James Oberstar said "So we're sending that back to the other body. Majority Leader Reid had cleared the correction that we're sending back with the appropriate members of the Senate committee leadership and the Senate floor leadership, but somehow this correction has gotten bogged down. I also urge the other body to act on H.R. 4786, which we passed March 10, to correct an additional problem created by the filibuster in the Senate that caused highway authorization to lapse and 1,922 Federal Highway Administration career employees to lose their salaries. They, through no fault of their own, get a 20 percent cut in their biweekly pay check. That's unreasonable. Now we've sent over a bill to the other body with a very clear payment restructuring. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 24, 2010

So we're sending that back to the other body. Majority Leader Reid had cleared the correction that we're sending back with the appropriate members of the Senate committee leadership and the Senate floor leadership, but somehow this correction has gotten bogged down. I also urge the other body to act on H.R. 4786, which we passed March 10, to correct an additional problem created by the filibuster in the Senate that caused highway authorization to lapse and 1,922 Federal Highway Administration career employees to lose their salaries. They, through no fault of their own, get a 20 percent cut in their biweekly pay check. That's unreasonable. Now we've sent over a bill to the other body with a very clear payment restructuring. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired.

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James Oberstar

Democratic · Minnesota

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