Congresswoman Chellie Pingree

Organic Farmer 👩‍🌾 Maine islander 🌊 @AppropsDems Interior Ranking Member and member of @HouseAgDems.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Pete Hegseth is the worst Secretary of Defense this country has ever had. Today, he dismissed the effort to impeach him as a “political spectacle,” but Congress has a duty to hold this administration accountable.

The eight articles of impeachment were introduced by @RepThomasMassie, a member of his own party. They lay out the case for why Hegseth’s conduct amounts to high crimes and misdemeanors and why he should be removed from office.

Every single one of the impeachment articles is credible, well-founded, and rooted in facts. I will be voting in favor of impeachment.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

In case you missed it, yesterday, I introduced and read Articles of Impeachment against @SecWar Hegseth. Today, the House will take the first procedural vote on these articles.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

I’d always rather be in Maine, but after way too long of a “Hegseth Holiday,” I’m ready to get back to Washington and back to work.

We’ll have a HUGE Democratic majority in January. And we have a long to-do list.

Ending Trump’s illegal war in Iran. Reversing the cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Ending his reckless tariffs. Investigating this administration’s historic, rampant corruption.

But first, we need to pass a government funding bill. And we could vote as soon as this week to impeach Pete Hegseth for his stunning incompetence, disastrous handling of the war, and mistreatment of our servicemembers.

Let’s get it done!

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

A quick update from a rainy Maine greenhouse before I head back to Washington.

It remains to be seen how outgoing Republicans will handle their losses, but we have work to do, including passing a government funding bill by Dec. 10.

And fortunately, Dems don’t have to wait until January to get to work on holding this administration accountable. @RepThomasMassie will likely force a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth.

Busy week ahead. But feeling as hopeful and as motivated as ever!

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

So you agree? Presidents shouldn’t be able to destroy the White House?

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump on the White House: "If anyone ever decides to come and start knocking down walls, call me wherever I may be, and I will make sure it never happens, okay?"

(The East Wing could not be reached for comment)

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

MAHA moms helped elect Donald Trump. His administration has repeatedly betrayed the movement they helped build.

Backing Bayer at the Supreme Court.

Invoking the Defense Production Act to boost glyphosate production.

Failing to act on PFAS contamination.

The list goes on.

Democrats have long fought to address these very issues. And for the past two years, we’ve shown we’re ready to work with the MAHA coalition to turn shared priorities into real progress.

I hope last night’s sweeping results bring @SecKennedy to the table. Families deserve results.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Donald Trump’s priorities are completely out of whack. And Republicans in Congress have enabled him every step of the way.

The sun is setting on the Republican majority. And I’m taking that rainbow behind me as a sign of hope.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Who's gonna tell him?

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

JD Vance: "There is no person who hates the idea of people enriching themselves fraudulently over access to the government than Donald J Trump"

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

This morning, my Portland office received a suspicious letter consistent with those received by many other congressional and election offices in recent days. I am grateful to the Portland Police and Fire Departments and the FBI for responding quickly to the potential threat and helping keep my staff and others in the Marine Trade Center safe. U.S. Capitol Police has been notified.

We cannot accept threats and intimidation as a normal part of our politics. The people who work in congressional offices and administer our elections are public servants dedicated to helping their communities. They deserve to do that work without fear. Political disagreement is part of a healthy democracy. Threatening the people who keep it running is unacceptable.

My team and I will not be deterred from our work. We will continue showing up for the people of Maine.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Just last month, 348 members of Congress, myself included, voted to impose new sanctions on Russia. Trump just waived them with the stroke of a pen.

First his diesel “deal.” Now this. He keeps handing Putin economic lifelines and pumping billions into his war chest. (And don’t forget, Russia is actively aiding Iran.)

Republicans helped pass these sanctions. Will they grow a spine and do something about this betrayal?

Trump isn’t beating the Russian asset allegations anytime soon, that’s for damn sure.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

After years of this man’s insane ramblings, depravity, and one outrageous, illegal action after another, it’s rare that anything he does still shocks me.

But this is truly batshit.

Congress JUST passed these sanctions last month (with bipartisan support!) to stand with Ukraine and choke off funding for Putin’s war machine. Now Trump is “exempting” Russia from them.

He’s handing Putin an economic lifeline to cover for the energy crisis his own disastrous war in Iran helped create, betraying Ukraine and our European allies in the process.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Is the president actually a Russian asset? Because he sure as hell acts like one.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the US national interest.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

We know Trump admires Putin. We know his diesel “deal” puts money in Putin’s war chest. But this Reuters report takes his betrayal to a whole new level.

Reuters reports the order to restrict the satellite system Ukraine uses to defend itself against Russia CAME FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.

Trump is actively realigning American policy to side with Russia instead of our allies. It is a betrayal to Ukrainians, to Europe, and to Americans. Disrupting Ukrainian operations in favor of Putin puts blood on our hands.

Putin couldn’t ask for a better accomplice.

[Erin Banco @ErinBanco]

NEW: The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Republicans seeing today’s inflation news and being forced to confront the consequences of their blind support for Trump’s policies

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

I've been fighting for a food system that puts people and farmers first long before the "MAHA" movement.

But the moms and activists behind MAHA have helped bring these issues into the national spotlight, and that momentum is turning long-running fights into real bipartisan wins in Congress.

A few weeks ago, I joined @RepThomasMassie at @realorganicproj to talk about some of those fights (and wins!) and where we go from here.

We have to keep pushing, keep reaching across the aisle, and keep building on the issues that unite us.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Trump is using your tax dollars to run propaganda ads praising himself while his illegal war drives up the cost of gas and heating oil.

Corruption. Warmongering. Self-enrichment.

Republicans in Congress need to grow a spine, rein this president in, and do their jobs.

Enough already.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

The executive order to allow on farm processing didn’t happen, so next week @chelliepingree and I will be introducing legislation to allow sales of meat directly to consumers from small farmers who process a limited number of animals on their farms.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Thank you to @SteveCollinsSJ for this thoughtful (and very generous) column.

The stakes of this moment are much bigger than any one elected official. What matters is that we keep paying attention, speaking plainly, and turning justified frustration into action.

I’m grateful to the Mainers doing exactly that every day. I’ll keep doing my part, too.
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[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

"The greatest economy in the history of our country by far," he said literally 2 days ago.

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

JUST IN: A medicore September jobs report. The US economy added only 29,000 jobs in September (well below ~80k expected). On top of that, there were downward revisions: July was revised down to -10k and August to 133k.

Unemployment rate: 4.2% (up from 4.1% in August)

The biggest sore spot = wage growth of 3% in past year. That’s a new 5-year low and it’s wiped out entirely by ~3.4% inflation.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

Over and over again, we’ve seen
@DHSgov agents resort to deadly violence when conducting enforcement operations in our districts. And when we demand to see the body cam footage, they give us the same tired excuses.

NO MORE.

The fact that DHS has failed to outfit its officers with body cameras—despite having hundreds of billions of dollars at its disposal and more than a year to procure and deploy this equipment—is totally unacceptable.

There is simply NO reason that a federal agency with more money than most countries’ entire GDPs is not held to the same standards as local law enforcement.

We deserve the truth about why cameras weren’t deployed during these most recent shootings, including the one that took the life of my constituent, Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, in Biddeford, Maine on July 13.

@RepSylviaGarcia, @RepCasar, and my demands are simple: Every immigration enforcement officer must have a working body camera, must be properly trained on how to use it, and be held accountable when that camera isn’t used.

[Rep. Sylvia Garcia @RepSylviaGarcia]

Congress has provided more than enough funding for body-worn cameras. So where are they?

I, along with @RepCasar and Rep. @chelliepingree, sent a letter to DHS and ICE demanding answers about the lack of body cameras during recent ICE shootings.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE in my district, and our colleagues have faced serious ICE shootings in their own communities. In these cases and many others, body camera footage was not available to provide the transparency families and the public deserve.

DHS and ICE need to explain why agents in the field still are not consistently equipped with and using body cameras. Americans are tired of waiting.

[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @chelliepingree]

NEW: @SenJeffMerkley + I are leading an effort in both the House and the Senate to prevent ANY president from demolishing a presidential memorial like the Kennedy Center.

Our bipartisan Protecting Presidential Memorials Act establishes a simple safeguard: if Congress created the designation, only an act of Congress can authorize its demolition.

These monuments don’t belong to whoever’s sitting in the Oval Office. They belong to the American people.