All Peter DeFazio Quotes
- 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… Accelerate
- The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated. Accelerate
- 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… Act
- The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force. Cannot Impose
- There is no free market in oil. Free
- There is a lot of lip service paid in this Congress and downtown at the White House about family values and small business. Who better… Better
- The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. Any
- 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… All
- The crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated. America
- But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the… All
- Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war. Army
- Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not… Brutal
- In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there. Crude
- In addition to a timeline, I have proposed that U.S. troops be removed from front line combat positions in Iraqi cities and towns, turning over… Action
- 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… Across
- 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,… Boost
- It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq. Al
- Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas. Borrowing
- 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… Book
- Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq. Foreign
- 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… All
- I don't think there is anything this Congress could do more definitively to put people back to work, to stimulate our economy to increase our… Both
- Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight. Been
- Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security.… Assertion
- First off, the crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated. America