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Peter DeFazio

"Of the 55 refineries closed in America in the last 10 years, they were all closed for economic reasons, mostly oil company mergers. Not a single one was closed for environmental purposes or objections."

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A.E. Samaan

"An environment of infinite economic expansion is unsustainable in a world of finite resources."

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"Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city."

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A.E. Samaan

"Environmental cleanliness begins with each individual desire to be clean."

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A.E. Samaan

"In a natural environment, nature controls the breeding cycles. In the man-made environment, abnormal environmental conditions control the unnatural breeding cycles."

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A.E. Samaan

"The blue of daylightfades and chills as the sun sinksbeneath clouds of fire."

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A.E. Samaan

"If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

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A.E. Samaan

"There can never be any real freedom on earth as long as people try to exert ownership over the natural resources of the world."

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A.E. Samaan

"The human will be the only mammal in history to fully understand that its own self inflicted extinction is well underway."

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A.E. Samaan

"Environmental radiation research is the rent I pay for living on this planet."

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A.E. Samaan

"The mountains of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use. In this, if no other way, we can see the wild an reckless exuberance of our production, and waste seems to be the index."

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Peter DeFazio
"In recent years, breweries and brew pubs have flourished across the Nation. And, as the Representative from Oregon's fourth district, I have enjoyed seeing the diversity that craft brewery has fueled across the Nation."

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Peter DeFazio
"Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq."

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Peter DeFazio
"Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war."

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Peter DeFazio
"The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated."

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Peter DeFazio
"In addition to a timeline, I have proposed that U.S. troops be removed from front line combat positions in Iraqi cities and towns, turning over daily security patrols, interactions with citizens, and any offensive security actions to the Iraqis themselves."

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Peter DeFazio
"A timeline for bringing U.S. troops home that is negotiated with the Iraqi government would also boost the Iraqi government's legitimacy and claim to self-rule, and force the Iraqi government to take responsibility for itself and its citizens."

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Peter DeFazio
"But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful."

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Peter DeFazio
"Of the 55 refineries closed in America in the last 10 years, they were all closed for economic reasons, mostly oil company mergers. Not a single one was closed for environmental purposes or objections."

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Peter DeFazio
"First off, the crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated."

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Peter DeFazio
"About 75 percent of the crude oil marketed here is sold off the books, and they are doing trades that would be illegal if it was a regulated market, and of course they do not want to regulate it."

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