Chellie Pingree

I am alarmed by allegations concerning weak enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act.

I appreciated your remarks during the hearing about USDA's $75 million investment in technical assistance for underserved producers.

One of the obstacles, as I see it, to wildfire risk reduction is the lack of markets for small diameter wood.

I really appreciate the fact that you bring so many years of experience and understanding into this job.

Within the Department of the Interior, the bill invests $4 billion in Indian Affairs programs, including an additional $180 million to address climate change impacts. For Indian Health Services, the bill provides an additional $1.9 billion…

I thank the chairwoman for yielding the time. I thank her and Ranking Member Granger for their leadership on this committee. I rise to support the fiscal year 2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. I also…

This legislation includes my bipartisan bill with Congressman Wittman, the Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act.

Water-dependent businesses from coast to coast need our help.

I am grateful to have a chance to talk a little bit about this bill with you today.

Throughout my time in Congress, I have advocated for the needs of coastal communities and those who use our working waterfronts.

I have been proud to work across the aisle with my colleagues, including Congressman Wittman of Virginia, to create bipartisan solutions that can work for America's coastal communities.

Across the country, working waterfronts are rapidly disappearing due to heavy development pressure.

More than 30,000 Mainers rely on marine-related industries for their livelihoods.

I thank the chair of the full Appropriations Committee, who has done an incredible job pulling all of these challenging issues together and putting this funding bill on the floor today. The activities of January 6 were terrifying, whether…

I thank the chair and the ranking member, who have shown a true willingness to address the impact climate change has had on our oceans; and to Congresswoman Bonamici and Congressman Young for their leadership on ocean and climate issues. I…

We just can't make good decisions without adequate science.

I am encouraged by the themes highlighted so far, including conservation and climate science.

Mr. Stewart expressed his concerns about what the future of funding can be and how we, you know, support the organizations in the future.

I want to thank this panel. You have really done a wonderful job of talking to us about the importance of the funding for the arts.

There was an attempt on this committee that cares deeply about the environment to reduce our plastic use

Thank you very much, Mr. Joyce.

The President's budget included $161 million funding increase to support multiagency initiative to integrate science-based tools into conservation planning.

I think one small challenge will be making sure people are aware of it and can access it.

Thank you to everybody on the team here for persisting in answering all of our questions.

Better resourced communities shouldn't be the only ones who have access to rural development programs.