Chellie Pingree

Checking in on the President, who doesn’t seem to be taking the news very well…throwing a little tantrum!

Donald Trump tried to slap his name on the Kennedy Center like it was one of his tacky hotels, and today a federal judge made clear what we have been saying from the start: he had no legal authorit...

Trump and his vanity projects are completely out of control. This week, we learned he’s raiding NPS entrance fee revenue to help pay for his gilded, tacky vanity projects around DC. Meanwhile, p...

This is incredibly alarming, and exactly why I introduced the Stop ICE Intimidation Act, which would: ✅ Block funding for expanded ICE surveillance programs and staffing until Congress gets detail...

ICE has already spent millions expanding its digital surveillance arsenal. Now it is training agents to extract data from some of the most common devices Americans use every day. I have a hard tim...

Here’s a disturbing story that’s flown mostly under the radar: ICE just signed a contract to train agents to extract data from iPhones and MacBooks. The contract reportedly includes courses on Mac...

Barney was one of the most brilliant, fearless, and impactful public servants of our time—and someone I was proud to call a friend.  I’ll miss him dearly. My heart goes out to Jim, Barney’s family...

My heart is with the Searsmont community as officials respond to a reported mass casualty incident at Robbins Lumber. Details are still limited. Please follow updates from local authorities, avoid...

That he delivered his little lecture about "waste" and "fraud" while his Administration is spending $1 billion a day on a war that an overwhelming majority of Americans do not support—and to say no...

.@VP's remarks today were nothing more than a clumsy attempt to distract from the disastrous policies of this Administration. At a time when Mainers are being crushed by rising costs and surging ...

The American people are hurting. Everything—from gas to groceries—is too damn expensive. Things are only getting worse because of Trump's war and disastrous trade policies. And all this Administr...

HOW IT STARTED: "On day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.” — Donald Trump, August 2024 HOW IT’S GOING: Inflation just hit a thr...

Let's be clear about how we got here: Trump started an illegal war with Iran, and Maine families are now paying over $4.50 a gallon because of it. That's an extra $1,500 a year out of the pockets o...

Late last night, Olivia Andre returned home to Maine. After six long months locked away in Dilley in violation of federal law, she is finally reunited with her family, friends, and a community th...

Thanks to @JoaquinCastrotx for bringing us down to Dilley to meet with our constituents being held there. We saw the conditions. We heard the lies. We listened to stories of fear, uncertainty, and...

When Trump first announced the ballroom last September, the estimated price tag was $200 million. By December, it was $400 million—every penny of which, Trump insisted, would come from “private don...

Senate Republicans just released their Homeland Security budget for the next reconciliation bill. Not only does it include more than $34 BILLION in additional funding for ICE and CPB; it also set...

I strongly urge the Center’s leadership to rethink this rash decision, honor their contractual commitments, and do right by these workers and their families. I stand in solidarity with the 35 @IAT...

Last week, the @EnergyCommerce committee held a hearing on my and @RepNewhouse's bipartisan, bicameral Food Date Labeling Act, which would make food expiration labels less confusing and standardize...

Sadly, these firings are part and parcel of a broader pattern of incompetence and poor decision-making exhibited by the Center’s leadership since Trump installed himself as Chairman more than a yea...