Congresswoman Chellie Pingree 🇺🇸🇺🇦

🚨 FARM BILL POWER GRAB The 2026 Farm Bill quietly slipped in three sections that could shield pesticide companies from lawsuits, block states from regulating chemicals, and weaken water protections nationwide. Rep. Chellie Pingree just introduced an amendment to delete them entirely. Here’s the plain-English breakdown everyone should understand 👇 1. Lawsuit Shield for Pesticide Companies (Section 10205) If this stays in the bill, chemical companies could avoid liability even if new evidence shows their product causes cancer or neurological damage. As long as the pesticide followed the label approved under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), victims may lose the ability to sue. Why this matters: Bayer has already paid about $11 billion to settle lawsuits over the herbicide Glyphosate linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. More than 165,000 claims have been filed against Bayer tied to the product Roundup herbicide. If Section 10205 passes, future cases like those could be blocked. Pingree’s amendment removes that shield. 2. States Lose Power Over Pesticide Rules (Section 10206) Right now states and local governments can create stricter pesticide protections than the federal government. That includes things like bans on spraying near schools or buffer zones around homes and waterways. Section 10206 would override those rules nationwide. That reverses precedent set by the Supreme Court case Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier, which affirmed that local governments can regulate pesticides. Seven states currently allow local pesticide control. Those protections could disappear overnight. 3. Weakened Water & Wildlife Protections (Section 10207) This provision would exempt pesticides from additional review under major environmental laws including the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. In practice that means pesticides approved by EPA could enter rivers, streams, and habitats without additional permits or environmental review. Government monitoring has already detected pesticide residues in most U.S. waterways, raising concerns about runoff impacts on fish, wildlife, and drinking water. Why This Fight Is Exploding Critics argue the provisions protect chemical manufacturers, override state authority, and weaken environmental oversight. Supporters claim the sections reduce litigation risk, simplify national pesticide regulation, and protect agricultural production. Pingree’s amendment simply removes the three sections entirely, restoring the existing regulatory framework. What Happens Next The bill is still in markup inside the House Agriculture Committee. That means these provisions can still be removed before the Farm Bill moves forward. This fight will determine who controls pesticide rules in America — communities or chemical companies. Key Takeaways The Farm Bill includes three provisions that could shield pesticide companies from lawsuits. They could also strip states and towns of authority to regulate pesticide use locally. Environmental protections tied to waterways and wildlife could be weakened. The Pingree amendment would remove those provisions entirely and restore current law. @amtoxicology @chelliepingree

🚨 PESTICIDE IMMUNITY ⚠️FARM BILL MARKUP The Farm Bill Markup begins this evening - and is expected to go on for a day or more! @chelliepingree is offering an amendment to strike Section 10205 - the pesticide immunity provision! ⚠️ We have 24hrs to tell the members of the House Ag Committee to support it! You can help by sharing this post and tagging the Ag committee members listed below. The amendment also strikes: ❌Section 10206 which strips states of their right to regulate pesticides within their own states and localities. ❌Section 10207 allows pesticides to override protections for clean water. Impacting state water quality and health. 📣Ask members to support the amendment to remove sections 10205-10206-10207 @CongressmanGT @RepBarryMoore @RepKatCammack @RepDaveTaylor @RepMarkHarrisNC @RepMessmer @Rob4PA @RepTonyWied @RepNewhouse @derrickvanorden @NunnForCongress @monica4congress @RepRonnyJackson @RepJohnRose @RepFinstad @RepMaryMiller @RepFeenstra @RepMann @RepDustyJohnson @RepresMikeBost @RepDonBacon @RepTrentKelly @RepDavidRouzer @RepLaMalfa @DesJarlaisTN04- @RepRickCrawford @AustinScottGA08 @RepFrankLucass @RepJimBaird

If Republicans and the Trump Admin really want to “Make America Health Again” — they need to get real about supporting programs that help Americans get healthy food (like GusNIP) and stop just paying lip service to the #MAHA movement. Because the reality is, ultraprocessed food is cheap. And when food insecure families get just $6 a day in SNAP benefits, they’re going to pick the cheap, ultraprocessed food over healthy fruits and vegetables. This Farm Bill *could* be the vehicle we need to make real MAHA gains and say food IS medicine.

This is leadership! Prioritize our health over partisan politics. Thank you @chelliepingree and @RepThomasMassie - who else is going to step up and defend our right to sue when we get sick from glyphosate exposure?

HELL YES to this bi-partisan effort to stop @Bayer from getting immunity. They are poisoning our children and want to get away with it. This is what it is going to take. Thank you @RepThomasMassie @chelliepingree

Proud to co-lead this effort with @RepThomasMassie. The Trump Admin. cannot keep paying lip service to #MAHA while propping up Big Chemical like this and choosing corporate profits over Americans’ health. ENOUGH.

This is what the country needs more than ever! Politicians working together to save our children and the next generation. Thank you @chelliepingree for standing up to the Chemical giants. #MAHA #FoodBabeArmy

Removal of Section 453, immunity for pesticides, was a victory that might be temporary. Friday SCOTUS will decide whether to hear the Roundup (glyphosate) cancer case. Why has @AGPamBondi‘s Solicitor General sided w/ German co. Bayer which sells Roundup? bayer.com/media/en-us/ba…

The President said the US will “run” Venezuela and take over its oil assets. He also threatened Cuba, Iran, and others. That tells you everything about this Administration’s priorities. There’s always money for war, regime change, and rebuilding another country’s oil industry, but somehow no money to help Americans afford health care, housing, or food. What happened to “America First”?

Asked point-blank if he’ll bring ACA extensions to the floor, Speaker Johnson bolted. We know the answer already. He won’t. Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down.

A “deal” that lets ACA credits expire fails the millions of families counting on us to keep their health care affordable. Republicans have spent years trying to dismantle the ACA, and pretending Mike Johnson will allow a vote on a clean ACA bill in the House is a fantasy. I will be a no on this “deal”

He really did it. The entire East Wing is GONE. Where is Republicans’ outrage? Are they really okay with this? Would they have stood by quietly if Joe Biden or Barack Obama bulldozed part of the White House?

.@chelliepingree and I reintroduced the PRIME Act today (HR 4700). The bill would give individual states freedom to permit intrastate distribution of custom-slaughtered meat such as beef, pork, or lamb to consumers, restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, and grocery stores.

I’ll be joining @MSignorile on @SiriusXMProg at 5:30 EST to talk about what’s happening on Capitol Hill, the looming debt-ceiling battle, and some of the questions (and frustrations) I heard from constituents during last night’s Telephone Town Hall. Tune in if you can!

The President's political purges at the FBI and DOJ should alarm everyone. He might claim this is about making these departments more efficient. But we all know what it’s really about: revenge and retribution. Two lawsuits have already been filed challenging the President's extreme actions. thehill.com/homenews/admin…

I know the past few weeks have been exhausting, and there is a long road ahead. We’ll use the tools we have in Congress. We’ll stand up + push back. We’ll use our voices. And if the American people use theirs, too, we will be able to hold the Administration accountable. (14/14)

Because the more informed people are about this Administration’s unhinged actions, the more engaged—and enraged—they become. And it’s that engagement and outrage that makes *our* words and actions so much more powerful. Your voices really do matter. Keep using them! (13/14)

Amid the flurry of extreme actions taken by the Administration, there’s one question I keep hearing: “What are you going to *do* about it?” It’s a fair point—especially when the President has thus far avoided any real accountability. I’ll do my best to address it. (1/14)