Earl Blumenauer

I appreciate the opportunity to make one point. The extent to which this is a partisan bill is a result of selective memory and a willful refusal on the part of my Republican colleagues to work with us. This legislation is replete with…

It has been heart-wrenching hearing the stories on the floor today. America is not unique with gun violence. What is unique is that America has accepted the slaughter. Unlike Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway, after…

The Federal Government should not interfere with these programs and the will of the voters in each of these states.

As states, territories, and tribes take action to address the failed and discriminatory War on Drugs, Congress has a responsibility to heed the public's call for these reforms through the annual appropriation process.

The American people have been demanding a change to our outdated cannabis laws for years.

It is time to finish the job that we started. We don't want any ruthless, free-market ideology getting in the way of these hardworking, innovative people who have put their lives and careers on the line investing everything, hoping that…

I am pleased to support this important legislation to bolster the United States Postal Service. As we all saw in the last few years, the postal service is vital to our communities and I'm glad that it is getting the attention that it…

We must also work with the Corps to ensure the agency is taking full advantage of existing programs, authorities, and operations to leverage natural systems and prioritize resilience in the face of increasingly frequent and severe climate…

The Tribes and their citizens have never been fully compensated for these losses.

The construction of The Dalles, Bonneville, and other lower Columbia River dams beginning in the 1930s inundated and destroyed villages where Columbia River Tribes lived.

It is also an opportunity to continue to modernize the Army Corps of Engineers and ensure equity and justice are centered in the Corps' mission.

This bill will help many states and localities, including Oregon, move critical projects forward.

I deeply appreciate the opportunity to share my perceptions and requests with the subcommittee.

WRDA is an opportunity to reauthorize new projects and to continue to modernize the Corps of Engineers, ensuring equity and justice are centered in the Corps' mission.

That is the future you are all going to be experiencing. It is not just losing an acre an hour in Louisiana, it is baking in the Pacific Northwest, where people didn't even think they needed air-conditioning. We have an opportunity to make…

Small businesses in my community and across the country have been saved because of the work that you and this Committee have done.

I am testifying before you today about the urgent need to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund to allow all eligible applicants to receive relief.

I created the Small Business Administration's Restaurant Revitalization Fund.

As primary author of the RESTAURANTS Act, we generated legislation to deal with the fact that the PPP... was ill-suited for restaurants.

But you know well that the work is far from over.

Earlier this year, Congress sprung into action to deal with the part of the economy that was hit perhaps hardest than any: the hospitality industry. Independent restaurants suffered massive job losses. Congress responded with the…

Transportation is the largest source of carbon emissions of any sector, giving this Committee significant influence to tackle the climate crisis.

This investment alongside a long-term surface transportation reauthorization bill is a necessary step to building back from the recession and ushering in a more prosperous, clean, and just future.

It is the most consequential vision to rebuild and renew America in more than two centuries.

I was so pleased to see President Biden's American Jobs Plan call for a historic $2.3 trillion investment in upgrading our infrastructure.