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 Copy Share Image
Having started and owned two small businesses, I know what a challenge it is to keep up with the rising costs of your employees'… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
In Maine, we are fortunate to have a Clean Elections system that allows legislators to turn down corporate special interest money. At the national… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
I love to come home and work on one of my other jobs. Just to remember that the floors gotta be mopped, and that… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
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… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a regulatory process… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
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… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
Certainly, my advice is that communicating, lobbying, fundraising and engaging the public in policy and politics is far more exciting and inexpensive via the… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
A good place to start a more civil dialog would be for my Republican colleagues in the House to change the name of the… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
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… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
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… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
One of the first members of Congress I met when I was first elected in 2008 was Barney Frank. — Chellie Pingree Copy Share
