Maine's 1st Congressional District
Recent News About Maine's 1st Congressional District
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Pingree, Leger Fernández, Kiggans, González-Colón Introduce Bipartisan Women in Agriculture Act
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), and Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico-At-Large) introduced bipartisan legislation to support women farmers and ranchers in Maine and across the U.S.
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Pingree Backs Landmark Bill to Save, Expand Social Security
As GOP Eyes Cuts to Seniors’ Social Safety Net, Maine’s 1st District Congresswoman Co-Sponsors Legislation to Expand Hard-Earned Retiree Benefits
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Ranking Member Pingree Slams House Republicans’ Plan to Defund National Parks, Shut Down Public Museums
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, on July 13 derided Republicans’ Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill for the Subcommittee, which defunds cash-strapped National Parks, decimates funding to prevent climate disasters, and shuts down public museum exhibits
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Citing Maine’s Recent FEMA Disaster Designation, Pingree Calls Out GOP’s Shortsighted Climate Crisis Cut
House Republicans’ proposal cuts $11.1 billion from the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which was created under the Inflation Reduction Act to combat the climate crisis?
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$300 Million USDA Investment in Climate-Smart Ag Builds on Pingree’s Agriculture Resilience Act Goals
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is applauding the Biden Administration for its $300 million investment to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry
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Pingree Commends Maine Leaders, Gov. Mills as Paid Leave Program Becomes Law
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today applauded the work of Governor Janet Mills, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Mattie Daughtry (D-Brunswick), Assistant House Majority Leader Kristen Cloutier (D-Lewiston), and other local leaders for their efforts to ensure paid family and medical leave in Maine. After Gov. Mills signed the program into law today
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Pingree: Republican Court Sanctions Homophobia with Dangerous 303 Creative Decision
In a blow to gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 sided with an evangelical Christian graphic artist from Coloradowho does not want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples, despite the state’s protective anti-discrimination law
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Pingree Statement on ‘Out of Touch’ Student Loan Forgiveness Decision
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on June 30 voiced her strong criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest decision that strikes down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, releasing the following statement
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Pingree, DeLauro to GAO: What More Can Fashion Industry, Federal Government do to Curb Textile Waste Pollution?
Fashion industry is responsible for more carbon emissions than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, or about 10% of total annual global emissions
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$4 Million Grant Builds on Funding Pingree Secured to Expand Eastern Trail
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) On June 27 welcomed $4 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand the Eastern Trail in Southern Maine
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Pingree, Baldwin, Collins, Lead Call for PFAS Funding in 2023 Farm Bill?
Bipartisan group calls for Farm Bill to include the Pingree-led Healthy H2O Act and Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act to help rural communities, farmers struggling with PFAS contamination
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Pingree Applauds $7.9 Million Biden Admin Investment in Maine’s School Meal Programs, Food Banks
State funding is part of USDA’s $2.7 billion nationwide effort to assist Americans hurt by expiration of pandemic-era benefits
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Pingree: Republican Court Sanctions Homophobia with Dangerous 303 Creative Decision
In a blow to gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 sided with an evangelical Christian graphic artist from Colorado who does not want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples, despite the state’s protective anti-discrimination law
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Pingree Statement on ‘Out of Touch’ Student Loan Forgiveness Decision
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on June 30 voiced her strong criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest decision that strikes down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, releasing the following statement
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Pingree, DeLauro to GAO: What More Can Fashion Industry, Federal Government do to Curb Textile Waste Pollution?
Fashion industry is responsible for more carbon emissions than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, or about 10% of total annual global emissions
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$4 Million Grant Builds on Funding Pingree Secured to Expand Eastern Trail
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on June 27 welcomed $4 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand the Eastern Trail in Southern Maine
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Pingree, Baldwin, Collins, Lead Call for PFAS Funding in 2023 Farm Bill?
Bipartisan group calls for Farm Bill to include the Pingree-led Healthy H2O Act and Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act to help rural communities, farmers struggling with PFAS contamination
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Pingree Applauds $7.9 Million Biden Admin Investment in Maine’s School Meal Programs, Food Banks
State funding is part of USDA’s $2.7 billion nationwide effort to assist Americans hurt by expiration of pandemic-era benefits
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Pingree Pushes to Boost Shelter Funding to Ease Asylum Housing Shortage in Maine
House Appropriations Committee member Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) on June 21 introduced an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2024 Homeland Security Bill that would boost funding for shelters and other services in Maine and across the country
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Pingree, Equality Caucus Reintroduce Landmark Bill to Ensure Explicit LGBTQ+ Protections
The Equality Act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to extend non-discrimination protections to the LGBTQ+ community