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Chellie Pingree's Public Statements on Issue: Agriculture and Food

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (ME) - District 1

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06/01/2020 Letter to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Senator Collins Calls for Direct Relief for Maine Potato Growers Amid COVID-19 Letter also offers recommendations to address supply chain backlog
06/01/2020 Letter to Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor, Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Reps. Fudge, Cleaver Lead Fellow Lawmakers Urging HHS, USDA & DOL to Provide Protections For Workers in Meat Processing Plants
05/29/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Maine Delegation Fights to Keep School and Community Meal Sites Open to Prevent Child Hunger
05/29/2020 Letter to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Maine Delegation Calls on USDA to Fix Shortcomings of Food Box Program, Support Maine Farmers and Low-Income Families
05/26/2020 Pingree Announces Coronavirus Assistance Available for Maine Farmers
05/22/2020 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, and Kevin Mc Carthy, House Minority Leader - Congressman Panetta Leads 72 Members in Calling on House Leadership to Protect Farmworkers
05/21/2020 Pingree: USDA's CFAP Program Creates Hurdles for Small Farms to Access $16B Congress Allocated for Farmer Relief
05/19/2020 Walorski Sponsors Legislation to Pilot Medically Tailored Meals
05/12/2020 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Amid National Meat Shortage, Congresswoman Pingree Urges House Leadership to Pass Bipartisan PRIME Act & Support Local Farms
05/07/2020 Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Kevin McCarthy - Pingree, Golden Urge at least $3.5B in Additional Relief for Fishermen
05/05/2020 Letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy - In Bipartisan Push, Pingree Joins House Lawmakers in Calling for $20B in Direct Aid for Seafood Industry
05/05/2020 Letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn - Pingree, Blumenauer, DeLauro, Schrier Lead 26 Members in Urging House Leadership to Allow Food Banks, SNAP Beneficiaries to Access Locally Farmed Food
05/01/2020 Kuster, Fortenberry, Pingree Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Small Farmers Access Federal Grants
04/27/2020 Pingree Announces $347k Forest Service Grant to Invest in Renewable Wood Energy
04/27/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Maine Delegation Urges Direct Relief for Aquaculture Farmers through USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
04/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Collins, Pingree Call on USDA to Boost Support for Maine Farmers Facing Severe Economic Harm Due to COVID-19
04/18/2020 Pingree Statement on USDA's COVID-19 Relief Program for Farmers
04/17/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Maine, NH Delegations Call on USDA to Boost Support for Dairy Farmers Facing Economic Crisis Due to COVID-19
04/16/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Klobuchar, Delgado, Torres Small, Colleagues Urge Administration to Establish "Rural COVID-19 Task Force" to Identify and Address Rural Issues During Pandemic
04/13/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - With Restaurants Shuttered Nationwide, Maine Delegation Pushes for USDA to Tap State's Potatoes for American Nutrition Needs During Pandemic
04/03/2020 Letter to Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce - King, Pingree, Golden Urge Department of Commerce to Aid Fisheries Quickly Through CARES Act Funding
04/02/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Pingree Leads 67 Bipartisan Members in Urging Perdue to Implement Provision to Ensure New COVID-19 Stimulus Funds Support Direct-to-Market Farmers
04/02/2020 Letter to Jovita Carranza , Admin. of the Small Business Administration - Stanton Calls on Small Business Administration to Extend Coronavirus Relief to Arizona Farmers
03/22/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Maine Delegation Pushes for Expanded Access to Meals for Low-Income Children During COVID-19 Pandemic
03/16/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives - In Letter, Pingree Urges Speaker Pelosi to Provide Emergency Disaster Payments, Loans to Farmers in Local, Regional Markets
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