James Oberstar

The European Community has proposed regulations that would discriminate against U.S. aircraft and airlines by banning certain aircraft for allegedly creating excessive noise, while not banning European aircraft that are noisier.

The EU portrays its action as one to promote higher environmental standards. However, this claim has no basis in scientific or technical fact.

I would be vigorously opposed to any attempt to address the matter in the context of this bill, and I hope the gentleman will support the legislation with that understanding. Certainly the issue of slots at the slot-controlled airports…

I join the gentleman from Pennsylvania in urging swift passage of H.R. 99, and I want to compliment him for making this the top issue of the committee's agenda in this Congress. He rightly saw at the conclusion of the 105th Congress that…

Mr. Speaker, I am for free trade, fairly conducted. Steel? Why steel? Because it is the most versatile building material of an industrial society. It is vital to a nation's progress, both here and abroad. Twenty years ago when steel was…

Shortly after the end of World War II a famous American historian and journalist, John Gunther, wrote: What makes America a great nation is the fact that it can roll over 90 million tons of steel ingots a year, more than Great Britain…

I believe, does constitute a question of privileges of the House, because the trade laws that the Congress has enacted over the last 60 years are designed to ensure that American workers are not hurt by unfair and illegal dumping of…

I do so today to express my utter astonishment over a multimillion dollar advertising campaign by the major airlines, designed to discredit a proposal by the Department of Transportation to stop unfair competitive practices against new…

H.R. 3295 is a bill to designate the federal building in Oakland, CA, in honor of our colleague, Ron Dellums. For over a quarter century Ron represented the 9th district of California. Elected to Congress against the backdrop of the…

H.R. 2225 is a bill which will designate the federal building and United States Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada in honor of Chief Judge Lloyd D. George. Judge George and his family have lived in Nevada for over 6 decades. He is an active…

I rise in support of S. 414, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1997. This bill is the culmination of a process that began in the Transportation Committee last Congress with House passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1995. That bill…

Mr. Chairman, I have been associated with the EDA program for almost 33 years. I still have, am proud of having it, one of the pens that President Lyndon Johnson used to sign that bill into law in August 1965. EDA was created then for the…

These lands: national forests, national wilderness areas, national parks, scenic waterways, are held in trust for all Americans to use and enjoy. But what about the neighbors to those wonderful national treasures, the neighbors, the…

Literally, the activities authorized under this bill will transform the Kennedy Center into the vision of a national, vital Center for the performing arts, far beyond its already outstanding accomplishments. It will make the Center more…

Mr. Speaker, the bill that we are pleased to bring to the House today is strong on mobility, strong on safety, strong on economic development. It sustains the economic expansion that our country is experiencing. It gives us thrust to…

It is all well and good to complain about policy and about mistakes or projects that one disagrees with, but we ought to do so on the basis of fact. It is just simply fact that in order to get to one part of Alaska from another part of…

the relay event is a traditional part of the opening ceremonies for the Special Olympics, which take place at Gallaudet University, in the District of Columbia. This year approximately 2,500 special Olympians compete in 17 events, and more…

this brings us to the end of a very long and productive general debate period when we have heard fulsome praise for this legislation from all sectors of this country, all spectrums of our society, from urban and suburban and exurban and…

Now the question will be, too much? Is it that we are meeting and overfulfilling the transportation and infrastructure needs in the United States? No, not at all. In fact, this bill will still leave us with a $30 billion per year deficit…

I am just delighted that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kasich), the author of this amendment, was not in the Eisenhower Cabinet or in the Bureau of Roads, as it was known in those days, because goodness knows we would never have had a…

when all else fails, read the language of the legislation. The inherent contradiction that our esteemed Speaker talked about is in the amendment itself, not in the arguments on this side. The inherent contradiction is that the amendment…

this is a reality check amendment. If you voted for welfare reform, then look in the mirror and say, did I really mean it? Was I serious about that? If you were, then you really ought to be serious about providing the means for people to…

first, I want to thank Chairmen Shuster and Petri and Ranking Member Rahall for the cooperative manner in which we developed this amendment. Through their willingness to address Member concerns, we were able to agree on a significant…

Listening to all these previous speakers who came up with one or another complaint about this legislation, one would think Chicken Little was right, the sky is falling all around us, or the budget. Or one might think that this bill is some…

if the Chairman would continue to yield, let me just emphasize once again, never on our side or on the chairman's side of the aisle was any Member told that conclusion of their project was contingent upon or dependent upon their vote. No…