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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for 2024-04-26 ( 2 items )  
Pingree Applauds New School Meal Standards to Strengthen Child Nutrition and Support Local Food Purchasing in Maine (10)
WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a member of the House Agriculture Committee and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, applauded new action by the Biden-Harris Administration to promote the health of America's children through school meals. Notably, the new standards allow schools to require fresh foods to be locally grown, raised, or caught when making purchases for school meals more PR

Pingree Recognized for Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Efforts, Accepts ILAP's Policy Leader Award (10)
WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Tonight, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) accepted the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project's (ILAP) 2023 Policy Leader award in recognition of her work and leadership in Congress to speed up asylum seeker work authorizations. Pingree accepted the award at an event in Portland on Wednesday night, where she dedicated the award to her Portland-based constituent services team. "I'm incredibly honored to  more PR