James Oberstar: “The Recovery Act is accounting for callbacks, restoring jobs for contractors.”

I offer my very sincere and genuine personal gratitude to the gentlewoman from Minnesota, Ms. McCollum, and to the gentleman from Minnesota, Mr. Peterson, for cosponsoring this Special Order. Never have I been the subject of a Special…

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…

First, I am grateful for the indulgence of our colleague on the committee, our ranking member and senior Republican, Mr. Mica, for responding so quickly to the action of the other body. We are unaccustomed to such prompt unanimous action…

I have worked with the gentleman and our committee staff to craft this language. It's important to note that these are not taxpayer dollars paying for restoration, but rather proceeds from a penalty provided in this provision that is very…