Chellie Pingree Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A company's best advantage should be a quality product offered at the right price. That fair competition is what drives innovation.”

“As more and more people reach the Internet by mobile phone, we should make sure users are getting the open access they believe they're paying for.”

“Net Neutrality - a guiding principle of the Internet since its beginning - means that content is all treated equally.”

“No one branch of the U.S. government should have supremacy over the other two.”

“Our businesses can't create jobs when they're losing revenue, and the unemployed can't apply for jobs when they can't pay their phone bill.”

“When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do.”

“With Net Neutrality, the level playing field that gave us Google, YouTube and eBay when they were start-ups would suddenly start to tilt in favor of the big, established players.”

“It's crazy that the Constitution has to be amended to clarify what for the majority of Americans is a clear and true statement: corporations are not people.”

“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.”

“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.”