Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenaueris the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. He previously spent over 20 years as a public official in Portland, including serving on the Portland City Council from 1987 to 1996...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 August 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes an annual appropriation that we provide in accordance with a statutory formula, the vast majority of which goes directly to public radio and television stations.
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The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.
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Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle.
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If all of a sudden once it leaves here, people have the opportunity to change it contrary to the intent of the federal sponsors, contrary to the desires of local government, I think is a very troubling precedent,
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What would have happened if, last September, Hurricane Ivan had veered 40 miles to the west, devastating the city of New Orleans?
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less about reform of the ESA, or to protect species, and more about making it easier for the exploitation of the environment.
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put the investment into transit and bike paths, into walking and buses, and allowing people to live downtown as well as just work and shop there.
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The same way we were talking about the arts being part of the infrastructure,
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a little scared by how fast they're doing all this stuff because I don't think there's anybody in charge.
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Any community needs to plan to be able to realize their vision, ... Things that some people think are amenities ... are, in fact, part of the basic infrastructure.
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Areas which are magnets to our creative class, ... are in communities that would have been gone if the old way of thinking had taken place.