Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
Peter Anthony DeFaziois the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserves, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon...
years oregon diversity
In recent years, breweries and brew pubs have flourished across the Nation. And, as the Representative from Oregon's fourth district, I have enjoyed seeing the diversity that craft brewery has fueled across the Nation.
responsibility home government
A timeline for bringing U.S. troops home that is negotiated with the Iraqi government would also boost the Iraqi government's legitimacy and claim to self-rule, and force the Iraqi government to take responsibility for itself and its citizens.
iraq september-11 hussein
It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.
size harvest illegal
Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight.
book oil would-be
About 75 percent of the crude oil marketed here is sold off the books, and they are doing trades that would be illegal if it was a regulated market, and of course they do not want to regulate it.
tired iraq majority
Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.
years oil america
Of the 55 refineries closed in America in the last 10 years, they were all closed for economic reasons, mostly oil company mergers. Not a single one was closed for environmental purposes or objections.
years oil increase
In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there.
country commitment home
Similarly, establishing a firm timeline for bringing our troops home could accelerate the development of Iraqi security forces and deepen their commitment to defending their own country and their own government.
years common conflict
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
iraq unity force
The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.
military iraq renounce
The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.
military believe mass-destruction
To the contrary, I believe the U.S. military has already done all that has been asked of them. Saddam Hussein is on trial. The threat from alleged weapons of mass destruction programs in Iraq has been neutralized.
along base economic industrial national security states united
We are outsourcing all of the United States industrial base to China. That also has national security along with economic implications in the future.