Earl Blumenauer Quotes

• 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 quietly but effectively.

  Earl Blumenauer

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  Tags in United States, Action

• We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.

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  Tags in American, Economic, Generations

• 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.

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• 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 our gay and lesbian citizens.

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  Tags in Marriages, Economics

• 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.

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  Tags in National, Flood, Insurance

• Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.

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  Topics in America

  Tags in Natural Disasters

• Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us opposed that action against Iraq.

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• 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 that several years go by without a flood does not change that probability.

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• Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting.

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  Tags in Politician

• At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.

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  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Republican, Representative, House

• Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.

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  Topics in Future

  Tags in Friend

• As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.

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  Tags in Diplomatic, Relations

• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes an annual appropriation that we provide in accordance with a statutory formula, the vast majority of which goes directly to public radio and television stations.

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  Tags in Public, Broadcasting, Corporation

• We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.

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  Tags in Ourselves, Military, Commitment

• While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran’s nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.

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  Tags in Countries, Serious, Negotiations

Earl Blumenauer (15)

Birth:	16th August, 1948
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Earl Blumenauer was born in Portland, Oregon. He is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He majored in political science and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark in 1970. He completed his education in 1976 when he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the school's Northwestern School of Law.

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