WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today welcomed news from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that urgently needed assistance for dairy producers is available with the new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP). The creation of ODMAP follows a push by Pingree, who wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in December 2022 urging the USDA to help U.S. organic dairy an more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, have introduced a bipartisan bill to expand a successful veteran career training program. The VET-TEC Authorization Act would permanently authorize the Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET-TEC) program that help veterans access high-technology jobs. The program provides tu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and more than 60 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), led by CPC Chair Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Deputy Chair Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Whip Greg Casar (D-Texas), are calling on President Biden to prepare to invoke his constitutional authority granted in the 14th Amendment to uphold the full faith and credit of the United St more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: After House Republicans unveiled their first batch of Appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, is calling attention to the devastating impacts their proposed budget cuts would have for Maine. Taking into account the bills put forward so far and  more PR