Blumenauer: 'No Child Left Behind' Changes a "Terrible Mistake" 19 Jul 2013 | 09:22 pm

A few weeks ago, Republicans in the House forced through a partisan farm bill that managed to unite environmentalists, farm groups, and taxpayer advocates in unanimous opposition. Today, they’ve done...

Blumenauer Announces Legislation to Protect Pollinators, Prevent Mass Bee Die-Offs 13 Jul 2013 | 03:25 am

PORTLAND, OR -- Today Representative Earl Blumenauer announced that he will be introducing The Save America's Pollinators Act . The legislation suspends certain uses of neonicotinoids, a particular ty...

Blumenauer Statement on Passage of Partisan, Republican Farm Bill 12 Jul 2013 | 12:46 am

The Farm Bill that passed the House of Representatives today is a total boondoggle.  The manipulative decision of Republican leadership to separate the agricultural provisions of the bill from the nut...

Republicans Attempt to Ram Through Last-Minute, One-Sided Farm Bill 11 Jul 2013 | 08:00 pm

Washington, DC – Late last evening, Republican leadership decided to move forward today with a vote on a revised Farm Bill.  The Republicans’ last attempt to pass a Farm Bill failed last month by a vo...

Blumenauer: Army Corps Flood Guidelines "Trapped in Time" 11 Jul 2013 | 12:18 am

Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA 26 Jun 2013 | 09:31 pm

Today, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act. Moments after the decision, Congressman Earl Blumenauer spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives in response to this histori...

Congressman Blumenauer Meets with Bus Project’s PolitiCorps Fellows 25 Jun 2013 | 09:35 pm

This morning, Congressman Blumenauer met with the Bus Project’s PolitiCorps Fellows, a summer program that trains young leaders how to plan and execute public interest campaigns. Now in its second wee...

The Moral and Economic Case for Climate Action 25 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am

Today, President Obama's address on climate change brings welcome focus to the issue, outlining some concrete steps to be taken. We need more than talk and grand strategies if we are going to turn the...

Blumenauer: Farm Bill Failure the "Right Outcome" 21 Jun 2013 | 12:23 am

The failure by the House to pass the Farm Bill is the right outcome for a proposal that would have slashed nutrition for poor families and refused reforms to provide more benefits to most farmers and ...

Blumenauer, Polis, Massie Amendment to Protect State Rights to Grow Hemp for Research Passes House 225-200 20 Jun 2013 | 07:46 pm

Bipartisan Coalition Votes to Give Colleges and Universities Ability to Conduct Critical Research WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), along with Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO)...