Chellie Pingree
Progressive
Democrat
House Representative
Maine - District 1
Current Position: US House Representative ME-1
Running For: House Representative - District 1
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against defunding Planned Parenthood
- Against privatizing Social Security
- For affordable childcare
- For higher taxes on wealthy individuals
Business & Labor
- For workers' right to form unions
- For paid sick and family leave
- For livable minimum wage
Health Care
- For Medicare for All single-payer healthcare system
- For allowing prescription drug imports from Canada
- For federal government negotiating Medicare prescription drug prices
Environment
- Against offshore oil drilling in coastal waters
- For transitioning to renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydropower
- For declaring a national climate emergency
- For Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal resolution
Civil Rights
- For protecting Roe v. Wade and abortion rights
- For net neutrality
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against granting presidents fast-track authority for trade agreements
- For public financing of congressional elections
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against the Iraq War
- For removing U.S. forces from Afghanistan
- Against deploying ground forces in Libya
- For removing U.S. troops from Syria
- Against providing military support to Israel
- For condemning Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide
- Against House resolution opposing Israel boycott movement (BDS)
Public Safety
- For common sense gun safety measures including assault weapons ban, high-capacity magazine ban, and universal background checks
- For banning bump stocks