Republican Ed Thelander apologized for referring to federal fisheries regulators as rapists and Rep. Chellie Pingree chastised him for dismissing her efforts to help.
Rep. Chellie Pingree
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Quick passage of electoral count reforms in doubt after House diverges from Senate plan
Maine’s Susan Collins led negotiations on the bipartisan Senate version of the bill, which aims prevent a potential repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection attempt.
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Maine delegation reacts to China’s latest moves
The lawmakers condemned China’s military exercises near Taiwan in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit this week.
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U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree tests positive for COVID-19
In a written statement Monday, Pingree said she is fully vaccinated and boosted and was experiencing mild symptoms.
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Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s power to combat climate change – but not Maine’s
The 6-3 decision Thursday will have few direct effects on Maine’s ambitious climate change efforts.
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Moldovan leaders ask Pingree and House delegation for help with refugees, defense
One of Europe’s poorest countries, parts of Moldova are within earshot of Russian shelling of Ukrainian port of Odessa.
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Rep. Pingree meets with Romanian leader on Ukrainian humanitarian crisis
The U.N. estimates that Romania has taken in about 543,000 of the nearly 4 million refugees who have fled the Russian invasion.
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Pingree, Collins, King describe wrenching scenes at Poland-Ukraine border
Rep. Pingree is in the midst of a weeklong congressional fact-finding trip to Eastern Europe, while Maine’s 2 senators returned Sunday from a weekend trip of their own.
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Funding package passed by Congress includes money for long list of Maine initiatives
The omnibus package includes hundreds of millions of dedicated funds for projects in Maine requested by members of the state’s congressional delegation.
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Ukrainian woman from Maine joins Rep. Pingree as virtual guest for State of the Union address
Acknowledging the escalating war in Ukraine, Rep. Chellie Pingree honored a Ukrainian-American woman from Old Orchard Beach as her virtual guest to Tuesday’s State of the Union address.