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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.
75 years ago Frances Perkins, a wonderful woman who came from a long line of Maine farmers and craftsmen, addressed the Nation as the Secretary of Labor. In addition to being the first woman Cabinet member in our Nation's history, she was…
Mr. Speaker, today the House will consider H.R. 5114, the Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act. In Maine, FEMA is remapping York and Cumberland counties. The new maps will help homeowners and businesses assess the flood risk they face. In…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the $37 billion in this bill for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I oppose this war funding, and I believe that our presence in Afghanistan is not strengthening our national security. Instead of…
I just want to say this is a critical need that we are fulfilling today. This bill will support small businesses when they need it most--access to the financing they need to survive, to grow, to expand and create the jobs that will drive…
I have to say, my colleague continues to act as though we don't have a problem out there with our economy. That somehow, as happened in the last administration, we can just take this laissez-faire attitude; we can just say it will get…
I am a freshman Member of Congress. Unlike my colleague, I wasn't here last year. When the President from the former administration, President Bush, proposed the TARP to Congress, many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle…
Last week I introduced legislation to make sure that BP pays royalties on all of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Spilled Oil Royalty Collection Act, H.R. 5513, will ensure that BP pays royalties on every gallon of oil…
But this is not about being overt about your sexuality. This is about people who have been denied the right to talk about exactly who they are. This is about 14,000 members of the military who have served this country, many with extremely…
I'm not complaining about being here on a Friday afternoon. In fact, my constituents would say to me if I went back home, why don't you get down to Washington and finish the job? Why don't you get down there and handle this difficult…
I want to reiterate we are here today on the issue of algal blooms and red tide and a variety of things that are important to my constituents here in Maine. The reason this bill is here on this floor today is because many of those on the…
I am thrilled that the President has decided to focus all of his energy on health care. I think that the people of this country have waited long enough for health care reform, and I am anxious to see it come to this floor. I am anxious to…
Thank you. And just to answer your point, I, too, think it is essential that we continue our research and development here in this country. Frankly, much of it is done around the world on research and development. But I don't think that…
I support very strongly and am looking forward to the debate that we will have on this floor about that health care legislation, and I am thrilled with the year and a half that I have spent here and with the number of hours that the…
I can only answer for the residents of my home State, who are deeply concerned about algal blooms, red tide, the economic impact in our communities, and the importance of passing this legislation so that the research is done.
But the fact is we cannot have meaningful health care reform in this country until we finally decide to put an end to insurance company greed and insurance company monopolies. We must stop companies like Anthem who demand rate increases…
I did not think that we needed to change this exemption about data in the rule, in this particular amendment.
She has run under the system, she has recruited candidates under a public financing system.
I urge the committee's support, and I am happy to answer your questions later.
If you have two people under the volunteer system, they get a limited amount of money.
I think all of the States are attempting to do a significant amount of analysis as to how this changes the makeup of people who run for office and the amount of money spent.
I would say these are basically the same kind of system. They are voluntary systems.
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