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Jim Oberstar is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Minnesota's 8th congressional district from 1975 to 2011. He was known for his work on transportation and infrastructure issues, playing a key role in the development of the nation's transportation policies. Oberstar served as the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he advocated for improvements in highways, public transit, and aviation. His tenure was marked by a focus on enhancing safety and efficiency in transportation systems across the country.
Today the House of Representatives crosses a historic threshold in the evolution of social justice, quality of life, equity of health service delivery, and a worthy legacy for our children, with passage of comprehensive health care reform…
I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding time. There is a very important provision of this bill that we are hoping to pass for a second time to send back to the other body, and that is to correct the lapse in payment to 1,913…
I thank the chair of the Aviation Subcommittee, Mr. Costello. He has already well and duly explained the FAA authorization extension that is before us at this moment. I want to address, as Mr. Petri has done, as Mr. Garamendi and Mr. Sires…
We are here on both sides of the aisle this morning on a mission of equity, fairness, even mercy, on behalf of 1,922 career Federal employees of the U.S. Department of Transportation. They were unintended victims of a standoff in the other…
In closing, I wish to express my great appreciation to Mr. Mica, the senior Republican on our committee and my partner and good friend and co-participant, in all of the works of our committee. I share with him this tragic fact of the loss…
I would just point out to the distinguished gentleman from Texas, there isn't a single new provision in this bill that hasn't been available since last December.
I was so troubled by the remarks of the gentleman from Texas, for whom I have great respect. I think he was making more of a political argument than a substantive discussion of the matter at hand. In December, the House passed the Jobs for…
I thank the gentleman for his time and will use this brief moment to be very specific. Under the programs in the stimulus, under the jurisdiction of our Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, we can account for 1,091,005 jobs in…
But there are two issues in this bill that I was very concerned about. The Senate passed a bill that had a funding formula that was very, very discriminatory. Four States benefited with 58 percent of the funding and 22 States got nothing…
Just briefly, if the gentleman, Madam Speaker, could assure us that there would be no Senate filibuster or hold on the bill, Senator Reid would have been happy to accept our changes. But he estimated he couldn't get that through the…
The letter to Senator Reid from Senator Boxer, the chair of the Senate Public Works Committee, and Senator Murray on the Appropriations Committee, that letter will be available at this desk to show that we will restore the funding formula…
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