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 goals, but we should all be encouraged by our progress and this recognition. — 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 elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests. — 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
