Last week we learned of the first example of this when the Admin had $800,000 worth of food incinerated.
Not only was this food that was already paid for, but cost an extra $130,000 to destroy.
This is incredibly wasteful and cruel.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Maine District 1
Chellie Pingree
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Yes40%
No55%
Present1%
Not Voting5%
Party align98%
Cross-party1%
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Chellie Pingree
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During today’s Appropriations markup, @meng.house.gov introduced an amendment that would prevent the Administration from destroying lifesaving aid for people abroad—including food.
Republicans blocked it.
They’d literally rather *burn food* than help people in need.
Yesterday, Republicans passed a rider that blocks states from warning consumers about the health risks of cancer-causing pesticides.
There's a reason "MAHA" moms and organic farmers are angry about this. I sure am. And you should be, too.
Who exactly does this help? Oh right: chemical companies!
This reckless proposal ignores decades of science and undermines the EPA’s 2009 finding that CO2, methane and other greenhouse gases endanger public health by fueling extreme heat, storms, wildfires and disease.
As the top Democrat overseeing the EPA, I will do everything in my power to stop this.
The EPA’s "Endangerment Finding" is the legal backbone of America’s fight against climate change.
Repealing it would dismantle the EPA’s authority to limit climate pollution from cars, power plants, and oil and gas operations—and put millions of lives and livelihoods in danger.
Republicans want to spend $2 BILLION to convert Alcatraz back into a prison.
To put that in perspective, $2 billion is more than they allocated for all our national parks—combined!
For a party that loves to talk about “waste, fraud, and abuse” I gotta say: This is a dumb idea.
Like, really dumb.
So let me get this straight: Republicans are defunding the arts and humanities, but snuck in a provision to… rename the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump?
We should be focused on how we can support our local communities and economies, not the President’s pet vanity projects.
Illegal cuts and funding freezes.
Continuing Resolutions.
Rescissions packages.
The Appropriations Committee passes funding bills, only for our work to be undermined and disregarded by the Administration.
I just have one question for my Republican colleagues on this committee:
Why are we here?
Last week, Republicans passed their first “rescissions” package, cutting $9B in funding already approved by this very committee.
Now, OMB Director Vought, an architect of Project 2025, says the Admin wants more rescissions—and that the appropriations process needs to be "more partisan.”
Seriously?
Facts:
🖌️ The arts + culture sector contribute >$1 TRILLION to the economy each year.
📖 It employs 5 million people.
🎭 Every $1 in federal arts funding leverages $9 from state, local + private sources.
Democrats are fighting to protect the arts + culture—and the economic opportunity they create.
I plan to introduce an amendment to fully restore funding for both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The arts and humanities:
💼Create jobs
💵Drive the economy
🎓Improve academic outcomes
🇺🇸Strengthen our democracy
We must #StopTheCuts and #FundTheArts
The House Appropriations Committee meets Tuesday to finalize the FY26 spending bill for Interior, Environment + Related Agencies.
With Republicans in control, everything from clean air protections to national parks funding is at risk.
They're also aiding Trump's assault on the arts and humanities.
When students are denied the services they’re legally entitled to, parents turn to the OCR for help.
Trump’s illegal funding cuts are shrinking the Department and sabotaging the very office that's supposed to shield our most vulnerable students—including from the harms these cuts will cause.
As part of Trump's illegal push to dismantle the Department of Education, his Administration has gutted the Office for Civil Rights.
Firing half of OCR’s staff has triggered a collapse in civil rights case resolutions, from 1,300 a year to just 65.
This is incredibly alarming.
Watch Offerman’s piece.
Laugh.
But then remember why we have to save for our parks.
@democrats-appropriations.house.gov will be marking up Republicans’ Interior + Environment funding bill this week. As the top Dem on the Subcommittee, I will be fighting to protect these national treasures and the people who keep them running.
Trump’s cuts don’t make parks “more efficient.”
They mean fewer rangers, closed trails, crumbling infrastructure, and local economies left hanging.
Nick Offerman says it better (and funnier) than most: defunding our national parks is a disservice to the American people and to the land we all share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Wv...
As Ranking Member of @democrats-appropriations.house.gov Subcommittee that oversees the EPA, I will fight to hold Trump’s EPA accountable to its legal and moral obligation to protect Americans, not polluters.
Without independent EPA scientists, who will determine if chemicals are safe? The same industries that profit from them.
Without ORD, EPA stops being a protector of public health and becomes little more than a rubber stamp for industry.
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550 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-17 | S. 1582 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | H.R. 3633 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-17 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-16 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Motion to Reconsider | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-15 | H.R. 1717 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-15 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-07-15 | H. Res. 580 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | S. 1596 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | H.R. 1770 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-07-14 | H.R. 1709 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Accept Senate changes | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-03 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-07-02 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-07-02 | H. Res. 566 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-27 | H. Res. 516 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-26 | H.R. 275 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-26 | H.R. 875 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-06-25 | H. Res. 519 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 530 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 530 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 537 (119th) | Kill the motion | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 3422 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 3394 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 1998 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 2056 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 2056 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | S. 331 (119th) | Final passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 884 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 2096 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 481 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 488 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H.R. 2035 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-06-06 | H.R. 2966 (119th) | Final passage | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-04 | H.R. 2483 (119th) | Final passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.