Chellie Pingree

I know I have talked to several of the basket makers in Maine about the decline of the ash.

So, yeah, I think you would be hard pressed to find an indigenous person that wasn't completely consumed with worrying about Mother Earth and climate change, so thank you for that question.

Thank you, Ms. Pingree for being a tireless advocate for the tribal nations in Maine.

That is very discouraging, and, again, we have lots of concerns about this, and hopefully, in my opinion, the committee can exercise more oversight on this process.

We have been very discouraged to watch the relocation of ERS and NIFA, and can see that that has just had disastrous consequences.

I, too, am very concerned about this relocation and the reorganization of the Bureau of Labor Management.

Thank you for the data and the support around limiting seismic drilling exploration.

I will do a little homework.

It is the big number that governs everything else.

I hope we can fund at $170 million, and based on all your testimony, we should be doing this at $170 billion.

I really appreciate you sharing so much with us.

The Farm Production and Conservation Business Center was meant to streamline the agencies and increase efficiency, but I have heard it has actually slowed down the hiring process.

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court ruled, 7-2, that women have the right to make their own healthcare decisions and to legally access abortion care. Forty-seven years later, our country has seen significant social and economic progress…

I thank Mr. Scott for yielding and also his leadership on the bill we are considering this afternoon, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. Maine is the oldest State in the union by median age, and older Mainers are an…

Consumers have the right to know what harmful chemicals are in their homes, and they should have the ability to choose products that keep their families and their environment safe. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on my…

I thank Chairman Pallone and Congresswoman Dingell for their leadership on PFAS issues, and I thank Congresswoman Spanberger, who is also a sponsor of this amendment with me. I rise today in support of my amendment to H.R. 535, the PFAS…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 46, line 12, strike ``or cooking utensil'' and insert ``cooking utensil, carpet, or rug, clothing, or…

I thank Representative Scanlon for granting me the time and Chairman Pallone and particularly Congresswoman Dingell for their leadership on PFAS issues. I rise today in support of H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act of 2019. This bipartisan bill…

I thank the gentleman from Hawaii for yielding. I thank Chairman Grijalva for his work on this committee, and I thank the ranking member even though we don't seem to agree on too much about this bill. I rise today in support of H.R. 729…

I urge this committee to act with the urgency that this crisis demands before it is too late.

But it is time for the federal government to step up and take bold action to address it as well.

Farmers are already being impacted by changing growing seasons and extreme weather events.

For Maine and so many other communities across the Nation, as I have heard listening to my colleagues speak, it is just not an abstraction; it is a tangible threat to our communities, to the people who live there.

For Maine and so many communities across our nation, climate change is not an abstraction, but rather a tangible threat to local economies and the people who live in them.

Thank you to Chairwoman Castor, Ranking Member Graves, and Members of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis for holding this Member's Day event and for the opportunity to speak today.