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 served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979 and on the Portland City Commission from 1987 to 1996. He sits on the Ways and Means Committee. The following is from the September 28, 2016, House floor debate on the President’s veto of S. 2040, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. I fully sympathize with the families of 9/11 victims and understand their desire to hold people accountable for that horrific, senseless, cruel attack. This sympathy, understandably,…
