Earl Blumenauer actually said...

"Rather than having an ongoing debate to minimize to try and get in the way of health care reform, we should be accelerating it."

"I hope that we stop defending east Germany from western Russia."

"We all agree that we want the United States to have unparalleled military might and the ability to protect and defend this country, but I think most of us would agree that we are spending too much for..."

"The complexity that some people want is just going to add costs and water down the ability to deliver overall high quality service."