James Oberstar: “How are we able to allow the DOT to continue to have a stricter protocol than in the building where you are now sitting?”

We want to protect our waters. We want to protect our wetlands. We want to provide for future generations.

A combination of analysis and tests may be used to show that the airplane is capable of being evacuated within 90 seconds...

I, too, have natural resources--national forests, national parks, wildlife refuges. When fire, as it does regularly, strikes the national forest, that land regenerates. The oil destroys. It likely cannot be restored by itself or by human…

The Highway Trust Fund, based chiefly on the gasoline tax, will never again be adequate to fund even ongoing maintenance of our roads and bridges.