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# Chellie Pingree

(1955)   Politician   United States

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Chellie Pingree is a politician from the United States, best known for *Maine Island Classics*.

## Quick Facts About Chellie Pingree

Born April 2, 1955

Nationality United States

Profession Politician

Notable works Maine Island Classics

Spouse Donald Sussman

## About Chellie Pingree

Chellie Marie Pingree is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maine's 1st congressional district since 2009. Her district includes most of the southern part of the state, centered around the Portland area.

## Awards & Honors

Maine Women's Hall of Fame

##  Quotes by Chellie Pingree

> [When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/when-i-stood-up-to-oppose-an-invasion-of-iraq-in-2002-it-wasn-t-a/)

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[Invasion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/invasion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/817/chellie-pingree-15233_invasion_when-i-stood-up-to-oppose-an-invasion-of_2970943.jpg)

> [Corporations serve an important purpose, but telling people how to vote isn't one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/corporations-serve-an-important-purpose-but-telling-people-how-to/)

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[Corporations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corporations/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/chellie-pingree-15233_corporations_corporations-serve-an-important-purpose_2830435.jpg)

> [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/)

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[Barney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/chellie-pingree-15233_barney_one-of-the-first-members-of-congress-i-m_1178487.jpg)

> [I am an excellent eviscerator of chickens… a helpful skill in Congress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-am-an-excellent-eviscerator-of-chickens-a-helpful-skill-in-congress/)

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[Chickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chickens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/chellie-pingree-15233_chickens_i-am-an-excellent-eviscerator-of-chicken_1874326.jpg)

> [Maine people have a live-and-let-live philosophy, and tend to be fair and open-minded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/maine-people-have-a-live-and-let-live-philosophy-and-tend-to-be-fair/)

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[Fair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fair/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/chellie-pingree-15233_fair_maine-people-have-a-live-and-let-live-ph_1430500.jpg)

> [No one branch of the U.S. government should have supremacy over the other two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/no-one-branch-of-the-u-s-government-should-have-supremacy-over-the/)

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[Branch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/branch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/chellie-pingree-15233_branch_no-one-branch-of-the-u-s-government-shou_2512898.jpg)

> [Vegetables are called 'specialty crops.' Don't ask me why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/vegetables-are-called-specialty-crops-don-t-ask-me-why/)

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

[Ask me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask-me/)

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> [I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-am-especially-proud-of-taking-on-issues-most-central-to-the-health/)

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[Am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am/)

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

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/chellie-pingree-15233_communication_i-never-thought-i-d-see-the-day-when-the_960937.jpg)

> [There is an incredible renewable energy resource off both coasts of this country - wind and tidal energy that can power our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/there-is-an-incredible-renewable-energy-resource-off-both-coasts-of/)

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[Both](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/both/)

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

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[Both](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/both/)

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

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[Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/for-too-long-the-system-has-been-biased-in-favor-of-oil-and-gas/)

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[Been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/been/)

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

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[Apply](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apply/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/in-my-home-state-of-maine-we-ve-seen-out-of-state-groups-with/)

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[Against](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/against/)

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> [Net Neutrality - a guiding principle of the Internet since its beginning - means that content is all treated equally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/net-neutrality-a-guiding-principle-of-the-internet-since-its/)

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[Beginning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beginning/)

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> [When I was in the Maine Senate and proposed Maine RX - a plan to lower prescription drug costs by forcing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/when-i-was-in-the-maine-senate-and-proposed-maine-rx-a-plan-to-lower/)

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[Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/chellie-pingree-15233_big_when-i-was-in-the-maine-senate-and-propo_1801094.jpg)

> [I'm always amazed how many politicians have a very unlikely story, and when I talk to groups of students, I remind them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-m-always-amazed-how-many-politicians-have-a-very-unlikely-story-and/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/congresswoman-gabrielle-giffords-has-been-one-of-my-good-friends-in/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/in-maine-we-are-fortunate-to-have-a-clean-elections-system-that/)

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[Clean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/the-need-to-do-something-about-global-warming-is-obvious-and-it-s/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/people-s-mouse-clicks-decide-what-businesses-services-and-content/)

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[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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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/)

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[Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/)

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

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

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[Acts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acts/)

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

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[Bills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bills/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/chellie-pingree-15233_bills_a-good-place-to-start-a-more-civil-dialo_650396.jpg)

> [I live on an island, and my community is served by a ferry that goes three times a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-live-on-an-island-and-my-community-is-served-by-a-ferry-that-goes/)

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[Community](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/community/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/chellie-pingree-15233_community_i-live-on-an-island-and-my-community-is_2489374.jpg)

> [We need to make Net Neutrality the law. We need to elect a Congress that will make it a priority to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/we-need-to-make-net-neutrality-the-law-we-need-to-elect-a-congress/)

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[Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/when-you-re-elected-to-congress-you-take-a-vow-to-uphold-the/)

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[Balances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balances/)

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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-love-to-come-home-and-work-on-one-of-my-other-jobs-just-to-remember/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/with-net-neutrality-the-level-playing-field-that-gave-us-google/)

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[Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/)

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

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/a-company-s-best-advantage-should-be-a-quality-product-offered-at-the/)

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[Advantage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/it-s-crazy-that-the-constitution-has-to-be-amended-to-clarify-what/)

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[Amended](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amended/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/i-work-in-a-world-of-words-words-that-inspire-words-that-persuade-and/)

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[Acceptable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptable/)

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> [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/)

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[Asking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/the-fcc-can-and-indeed-should-do-more-to-protect-the-internet-as-the/)

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[Attacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attacks/)

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> [Access to quality, affordable health care is particularly important here in Maine, where many of us own small businesses or are self-employed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/access-to-quality-affordable-health-care-is-particularly-important/)

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[Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/renewable-energy-has-economic-advantages-that-extend-beyond-steady/)

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[Advantages](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantages/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/one-of-the-reasons-i-wanted-to-leave-my-position-at-common-cause-and/)

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[Cause](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cause/)

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

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[Actions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actions/)

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## Chellie Pingree by topic

[People (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/chellie-pingree/)

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