Representative In Congress, 3rd District

OCCUPATION: U.S. Congressman

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: administrator; elected official

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.A.; J.D. Lewis and Clark College; Northwestern School of Law

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Representative from Southeast Portland, Oregon State Legislature; Board Member, Portland Community College; Multnomah County Commissioner; Portland City Commissioner; U.S. Congressman

"As a member of Congress, Earl is fighting to lower the cost of prescription drugs, to protect Medicare and Medicaid funding and to ensure that all Oregonians have affordable health care coverage." Mrs. Neil Kelly, senior citizen activist

"Earl is a friend to the environment through his advocacy for protecting municipal drinking water, forest watersheds and livable communities." Carol Porto, The Sierra Club

"Blumenauer cares about the working men and woman in this state and is working hard for us back in DC. We need his common sense approach." Wally Mehrens, Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council

"The people of the 3rd Congressional District of Oregon should be proud of Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., for his recent efforts to reduce wasteful government spending." Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense Letter to the Editor, The Oregonian,
July 26, 2000

"... Blumenauer has earned a reputation as one of the brightest new faces on Capitol Hill since coming to Congress in '96... he's brought his urban livability agenda to Washington and taken up the cause of gun control, while displaying a sense of fiscal prudence not shared by many of his ideological soulmates." Willamette Week, April 26, 2000

"Blumenauer... has become a prominent and active voice in the House and the country for Oregon's values of livability, controlled growth and mass transit." The Oregonian, April 22, 2000

(This information furnished by Blumenauer for Congress.)

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