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...
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I said to Mr. Bowles, 'That would be like me saying to you that the only reason that you were an ardent supporter of fast track is because you're a very wealthy man with a very large stock portfolio and you're making money, tons of money, because of these trade policies,
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Unfortunately it was tied up into a Christmas tree package, and it was take it or leave it - and you can't leave troops out in the cold.
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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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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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We're using 1970s technology -- it's not very good at finding bombs,
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We're going to be tapping into Social Security trust fund for what you're asking for today, ... Let's have support for a modest security surcharge. How many people are going to turn down a ticket at $303 rather than $300? This is the same thing I've been hearing for 15 years.
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We are outsourcing all of the United States industrial base to China. That also has national security along with economic implications in the future.
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These people on this side of the aisle are in favor of states rights everyday of the week are standing up and saying, 'we're for state's rights, as long as we agree with the state' preempting the will of the people of Oregon. It's not the state of Oregon. It's the people of the state of Oregon twice by initiative and referendum who passed this law.
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The message I want to convey is that it is not too late to make meaningful changes in this program.
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The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.
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The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.
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The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
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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.
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It's the Grinch who stole Christmas, ... In a petty move, the Bush administration has banned minor activities such as Christmas tree harvesting and mushroom picking to express their opposition to a judge's ruling. The action is particularly ill-timed considering the short harvest season for mushrooms and Christmas trees. Precedent clearly shows that these kind of activities are not subject to administrative appeals. The Forest Service should rescind this punitive order and allow people who rely on these activities for their livelihood to pay the bills and put food on the table.