Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
Peter Anthony DeFaziois the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force Reserves, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon...
commodity crude oil unlike virtually
First off, the crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated.
meaningful oil want
But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful.
oil america commodity
The crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated.
oil free-market
There is no free market in oil.
years oil increase
In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there.
years oil america
Of the 55 refineries closed in America in the last 10 years, they were all closed for economic reasons, mostly oil company mergers. Not a single one was closed for environmental purposes or objections.
book oil would-be
About 75 percent of the crude oil marketed here is sold off the books, and they are doing trades that would be illegal if it was a regulated market, and of course they do not want to regulate it.
authority given
It would have given him authority to do anything he wanted, anytime, anywhere.
ahead easily prevent
easily concealed, easily smuggled, very inexpensive. And we've got to get ahead of this. We've got to do what we can to prevent their acquisition and usage.
finding good technology using
We're using 1970s technology -- it's not very good at finding bombs,
cancel dollars mission pay president trillion
I would just cancel the mission to Mars, ... I don't think we should pay a trillion dollars to go to Mars, as the president is proposing.
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I won't be flying out of Sioux Falls, ... Before 9-11, screeners had trouble in tests detecting fully assembled large caliber handguns and today that's not a problem.
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Given the large size of the illegal harvest, the relatively clear boundary (a steep ridgeline and road) ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight,
bring private provide
If they (airports) want to bring in the private vendors, I think they need to provide their own insurance,