Earl Blumenauer

The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome,…

— Earl Blumenauer

Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal…

— Earl Blumenauer

Whether it's in in livability, transportation, or the environment, Portland is always leading the country. We have more to do before we…

— Earl Blumenauer

Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations.…

— Earl Blumenauer

Marriages are under strain today in terms of economics. There are social cross-currents. We see failed marriages. But it is not under…

— Earl Blumenauer

A property in the 100-year floodplain has a 96 percent chance of being flooded in the next hundred years without global warming.…

— Earl Blumenauer

We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach,…

— Earl Blumenauer

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes an annual appropriation that we provide in accordance with a statutory formula, the vast majority of…

— Earl Blumenauer

Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror…

— Earl Blumenauer

Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and…

— Earl Blumenauer

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of…

— Earl Blumenauer

After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able…

— Earl Blumenauer

Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to…

— Earl Blumenauer

We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the…

— Earl Blumenauer

While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making…

— Earl Blumenauer

At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad…

— Earl Blumenauer

As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can…

— Earl Blumenauer