59 Quotes by Chellie Pingree

Access to quality, affordable health care is particularly important here in Maine, where many of us own small businesses or are self-employed.

Congress has proven beyond any doubt that it is not up to the task of policing the conduct of its own members. That's why we need strong, independent enforcement of the ethics rules by an outside commission.

It's mostly window dressing. I don't think this will pass the straight-face test.

Everyone agrees that it is good for members of Congress to get out in the world.

It's clear that Rep. DeLay saw the writing on the wall and expects to be implicated like his close aides.

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.

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.

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.

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.