Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) railed against a recent decision from congressional Republicans in the House Committee on Appropriations that would cut the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Budget, and includes a 20 percent cut to Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) funding.
“Coming off the 13th consecutive month of record-shattering temperatures across the globe, House Republicans just passed an @Interior, @EPA, +related agencies funding bill that completely disregards the reality of a warming planet and ignores the need for us to do more, not less,” said Rep. Pingree on X.
The budget for fiscal year 2025 passed through the Republican-led committee, and represents a $72 million drop from the 2024 budget, in addition to being $4.4 billion less than what President Biden requested.
The budget also focuses on expanding U.S. energy and oil production, rolling back progressive environmental policies that would likely harm U.S. businesses, and opposing far-left Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Pingree responded to the bill by fearmongering about warm temperatures and citing unspecified “experts” as a reason to take drastic action to change the weather.
“Climate change is a clear and present danger and the experts agree that we must take bold action to avoid major, irreversible catastrophe. It seems like every year when we need to mark up this bill, there’s a new record broken for extreme heat,” said Pingree.
The new budget blocks numerous Democrat proposed regulations, such as bans on hunting or fishing on state land and some EPA regulations on vehicle emissions.
It also prohibits funds for revoking oil and natural gas drilling leases in Alaska, orders the resumption of oil drilling lease sales, and reinstates leases for some mining projects.
Committee Republicans also used the bill to prohibit any funding for DEI initiatives or COVID mask and vaccine mandates, and forbids national parks from being used to house illegal immigrants, programs which Democrats attempted to include in the budget.
The budget does all this while also providing additional funds to fight ongoing environmental problems, such as forest fires, rather than focusing on hypothetical future disasters.
The $38.4 billion budget was approved by the Appropriations Committee with a 29-25 vote.
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Well.has she cut fossil fuels from her life, drive an EV, stop flying, etc? Just another carpet bagger, like Angus, wannabe Mainers.
She might look into the Hunga Tonga volcano eruption. How can such such an ignorant fanatic have any political power?
The Chevron Ruling has gutted the EPA so why raise the funding?
You can easily tell when this carpet bagger politician is lying her lips move.
Dr. Richard Lindzen (Harvard/MIT) explains, clearly, the process of corruption is less that 5 min on Prager-U web site. Skewed temp data shows scorched earth and then the “Sales Promoter” ( politicians) sell it to the media & you. In other words, She is full of shit from top to bottom.
Pingree is blatantly lying to her constituents. She is fear mongering and making claims with no scientific data to support her lie. The general consensus among meteorologists is that the planet is going thru normal cycles and mankind is not affecting the climate. The sun is affecting the climate. If man was screwing with the sun then she may have a point.
Have you ever filed a bill under your own name? Do you still consider York county Maine as flyover country when you fly from Washington DC to your secluded island off Portland? Are you still backing Sleepy Joe even at the expense of our national security? Are you on the White House speed dial when they need someone to give excuses for the Biden/Harris failed policies? So many questions for our no-show Congresswoman. For us in York Co., this really is Taxation Without Representation!
WELL DONE SEAMUS!!
Time for Pingree to go . Let’s make sure her fellow moon bats can’t elect her again . Vote NO on Pingree !
She is more concerned about her investments in ” green “energy than saving the taxpayers money
It is constantly a pet peeve of mine to see all of the garbage hitched on to spending bills. Example the “Inflation Reduction Act” and many more. It always seems that a catchy title and a pork ladened body. Why not a plastic reduction and nationwide campaign to reduce a pollutant that is in everyone’s backyard?
When we Mainers fill up our vehicle gas tanks at the pump, 49.8 cents of that gallon goes to Federal, State AND Environment. So, I ask you this, why are our roads in such atrociously substandard condition? Where’s all that excessive tax money going? Why do we Mainers tolerate substandard roads and on another subject for another day, below grade education?
Chellie is the finest kind example for Term Limits that’s out there. She and her Democrat ilk get our tax funded salaries, all the fine first-in-line perks and those behind-close-door lobbyist cash-in-hand deals and promises. They’re flying everywhere on expensive jets, living in the best of Maine houses, eating at the finest restaurants while the rest of us damn struggle to keep it all together for our families…
Our only answer is fervently vote them out like there’s no tomorrow!
There is an issue in the State of Maine continually electing people like Chellie Pingree (Democrat) into office. People like her, Janet Mills and Angus King (to list a few) have completely snowballed the people of Maine, while making boatloads of $$$$ from their lying agenda that the sky is falling. While a resident of Maine I never voted for either of these individuals. Chellie Pingree like many of her Environmental colleagues in government do not practice what they preach. They are the Elite and do not have to live by the laws and rules that they try to impose on us all. As a for instance Jet Setter “Envromental Zar” John Kerry is one of the largest polluters, but he clearly states differently. Another Democrat that continues his Elite Status while the people suffer for his actions. I Guess it is good to be King!
When are the people of Southern Maine ever going to wake up and stop electing these criminals?
I recommend Rep. Pinhead become familiar with Professor David Dilley who is a real scientist and a real meteorologist to clear the clutter of the climate cultists: https://www.globalweatheroscillations.com/climate-cycles-education. Unfortunately, she won’t.
I’ve never voted for Pingree but have , unfortunately, been stuck with her because the southern Maine moon bats vote her in over and over again. I contacted her office to ask that she vote for the passage of HR8281 – the save act. I never heard anything from her office and she voted against it. By doing this, she has now made a statement to Mainer’s that she wants illegal aliens to be able to vote in Federal elections. I hope this keeps coming up on the campaign trail. Concerned Citizen has the correct idea regarding the town halls.
She is so dumb. The sun , along with all stars, expands and gets hotter as it grows.
Until you control that fact planet warming will not be stopped.
If she was so concerned about global warming she would be against all the solar farms being constructed all over the fertile farmlands in our once beautiful state! Not only do they heat up the atmosphere, they’re poisoning the lands they are sitting on! Pingree’s a pinhead.
If she and the rest are so concerned about CO2, maybe we should be planting more trees not clear cutting them for solar farms and wind turbines
She supports what they are doing to the lobstermen
Pingree is just another out of touch liberal. She’s either ignorant of the Chevron ruling by SCOUTS or she’s defying our system of Constitutional checks and balance! Please, please, please get her out of there!!!!