Chellie Pingree
The Public Record
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.
★ Featured Quote
July 14, 2026
It’s hard to even say this, it’s horrendous they are operating the way they are in our state, and we absolutely have to get to the bottom of this.
— Chellie Pingree
We do not want ICE to cut off the state [from the investigation] in any way.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…





