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Chellie Pingree

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Chellie Marie Pingree is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maine's 1st congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and environmental protection during her tenure in Congress. Pingree has been an advocate for sustainable agriculture and has worked to support Maine's fishing and farming communities.

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Jul 13, 2026

We do not want ICE to cut off the state [from the investigation] in any way.

mainemorningstar.com
Jun 19, 2026

We actually have had a few meetings with the Forest Service, but they’re extremely vague, and our experience has been that even the heads of departments and services don’t always know what (the Office of Management and Budget) and the…

mainemorningstar.com
Jun 19, 2026

It just seems like it would be a horrific time to lose those research capacities and also give up the body of research that we already have.

mainemorningstar.com
Jun 19, 2026

There’s just not a lot of places to turn, and with huge budget impacts hitting everybody next year, I’m really worried about what’s going to happen with programs like this.

mainemorningstar.com
Nov 15, 2025

Many of us felt like there was a lot of momentum behind us.

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Jul 22, 2025

The Republicans snuck in something that’s slightly divisive, which is renaming one section of the Kennedy Center after a family member of this administration.

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Jul 22, 2025

The Republicans snuck in, I think, something that is slightly divisive, which is renaming one section of the Kennedy Center after a family member of this administration.

usatoday.com
Jul 22, 2025

The Republicans have now given the president six times the normal amount of money to run the Kennedy Center, carte blanche over who will be on the board, and how different parts of the Kennedy Center − or perhaps the whole Kennedy Center…

usatoday.com
Mar 11, 2025

I thank the ranking member for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this full-year continuing resolution and urge my colleagues to reject it. If we vote ``no'' and reject this CR, then we can go back to work and negotiate a…

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