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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives passed the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement, the first U.S. trade agreement to contain fully enforceable labor and environmental standards that Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) and other Ways and Means Committee members worked to include.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) voted against the Conference Report on H.R. 3222, the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Defense Appropriations bill, honoring a pledge he made in August not to support more war funding unless it is for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.

"Illegal logging threatens some of the world's richest and most vulnerable forests and costs the U.S. forest products industry over $1 billion every year in lost opportunities and lower prices," said Congressman Blumenauer.

Washington, DC – Today Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) issued the following statement in response to the failed override of the President’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which would provide 10 million low-income children with health insurance:

"I am honored that Chairman Oberstar and Congressman Duncan are cosponsors of this legislation. And I was privileged to work on the Water Resources Subcommittee for those 6 years that Congressman Duncan chaired it, and it was a valuable and productive time. It was an opportunity for me to learn about this critical area.

Washington, DC – Today Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) managed floor debate on the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 (HR 3648), which would eliminate the tax that families must pay when their houses are foreclosed on or the terms of their loans are renegotiated.

Washington, DC – Today Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) voted in favor of a plan that would reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and give 10 million low-income children health care coverage.