Earl Blumenauer

I would hope that we would be--that there is a possibility of being open to a proposal that I have introduced that is supported by the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AAA, truckers, contractors, local government, a number of…

How does DEA justify taking scarce resources when we have 16,000 people dying from drug overdose?

How does the DEA justify working against the legalization of industrial hemp in this whole range of activities that you are tasked with protecting the American public?

We have decidedly mixed messages and we're not credible.

I think it underscores the abject failure of our current policy.

I hope that the warm signs from the administration are followed up to be able to give it the precision that it needs.

The bill would effectively put a national moratorium on most neonicotinoid applications until an array of studies...

We have been able to drop tobacco use without locking people up, without arresting.

Let me suggest that your inability to answer me whether tobacco or marijuana is more dangerous, again, is part of the problem.

We have been engaged in an experiment of over 40 years of prohibition of marijuana, which has failed spectacularly.

I don't want kids smoking marijuana; I agree with the chairman.

I think that your equivocation right there, being unable to answer something clearly and definitively, when there is unquestioned evidence to the contrary, is why young people don't believe the propaganda.

Whiskey was for drinking and water is for fighting.

We do not have a current revenue stream that is adequate for rail modernization. Simple. We had some additional money, again, in the Recovery Act. Although modest by international standards, it was a significant shot in the arm; but as you…

If we rely simply on current cash flow in the next fiscal year, we will see a 92 percent reduction in highway funding, and the transit budget will be zeroed out. And over the next 10 years, with the current revenue level, we will see a 30…

I sat on the floor and heard my colleague from Oregon (Mr. Walden) talk about a very attractive family from southern Oregon that is somehow going to now face a $12,000 deductible. I want to take a deep dive with Greg and find out what is…

This is entirely consistent with the intent of the Affordable Care Act, is to give them superior insurance without those problems.

Is that going to be possible anymore, that people will have limits and get thrown off, that people will be able to go back into the history and throw them off?

What we have done is we have stabilized the premiums, we no longer allow denial for any preexisting, and we are creating a more competitive market.

Haven't we seen a third to two-thirds of the individual market change in the course of a year for the typical patient?

So we can have a framework, but you are not going to be able to force doctors to stay or insurance companies to keep them.

If we would return to regular order, if we would have honest debate on this floor about getting more value for taxpayers, we could come forth with a farm bill at a fraction of what it costs now. It would be better for farmers and ranchers…

I strongly oppose this misguided attempt to cut almost $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. I do not believe that depriving between 4 and 6 million Americans, and 105,000 Oregonians, of access to food will change…

I find it entirely consistent with what has happened in this Committee.

There was one provision that would have eliminated it altogether.