Political Quotes

“It is my pleasure to recognize the career of an icon of the House of Representatives: Jim Oberstar. Jim's decades of leadership and tireless service to this House and especially the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee deserve recognition and I am proud to be able to add my own words to tonight's tribute. I have known Jim Oberstar for a long time. In fact, I've known him longer than I've served in Congress. I first met Jim when my father, Bud Shuster, served on and later chaired the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. My father still considers Jim one of his dearest friends and holds the highest regard for his work on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Bud likes to say that he and Jim were 'joined at the hip' on transportation and infrastructure initiatives and it's easy to see why. Like my father, Chairman Oberstar lives and breathes transportation policy. I can easily say that no one in the House of Representatives today knows more about those issues and their history than Jim Oberstar.”