[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       INVITATION TO GEORGE WILL

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. George Will's recent rant attacking Secretary of the 
Transportation Ray LaHood and my hometown, Portland Oregon, tells more 
about him than Secretary LaHood.
  As Will glides into his seventies, he has lost track of more than 
just the facts, although it's staggering that he was off by a factor of 
400 times about where biking already is in America, and 8000 times 
where Portland is with the ratio of cycling.
  But this is not about bikes and street cars, or even livability. A 
younger, principled George Will would have understood why young people, 
even without jobs, are moving to Portland. It's a rich community with 
more choices at lower costs. It's about choices that enhance the 
quality of life.
  I invite Mr. Will to bring his bow tie to Portland and debate me on 
the ground. See why a younger George Will, who may have been put off by 
all the Democrats and moderate Republicans, could still have admired 
the freedom that a high quality of life provides.

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