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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.

~Chellie Pingree

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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

Topics: Conversations Could Court Day First Government Happened Like Listen Mail More Never Obtaining Phone Private Read See Something Sounds Soviet Soviet Union Thought Union U.s. Government Warrant Without

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The need to do something about global warming is obvious. And it's also pretty clear that the public understands the need for change and is ready to embrace it. What is missing is political will in Congress to stand up to the powerful energy companies and their well-paid lobbyists.

~Chellie Pingree

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

~Chellie Pingree

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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.

~Chellie Pingree

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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

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

~Chellie Pingree

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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

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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

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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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: April 2nd, 1955

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