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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

Topics: Balances Checks Checks And Balances Congress Constitution Elected Politically Say System Take Uncomfortable Unless Uphold Vow You

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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.

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Acceptable Hate Increasingly Inspire Message Persuade Send Words Work World

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There is an incredible renewable energy resource off both coasts of this country - wind and tidal energy that can power our economy, create good paying jobs and reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Both Country Create Economy Energy Gas Good Greenhouse Incredible Jobs Off Our Paying Pollution Power Reduce Renewable Renewable Energy Resource Wind

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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

Topics: Advantages Beyond Capitalize Economic Electric Energy Extend Good Maine Opportunities Position Predictable Rates Renewable Renewable Energy Steady Those

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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

Topics: Answering Away Because Brain Digging Emails Garden Great Great Value Knitting Letting Pages People Phone Process Some Soup Stuck Taking Talking Time Turning Up Value Vegetables Whatever You Your

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

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Community Day Goes Island Live Served Three Times

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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.

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Apply Bill Businesses Create Jobs Losing Our Pay Phone Revenue Unemployed

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

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Barney Congress Elected First Frank Members Met

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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.

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Amended American Clarify Clear Constitution Corporations Crazy Majority People Statement True

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In my home state of Maine, we've seen out-of-state groups with anonymous donors spend millions of dollars to campaign against issues that don't fit their agenda.

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Against Agenda Anonymous Campaign Dollars Donors Fit Groups Home Issues Maine Millions Millions Of Dollars Seen Spend State

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: April 2nd, 1955

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