WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today released the following statement: "Our nation was still in the throes of a global pandemic and just days removed from a violent insurrection when Joe Biden took office. In the months and years that have followed, President Biden rose to an extraordinary moment in America's history, not only leading us through an historic recovery from the pandemic, but dr  more