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

- Earl Blumenauer

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

- Earl Blumenauer

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

- Earl Blumenauer

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 conc…

- Earl Blumenauer

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, r…

- Earl Blumenauer

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

- 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 to coordinate qui…

- 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

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 Repu…

- Earl Blumenauer