding will help strengthen and develop new market opportunities for meat and poultry processors. Grants awa... Read More »

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D- Maine) is applauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) $300 million investment, made possible in part with American Rescue Plan funds, to provide comprehensive support for both organic farmers and conventional farmers looking to transition to organic production. Announced this week by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the funding will create a new Organ... Read More »

Today, President Biden took action to help federal student loan borrowers by cancelling up to $10,000 in debt and extending the payment pause. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is applauding the announcement: “For the past two years, the zero-interest payment pause has been a lifeline for millions of borrowers, easing the financial burden that unfairly comes with pursuing higher education. B... Read More »