Honorable Earl Blumenauer
United States Representative, Oregon, Democrat
Representative Blumenauer, of the Third District of Oregon, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He serves on the Budget and Ways and Means committees. The following is excerpted from a November 19, 2013, statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. In an era of violence in the Middle East, tragedy in Syria, and turmoil in Egypt, there is some very encouraging news surrounding Iran. The most important signal may have been the election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran, who is by no means a moderate by anyone’s stretch of…
