Cancel DHS's $16.7 million contract to purchase electric shock gloves, halt their acquisition and deployment, and ban the devices across immigration enforcement and detention operations.

Chellie Pingree · Maine · Democratic

policy impact 0.70 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

demanding the immediate cancellation of the Department of Homeland Security’s $16.7 million contract to equip Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with electric shock gloves... and a total ban on the devices across all immigration enforcement and detention operations

Pingree joined other House Democrats in demanding that DHS cancel the electric shock glove contract, stop acquiring or deploying the devices, and ban them in immigration enforcement and detention.

Reps. Garamendi, Ramirez Demand Cancellation of DHS’s $16.7 Million Contract to Purchase Electric Shock Gloves - John Garamendi
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Evidence

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Rep. Ramirez's office says 49 colleagues, including Chellie Pingree, demanded cancellation of DHS's $16.7 million G.L.O.V.E. contract, a halt to acquisition/deployment, and a total ban across immigration enforcement and detention operations; DHS was asked to answer by September 18, 2026.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Pingree took concrete oversight action by signing a House letter matching the commitment's requested remedy, but the requested DHS response deadline had not passed by the 2026-09-02 as-of date and no cancellation or ban is shown here.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Ramirez, 49 Lawmakers Demand an End to DHS’s $16.7 Million Contract to Purchase Electric Shock Gloves
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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SAM.gov notice for solicitation 70CMSW26RGLOVE identifies award number 70CMSW26C00000012, awarded August 26, 2026, for the G.L.O.V.E.; mirrored contract records report $16,700,640 obligated for Compliant Technologies LLC with performance through February 27, 2027.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The federal procurement record shows the contract was awarded and funded before Pingree's August 31 letter. As of the latest searched records through 2026-09-02, the award remains the operative status rather than canceled or banned.

unresolved same_term

SAM.gov: The G.L.O.V.E. Notice / Contract 70CMSW26C00000012
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

As of September 2, 2026, the DHS G.L.O.V.E. contract had been awarded and no evidence shows it was canceled, deployment halted, or the devices banned. Pingree did materially support an oversight demand on August 31, 2026 that matched the promised remedy, with a DHS response deadline still pending, so the outcome remains unresolved rather than delivered or failed.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%