Pingree Rejoins Powerful Appropriations Committee as Top Democrat on Interior Subcommittee

On Wednesday, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree was again confirmed to serve as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. In addition, Pingree will rejoin the House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

"As we navigate a Republican-controlled Congress and another Trump presidency, I'm grateful to my Democratic colleagues for once again entrusting me to lead the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, which will no doubt be on the frontlines of Republican attacks on the climate progress we made under President Biden," said Pingree. "As ranking member of the subcommittee in the 119th Congress, I am committed to defending those gains, fighting back against attempts to further erode our ability to respond to and combat the climate crisis, and working with members from both parties to fully fund our trust responsibilities to Tribal Nations, preserve our national parks and monuments, and protect cultural agencies that support every state and district in the country."

As Chair of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee in the 117th Congress, Pingree wrote Appropriations bills for the 2022 and 2023 Fiscal Years that made unprecedented investments that reflect House Democrats' enduring commitment to environmental justice, renewable energy, health infrastructure on tribal lands, and the arts, among other notable investments.

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