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Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Moments
Silence
Way
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After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Iran
September
September 11
Taliban
United States
Aligned
Coordinate
Effectively
Interests
Overthrow
Quietly
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Marriages are under strain today in terms of economics. There are social cross-currents. We see failed marriages. But it is not under attack by our gay and lesbian citizens.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Citizens
Strain
Attack
Failed
Lesbian
Marriages
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The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Building
Community
Flood
Program
Requirements
Burdensome
Insurance
Participate
Voluntary
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Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Barbaric
Bipartisan
Colleagues
Fighting
Illegal
Practice
Mr
Speaker
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Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
America
Asia
Becoming
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Large Numbers
Latin
Natural
Numbers
Life People America
Mr
Disasters
Feature
Floods
Globe
Increasingly
Large
Natural Disasters
Speaker
Regular
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As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Debate
Diplomatic
Diplomatic Relations
Engagement
Imperfect
Isolation
Libya
Progress
Regimes
Allow
Pointed
Relations
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A property in the 100-year floodplain has a 96 percent chance of being flooded in the next hundred years without global warming. The fact that several years go by without a flood does not change that probability.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Doe
Flood
Global Warming
Next
Percent
Probability
Years
Hundred Years
Several
Warming
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes an annual appropriation that we provide in accordance with a statutory formula, the vast majority of which goes directly to public radio and television stations.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Appropriation
Broadcasting
Corporations
Majority
Public Radio
Radio
Stations
Accordance
Annual
Corporation
Directly
Vast
Provide
Statutory
Vast Majority
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We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
War
Accountability
Approach
Commitment
Losing
Military
New Approach
Occupation
Reconstruction
Responsibility
Scope
Won
Past Time
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Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Concerned
Congress
Israel
Loud
Messages
Terror
Want
Ally
Clear Message
Close Friend
Deeply
Floor
Send
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Whether it's in in livability, transportation, or the environment, Portland is always leading the country. We have more to do before we achieve our goals, but we should all be encouraged by our progress and this recognition.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Country
Goal
Progress
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We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
War
Cost
Dollars
Generations
Iraq
Lifetime
Afford
Borne
Passed
Third
Trillion
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Sad
Democracy
Disgrace
Establishment
Exercise
Frustrating
Given
House
House Of Representatives
Iraq
Representatives
American Soldiers
Bringing
Cause
Watch
Soldiers
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Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Balance
Elements
Gentleman
Local Community
Our Community
Planning
Pressure
Sophisticated
Developed
Interests
Local
Regulations
Result
Zoning
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Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us opposed that action against Iraq.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Action
Capacity
Difficult
Iran
Attack
Mr
Grown
Meet
Opposed
Speaker
Reasons
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While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.
Earl Blumenauer / U.s. Representative
Developing
Enrichment
Europe
European Union
Games
Iran
Missing
Nuclear
Program
Suspension
Largely
Negotiations
Union
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