James Oberstar

reclaiming my time, but because the lake waters are contaminated, the fish are probably not fit for sustainable human consumption.

Mr. Chairman, the very great significance of this legislation is underscored in many of the lakes and the communities throughout Minnesota. We are blessed, as other less fortunate communities across the country would like to be, in that…

this certainly is the type of lake and these are the conditions that this legislation seeks to address. The authority provided in the legislation for grants to States and through States to municipalities is the appropriate venue for the…

we have reviewed the gentleman's amendment. It is in conformity with the rules of the House, and it is a sense of Congress buy American amendment. We are happy to support Mr. Buy America.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to pose a question to the chairman. In the conference report's joint explanatory statement, critical language directing the FAA administrator to ensure that all runways at civil airports have standard runway cost safety…

I just wanted to say to my good friend that the issue is not trust funds. The issue is whether we should have trust funds at all. That is a different debate. If you do not want trust funds, abolish them all and make everything subject to…

Mr. Speaker, the appropriators come to the floor fulminating that we have made aviation the highest priority. "Before all others," they said. Well, not before all other issues that have a trust fund. Housing does not have a trust fund. If…

I am introducing legislation to enhance the protection of the Great Lakes, and to begin the cleanup of our industrial legacy.

Mr. Chairman, the National Transportation Safety Board is the Nation's premier safety agency. Our highways are safer, our airways are safer, our railroads are safer, our maritime commerce is safer because of the work of the National…

this bill is just as deadly serious for the steel and iron ore mining industry as were loan guarantees Congress approved for New York City in 1977 and Chrysler in 1980. The steel import crisis is not over. American steel makers are still…

I rise to support the resolution and to express my great appreciation to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster) for moving so expeditiously on this matter which is very timely for the carpenters union for the replacement and…

I rise to pay tribute to my late father-in-law, Charles I. Denechaud, Jr., whose life ebbed away last Saturday, July 24. He was taken from his loved ones after nearly 3 years of a silent struggle against a stroke that disabled him and in…

The Tour de France, Mr. Speaker, is the oldest, most important and most challenging bicycling race in the world. The 2,300 miles covered by the cyclists in only 3 weeks, from the time trials in the flatlands to the sprints on rolling…

the crisis in steel is not over. The International Trade Commission of the U.S. Department of Commerce has ruled that foreign steel imports are coming into this country at below-cost production in many cases, below cost of U.S. products…

This bill is vital in three major areas for my State and for many States across the Union. It contains investment in appropriate projects that are vital to the economic infrastructure and the competitiveness of the United States in the…

We are certainly aware of the Garden Grove problem. The discharge of waste oil product is particularly deleterious to the Bolsa Chica wetlands, a very sensitive environmental area. I had experience with this type of thing in my own…

Mr. Speaker, support for the Steel Recovery Act is not protectionism; it is a vote for fair trade in steel, fair trade in the U.S. and international marketplace. 1999, for the steel industry in America is what Yogi Berra once called deja…

for far too long we have fought the war on drugs as if it were a short-term conflict. It is not. It is a long-haul conflict. We must make a 20-year commitment to drug interdiction operations. This amendment will help us do that. We support…

I rise in support of H.R. 707, the Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act of 1999. I greatly appreciate the initiative that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Chairman Shuster) has demonstrated in moving this bill so quickly through…

I totally concur in the splendid statement of the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Gejdenson). After all, Europe is where they invented the Hanseatic League, cartels, and they know how to control markets. This is a message to Europe…

I am delighted to hear from the Chairman of the Committee on International Relations that this mechanism is being set up for consultations through the committee process between the U.S. Congress and the European Parliament. I think that…

To counter the unfairness in Europe toward U.S. aviation, I am introducing legislation today... to ban supersonic aircraft, specifically, the Concorde, from operating in the United States.

Banning Concorde flights to and from the United States will have positive environmental benefits.

The EU proposal is bad environmental policy and bad for American businesses.

The EU proposed regulation... would restrict the use, in Europe, of certain aircraft that have had either a new engine... or a hushkit installed to meet the highest current noise standards.