James Oberstar

This is the most serious lapse in aviation safety at the FAA that I've seen in 23 years.

I rise in support of H. Res. 845, as amended, recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Everglades National Park. Former Florida Governor Reubin Askew once stated, ``We must build a peace in south Florida--a peace between the people and…

The House has done its job on aviation. We passed, on September 20, the reauthorization act to extend aviation programs through 2011. Shortly thereafter, we passed another bill to provide a short-term extension of FAA programs. Then in…

H.R. 3913 amends a provision of the International Center Act (``ICA''), which established the authority for the U.S. Department of State to lease property in the District of Columbia to foreign governments or international organizations…

H.R. 4140 designates the Port Angeles Federal Building located at 138 West First Street, Port Angeles, Washington, as the ``Richard B. Anderson Federal Building.'' Private First Class, PFC, Richard B. Anderson was born on June 26, 1921, in…

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a national memorial to a fallen President, one of the most loved, respected, and admired Presidents of our history. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was initially…

I do want to join Mr. Mica in sending compliments to Mr. Hayes, a member of our committee, who has been a strong advocate, even before we began our reauthorization legislation, for changing the age. But he along with other pilots on the…

Mr. Speaker, Barrington Antonio Irving was the youngest person and the first person of African descent to undertake a 24,600-mile solo flight around the world. His extraordinary accomplishment was brought to the attention of the committee…

I am fond of saying now I have more metal in my neck than in some of my bicycles, because they are carbon fiber and these are titanium rods and screws, and I am learning to live in a different way with this new architecture in my cervical…

I am here to address the contribution of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to H.R. 6, the Energy Independence and Security Act. We begin with the Department of Energy, itself, by providing funding to build a photovoltaic…

the President's veto of the Water Resources Development Act was pointless and unnecessary. This legislation, which authorizes project authorizations, modifications, and studies for the breadth of authorities for the United States Army…

I rise in support of H.R. 2671, a bill to designate the Federal courthouse located at 301 North Miami Avenue, Miami, in the Southern District of Florida as the ``C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse''. Judge C. Clyde Atkins was born on…

I think it's clear the amendment does not apply to containerized facilities. They still are subject to the Federal preemption. The only question is whether there's infringement on preemption with open facilities, open solid waste storage…

Earlier, I said this project has a thousand fathers. I should have said a thousand parents, because there are mothers and fathers in the presence of the gentlewoman from Florida and the gentlewoman from California, the newest member of our…

The only thing I can say for it is that I wish the gentleman had been here in 1995 when the Republican majority forced upon National Airport and the Washington Metropolitan Area Government Authority, Airport Authority, the changing of the…

the essential issue here is not whether the noxious fumes, whether the groundwater pollution caused by solid waste deposited on rail property should be regulated. The question here is whether the language and the manner in which the…

The collapse of the Interstate 35 bridge in Minneapolis on August 1 while I was at this very microphone managing a conference report on water resources amendments stunned the Nation, stunned this House. It startled my colleagues in the…

Such sums as may be necessary to design and develop a pilot electric conveyor system. But I think that is not limited to one. That is broad enough language to be interpreted as to embrace more than one such project. It would be done by the…

This is a proposal that really does have a thousand fathers. The distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Rohrabacher) is an advocate for this initiative; I believe the Governor of his State is an advocate for it, as the mayor of Los…

I again want to express my great appreciation to Ms. Brown for years of advocacy for rail issues and for her championing of the rail safety matters, and to thank the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania, who has devoted a great deal…

We have engaged in spacecraft missions to the Moon, to Mars, to Saturn, to the asteroid belt in quest of water. The very first effort is to look for water on distant planetary objects in our system, for primitive life forms that may exist…

In the matter of adding counties that were not in the original commissions' proposals, we adhered to a very strict principle, that is, the additions had to conform with unemployment rate significantly above national average, per capita…

it is well known, has been debated many times in this body, that a motion to recommit that uses the term ``promptly'' is simply a motion to kill the bill by sending it back to committee, where it will take weeks to then return it to the…

I rise in support of H.R. 3068. This bill represents an important step in ensuring the safety of Federal employees and all those who work in and visit our Federal buildings. I thank the Delegate of the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton)…

Madam Chairman, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure brings to the House today an historic bill to address the needs of aviation today and into the future. At a time when we are seeing aviation recover from the devastating…