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PublishedJuly 20, 2021
Maine delegation touts launch of logging industry relief program
A $200 million pandemic relief program is opening soon for U.S. logging and log-hauling businesses that have been seriously affected.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2021
Sens. Collins and King unveil earmark funding requests for over 150 Maine projects
The senators' requests total almost half a billion dollars; most of the earmarks submitted by Reps. Pingree and Golden advance.
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PublishedApril 29, 2021
Pingree, Golden unveil earmark requests for federal funding of 20 Maine projects
Fire departments, water districts, community colleges and nonprofits are among candidates for member-requested congressional funds.
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PublishedApril 7, 2021
House Democrats, including Pingree, kick off probe of Jan. 6 attack on Capitol by pro-Trump mob
The inquiry follows House Republicans' rejection of the independent 9/11-style commission sought by Maine's Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden.
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PublishedApril 6, 2021
Navy secretary, Maine delegates visit BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Sens. Susan Collins, Angus King, and Rep. Chellie Pingree toured BIW after participating in a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
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PublishedApril 5, 2021
Earmarks returning to Congress, where Maine’s delegation has outsize influence in the right places
The member-driven spending initiatives, with guardrails in place, could fund critical projects in Maine.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2021
Maine lawmakers ask defense department for bigger shipbuilding budget
Lawmakers advocated for increasing production of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the primary type of ship Bath Iron Works builds, to help counter China's growing fleet.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2021
U.S. House backs York River’s ‘wild and scenic’ designation
If the legislation is approved by the Senate and signed by President Biden, the York River will become the first river in Maine to be designated as a Wild and Scenic Partnership River.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2021
Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior and EPA
She becomes one of the House’s 12 'cardinals' who shape the federal funding priorities over their respective congressional fiefdoms.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2021
Reps. Pingree, Golden vote to impeach Trump for 2nd time
The U.S. House voted 232-197 to impeach the president on a charge of inciting an insurrection.
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