James Oberstar: “From the outset it has been our position, and our legislative language is about maintenance of effort.”

I wish to express my appreciation to the ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Mica, who made a very elaborate statement about the provisions of the bill. I will not elaborate on it, except to concur with him that we are getting the…

Mr. Speaker, I will conclude on our side recognizing and acknowledging the splendid work and the diligent effort of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings) who is the chair of the Coast Guard Subcommittee. He devoted an enormous amount…

An orphan site is one of the issues to be addressed, as we do under the Superfund Act. Yet the order of priority for response under the law, its first responsibility, is for the responsible party to act to the limit of its liability under…

I would like to make the observation, Madam Speaker, that the gentleman took the lead in our Public Buildings Subcommittee many years ago, during his first term in Congress, on courthouses. The gentleman has saved the taxpayers of this…