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Transcript: CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN PUBLIC FINANCING:CHELLIE PINGREE
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- Congressional Testimony
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- July 30, 2009
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Congressional Testimony
07-30-2009
Statement of Chellie Pingree Representative United States Committee on
House Administration July 30, 2009 Thank you Chairman Brady for the opportunity
to be here today. And thank you distinguished Committee Members for holding
this very important hearing today. I would be remiss to not also thank
Mr. Larson, whose leadership on this bill has been critical in its success
so far, and who I have had the pleasure of working with over the last several
months on H.R. 1826. I am a staunch supporter of this bill. I have seen
firsthand how public financing campaigns can work. In my home state of
Maine, we have a public financing system very similar to this plan that
has ...