Chellie Pingree Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Corporations serve an important purpose, but telling people how to vote isn't one of them.”

“Having started and owned two small businesses, I know what a challenge it is to keep up with the rising costs of your employees' healthcare premiums.”

“I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.”

“I live on an island, and my community is served by a ferry that goes three times a day.”

“One of the first members of Congress I met when I was first elected in 2008 was Barney Frank.”

“I love to come home and work on one of my other jobs. Just to remember that the floors gotta be mopped, and that everything isn't centered around what you fought about in Washington last week.”

“I think we've found a better solution on North Haven and Vinalhaven: Instead of paying increasing expensive electric bills every month, with the money going out of our community, out of state, and even out of the country, the wind turbines bring the promise of decades of steady rates with the money staying right here.”

“I work in a world of words - words that inspire, words that persuade and, increasingly, words that can send the message that it is acceptable to hate.”

“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.”

“The FCC can and indeed should do more to protect the Internet as the free and open environment people have come to expect and depend on - which is why we need to stand up to attacks on the FCC's authority.”