Earl Blumenauer

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, listening on the floor of the House, there are arguments that are legitimate in terms of the shortcomings of this. It is not perfect, but I don't want the perfect to be the enemy of the…

The GDP growth for the first three years of the Biden Administration is 3.4 percent, outpacing the first three years of the prior administration.

We have almost three million jobs created last year. Unemployment is at a historic low, 3.5 percent.

Inflation, which we were deeply concerned about, is now down to between two and three percent, very close to the Fed's target rate.

The numbers show that this program is disproportionately skewed not toward small family farmers but toward the biggest agribusinesses.

Millionaires do not need taxpayers to help them afford crop insurance.

I think most people would agree that giving millionaires hundreds of thousands of dollars to heavily subsidize the cost of crop insurance is neither fair nor well-targeted.

I appreciate your time and courtesy in sharing this observation.

I introduced the Assisting Family Farmers Through Insurance Reform to make commonsense reform to the crop insurance program.

I am absolutely convinced that this horrific set of circumstances that we have been thrust into in Israel dealing with Gaza is--that we are at a pivotal point.

It puts American businesses at a competitive disadvantage while flooding American consumers with undoubtedly harmful products.

In the final analysis, we are talking about people, and there are areas, regardless of our differences, that we can come together.

I appreciate making it personal--I know that is not easy, but it helps give the committee a sense that there are human consequences.

I will vote for this legislation to stand with those advocating for human rights in Iran however I have concerns that the legislation could prohibit the President's ability to adjust sanctions as national security conditions warrant. I am…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon will be postponed. Amendment No. 28 Offered by Ms. Tlaib The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

We are at historic low record of unemployment, and for Black Americans, it is an all-time record.

There have, in fact, been more jobs created, 13 million additional jobs, compared to the miserable experience that we had under the four years of the previous President.

They say nullifying Commerce's rulemaking as provided for in H.J. Res. 39 would penalize companies acting in accordance with the law by imposing large, up to 254 percent, unanticipated retroactive duty liability for these stakeholders…

I was taken by my colleague from Virginia's point that there is not a single line in this budget that speaks to a specific cut that the Republicans have advanced.

I think there are opportunities to be able to deal meaningfully with the deficit in ways that can actually bring people together rather than divide them.

I think it is easier for us to deal with that than just going on simply piling on regulations on poor people.

We are forcing American consumers to pay the highest drug prices in the world, assuming that this filters out in terms of innovation.

This loophole is swallowing the exception in ways that are really detrimental to American business and the safety of American consumers.

I appreciate what you are talking about, being able to equip the IRS to meet the challenge.

Thank you for taking what is arguably the most thankless job in America.