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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

Topics: Clean Congress Corporate Donors Down Elections Empowering Example Follow Fortunate Interest Legislators Level Maine Money National Should Small Special Special Interest System Turn Voices

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

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Corporations How Important People Purpose Serve Telling Them Vote

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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.

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Access Believe Getting Internet Make Mobile More More And More More People Open Paying People Phone Reach Should Sure Users

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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.

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Attacks Authority Come Depend Environment Expect Free Indeed Internet More Need Open People Protect Should Stand Stand Up Up Which Why Fcc

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

~Chellie Pingree

Topics: Advantage Best Company Competition Drives Fair Innovation Offered Price Product Quality Right Should

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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

Topics: Able Access Allowing Become Been Businesses Clicks Companies Compete Content Decide Enterprises Equal How Ideas Internet Many Merits Mouse Own People Services Small Stories Succeed Success Tiny Users Viral

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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

Topics: Acts Best Care Country Death Debate Emotional Exchange Free Great Health Health Care Health Care Reform Ideas Intense Makes Reform Summer Threats Violence Worst

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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

Topics: About Allowing Been Brutally Concerned Constituents Directly Doing Friends Good Good Friends Her House House Of Representatives Issues Local Loved Meeting Out People Representatives Setting She Shot Speak Them

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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

Topics: Been Biased Big Deals Developers Favor Gas Generous Lease Long Often Oil Permit Process Regulatory Reviews Simply Subsidies Sweetheart System Too

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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

Topics: Amount Between Building Certain Change Companies Costs Could Difference Environmental Faced Farm Fees Gas Going Going Home Home Incredibly Mean Offshore Oil Packing Pay Project Small Start-Up Them Up While Wind

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: April 2nd, 1955

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