Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior and EPA
She becomes one of the House’s 12 cardinals who shape the federal funding priorities over their respective congressional fiefdoms.
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Maine s 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree during the 116th Congress in February 2019. U.S. House of Representatives staff
Rep. Chellie Pingree has been elected the new chair of the House appropriations subcommittee that holds the purse strings for a wide swath of federal environmental, land use, arts, and tribal affairs agencies and programs.
The position confers substantial power and influence to the Democrat, who has represented Maine’s 1st District for the past 12 years, especially as her party now controls the executive branch and both chambers of Congress. The Appropriations Committee chairwoman, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., announced Pingree’s appointment late Monday afternoon.