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Chellie Pingree Quotes

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Vegetables are called ‘specialty crops.’ Don’t ask me why  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) There’s great value to knitting or digging up your garden or chopping up vegetables for soup, because you’re taking some time away from turning the pages, answering your emails, talking to people on the phone, and you’re letting your brain process whatever is stuck up in there.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) One of the first members of Congress I met when I was first elected in 2008 was Barney Frank  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) I never thought I’d see the day when the U.S. government could listen in on phone conversations or read private mail without first obtaining a warrant from a court. That sounds more like something that happened in the Soviet Union.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) Maine people have a live-and-let-live philosophy, and tend to be fair and open-minded  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) Incredibly, oil and gas companies don’t have to pay certain environmental costs that amount to small change to them, while an offshore wind project start-up is faced with fees that could mean the difference between building a wind farm and packing up and going home.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) When I was in the Maine Senate and proposed Maine RX - a plan to lower prescription drug costs by forcing the pharmaceutical companies to negotiate - I was told by many people that it was too big an idea, and we couldn’t overcome opposition from the drug companies.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) I’m always amazed how many politicians have a very unlikely story, and when I talk to groups of students, I remind them that not everybody who gets into politics is a lawyer or went to school to study it. We all come to it for different reasons.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of ideas that makes this country great. At its worst, it generated death threats and acts of violence.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been one of my good friends in the House of Representatives. When she was brutally shot, Gabby was out doing what she loved to do - meeting with her constituents in a local setting, allowing people to speak to her directly about the issues that concerned them.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) Certainly, my advice is that communicating, lobbying, fundraising and engaging the public in policy and politics is far more exciting and inexpensive via the Internet. Old guard organizations like Common Cause had to evolve to embrace this new environment.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) Like many older D.C. organizations, Common Cause has had to come a long way both in its use of the Internet and its understanding of the great value of engaging people in a broader online dialogue.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) As president of Common Cause, I joined a coalition of groups ranging from the Christian Coalition to Consumers Union, and we went to Congress with over a million signatures asking that Net Neutrality be made law.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak out politically - to not be constrained by a non-partisan organization.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) In Maine, we are fortunate to have a Clean Elections system that allows legislators to turn down corporate special interest money. At the national level, Congress should follow Maine’s example by empowering the voices of small donors.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) When you’re elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn’t say, ‘Unless it’s politically uncomfortable.’  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) Renewable energy has economic advantages that extend beyond steady, predictable electric rates - and Maine is in a good position to capitalize on those opportunities.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) People’s mouse clicks decide what businesses, services, and content succeed. Users have equal access to tiny businesses with viral ideas and blue-chip companies, allowing these enterprises to compete on their own merits. It’s how so many small start-ups have been able to become Internet success stories.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a regulatory process so slanted in favor of Big Oil that often permit reviews are simply waived.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) A company’s best advantage should be a quality product offered at the right price. That fair competition is what drives innovation.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) The founding leaders of our country believed in a three-part sharing of governmental power, with each branch jealously watching the actions of the other two.  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) Access to quality, affordable health care is particularly important here in Maine, where many of us own small businesses or are self-employed  (Chellie Pingree Quotes) There’s great value to knitting or digging up your garden or chopping up vegetables for soup, because you’re taking some time away from turning the pages, answering your emails, talking to people on the phone, and you’re letting your brain process whatever is stuck up in there  (Chellie Pingree Quotes)