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title: "4 Cause Quotes By Chellie Pingree"
description: "4 Cause quotes by Chellie Pingree. Plus more from Chellie Pingree and more Cause sayings from other authors."
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/certainly-my-advice-is-that-communicating-lobbying-fundraising-and/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/chellie-pingree-15233_advice_certainly-my-advice-is-that-communicatin_343889.jpg)

> [One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/one-of-the-reasons-i-wanted-to-leave-my-position-at-common-cause-and/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/chellie-pingree-15233_cause_one-of-the-reasons-i-wanted-to-leave-my_630344.jpg)

> [Like many older D.C. organizations, Common Cause has had to come a long way both in its use of the Internet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/like-many-older-d-c-organizations-common-cause-has-had-to-come-a-long/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/chellie-pingree-15233_both_like-many-older-d-c-organizations-common_909995.jpg)

> [As president of Common Cause, I joined a coalition of groups ranging from the Christian Coalition to Consumers Union, and we went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/as-president-of-common-cause-i-joined-a-coalition-of-groups-ranging/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

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## Other authors on Cause

## More by Chellie Pingree

> [Having started and owned two small businesses, I know what a challenge it is to keep up with the rising costs of your employees'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/having-started-and-owned-two-small-businesses-i-know-what-a-challenge/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [In Maine, we are fortunate to have a Clean Elections system that allows legislators to turn down corporate special interest money. At the national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/in-maine-we-are-fortunate-to-have-a-clean-elections-system-that/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/our-businesses-can-t-create-jobs-when-they-re-losing-revenue-and-the/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/as-more-and-more-people-reach-the-internet-by-mobile-phone-we-should/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [I love to come home and work on one of my other jobs. Just to remember that the floors gotta be mopped, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-love-to-come-home-and-work-on-one-of-my-other-jobs-just-to-remember/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [The founding leaders of our country believed in a three-part sharing of governmental power, with each branch jealously watching the actions of the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/the-founding-leaders-of-our-country-believed-in-a-three-part-sharing/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a regulatory process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/for-too-long-the-system-has-been-biased-in-favor-of-oil-and-gas/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-think-we-ve-found-a-better-solution-on-north-haven-and-vinalhaven/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/during-the-summer-of-2009-the-debate-on-health-care-reform-was/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [Certainly, my advice is that communicating, lobbying, fundraising and engaging the public in policy and politics is far more exciting and inexpensive via the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/certainly-my-advice-is-that-communicating-lobbying-fundraising-and/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/one-of-the-reasons-i-wanted-to-leave-my-position-at-common-cause-and/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [A good place to start a more civil dialog would be for my Republican colleagues in the House to change the name of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/a-good-place-to-start-a-more-civil-dialog-would-be-for-my-republican/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/like-many-older-d-c-organizations-common-cause-has-had-to-come-a-long/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-never-thought-i-d-see-the-day-when-the-u-s-government-could-listen/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

> [One of the first members of Congress I met when I was first elected in 2008 was Barney Frank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/one-of-the-first-members-of-congress-i-met-when-i-was-first-elected/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

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