Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Army Secretary John McHugh Responds to Blumenauer Letter on KBR Indemnification

Portion of Contract Granting KBR Immunity Remains Classified

Blumenauer: “I will fight to increase transparency and accountability in war contracts.”

Washington, DC – Secretary of the Army John McHugh today responded to a letter from Rep. Earl Blumenauer asking why military contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root – ...

Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Congressman Blumenauer Visits North Portland Small Businesses

This Tuesday, Congressman Blumenauer visited North Portland to meet with local small business leaders. He toured Moonstruck Chocolates and Weir’s Cyclery, and then had a discussion with local small business owners at Proper Eats Restaurant. Among the attendees were Moonstruck Chocolate Co. CEO Dan Hossley, attorney Roy Schmidt, owner of ...

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Congressman Blumenauer Meets with Local Distillers

Congressman Blumenauer last week met with several SE Portland small distillery business owners to discuss the unique challenges facing the industry (notably an excise tax that can force artisan distilleries like these to pay five to seven times more than small breweries) and took a tour of the New Deal ...

Thursday, 26 August 2010

Congressman Blumenauer Celebrates Wind Energy Development in Oregon

Congressman Blumenauer spoke to a crowd of wind energy enthusiasts at the Oregon Museuem of Science and Industry (OMSI) at a free educational event celebrating wind energy development in the Pacific Northwest. It featured a high-tech wind farm control center; wind tunnel tests and wild birds from the Gorge. Joining ...

Friday, 27 August 2010

A Clarification

While I appreciate Matt Bai's article in The New York Times focusing on my commitment to cut wasteful government spending, such as military and agricultural subsidies, I would like to point out one area where I take modest exception to how my comments have been interpreted in this ...

Friday, 30 July 2010

Step One to Hold Big Oil Accountable

The House is voting on legislation to address the horrible tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and prevent future incidents.

It’s more than unfortunate that it’s taken this and several other tragedies for us to finally make these common sense and overdue changes to the laws regulating oil and gas drilling.

For ...

Monday, 26 July 2010

Congress Must Seize the Moment

In this time of unique political challenge and stress, we have a special moment for progress.

Even though Washington, D.C., appears to be deeply polarized on even the most basic elements — even those that in the past have been relatively noncontroversial and bipartisan — there is nonetheless some cause for ...

Monday, 21 June 2010

To Address Demand for Oil, We Must Focus on Transportation

Last week, President Obama delivered his first speech from the Oval Office on the single greatest challenge our nation faces: how we supply and consume energy.

The searing images we’re seeing from the Gulf Coast -- of the families who lost loved ones, of people out of work ...