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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
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Organic Farmer 👩🌾 Maine islander 🌊 @AppropsDems Interior Ranking Member and member of @HouseAgDems.
- Glyphosate is turning up in more and more places, including our forests and food supply. That should concern everyone. After troubling @MotherJones reporting on Forest Service spraying, @RepHuffman and I are demanding answers. Yesterday, I pressed @SecRollins directly: are we
00:00 - Get a load of this. Secretary Rollins just said “glyphosate is safe” … really? The cancer-causing chemical that Bayer has literally spent BILLIONS on fighting and settling lawsuits is “safe”? Thank you @RepMcGovern for holding her feet to the fire on this.
00:00 - I was a HELL YES.
BREAKING: The House just passed a War Powers Resolution to end Trump's illegal war. Both houses of Congress have now passed bipartisan resolutions demanding the war end. The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, power to declare war. Trump must end this war now. - They don’t call it “breaking bread” for no reason. Today’s Interior Appropriations markup lunch: Idaho potato French fries from @CongMikeSimpson and my very own homemade Maine wild blueberry pie (leave it to a Mainer to whip up 8 pies in one morning!). 🥧 Maybe… hopefully!…
00:00 - Checking in on the President, who doesn’t seem to be taking the news very well…throwing a little tantrum!
- Donald Trump tried to slap his name on the Kennedy Center like it was one of his tacky hotels, and today a federal judge made clear what we have been saying from the start: he had no legal authority to do it. The Kennedy Center belongs to the American people. Now and always.
00:00 - Trump and his vanity projects are completely out of control. This week, we learned he’s raiding NPS entrance fee revenue to help pay for his gilded, tacky vanity projects around DC. Meanwhile, parks like Acadia are facing real maintenance backlogs, which is exactly what that
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00:00 - Replying to @chelliepingreeICE has already spent millions expanding its digital surveillance arsenal. Now it is training agents to extract data from some of the most common devices Americans use every day. I have a hard time believing anyone would be comfortable with this gross violation of privacy. I'm
- Replying to @chelliepingreeThis is incredibly alarming, and exactly why I introduced the Stop ICE Intimidation Act, which would: ✅ Block funding for expanded ICE surveillance programs and staffing until Congress gets detailed answers about how ICE uses these tools. ✅ Require ICE to disclose what data
- Here’s a disturbing story that’s flown mostly under the radar: ICE just signed a contract to train agents to extract data from iPhones and MacBooks. The contract reportedly includes courses on Mac forensics, software to analyze Apple devices, and training on password recovery,
- Barney was one of the most brilliant, fearless, and impactful public servants of our time—and someone I was proud to call a friend. I’ll miss him dearly. My heart goes out to Jim, Barney’s family, his many friends and colleagues, and the countless people whose lives he touched.Date: May 21, 2026 Contact: Steve Adamske, [email protected], (202) 413-0183 This week we said goodbye to one of the most consequential leaders in modern American political life. Former Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 19, 2026. He was
