Earl Blumenauer: “I appreciate your time and courtesy in sharing this observation.”

Substance, not arbitrary deadlines, should drive the outcomes at the ministerial.

But reauthorizing the programs without improving them is a missed opportunity.

Republicans used to believe in market forces. They were part of a bipartisan effort to reduce acid rain, which had a cap, which in the short term increased price, but drove innovation. We solved that problem for a fraction of the…

As I prepare to leave office at the end of this Congress, one of my greatest disappointments has been an inability to make progress dealing with our flood insurance system and the dangerous pattern of development and infrastructure. What…