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. — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
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… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Whether it's in in livability, transportation, or the environment, Portland is always leading the country. We have more to do before we achieve our… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Marriages are under strain today in terms of economics. There are social cross-currents. We see failed marriages. But it is not under attack by… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
A property in the 100-year floodplain has a 96 percent chance of being flooded in the next hundred years without global warming. The fact… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes an annual appropriation that we provide in accordance with a statutory formula, the vast majority of which goes… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
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… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
