Earl Blumenauer: “A rational government would be borrowing and investing using other peoples' money for free to make our system stronger.”

Either we continue to pursue things on a bilateral basis or take unilateral action when it comes to trade policies, or we invest in a system with other like-minded allies to address things like China's unfair trade practices.

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…

House Democrats have collectively shown an impenetrable commitment to the people of sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti.

This week we are having a public media summit in our Nation's Capital, with representatives from independent television stations from across the country. Thirteen years ago, the prospects were not particularly encouraging. We had just had…