James Oberstar In The News
Back to James Oberstar's Profile
October 08, 2008 Safety key as kids walk to school
...p.m. today, U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, will visit a Safe Routes to Schools grant project in Davenport with U.S. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The event will be at Jackson Elemen
Source: The Quad City Times
October 07, 2008 Visit could be last for boat
Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of that committee, has reportedly opposed the exemption, saying the boat's age and wooden structure pose a safety ...
October 07, 2008 Congressman Oberstar says bailout bill provides property tax ...
by TW Budig Eighth District Congressman James Oberstarâs office highlighted provisions in the bailout legislation pertaining to foreclosures. ...
October 06, 2008 Amtrak: Finally, Some Good News from Congress
Amtrak fans in Congress â in particular Rep. James Oberstar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, also a Democrat â deserve ...
October 06, 2008 Congress' boost to Amtrak fueled by high gas prices, too much traffic
A high-speed rail line between Chicago and the Twin Cities could be running within five years, according to US Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn. ...
October 06, 2008 Delta Queen should receive another exemption
An article in the Cincinnati Enquirer last year quoted Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, ...
October 06, 2008 Political dispute intensifies over potential pollution from copper ...
Amy Klobuchar and Norm Coleman, and Rep. James Oberstar, who introduced legislation to force a land sale. But their attempt was thwarted before Congress ...
October 06, 2008 House T&I Committee kept focus on trucking interests, officials say
The committee, chaired by Rep. James Oberstar, D-MN, had 180 hearings during the congressional session, eclipsing the previous number of 104 hearings before ...
October 05, 2008 Campaign finance records tell plenty about candidates
Jim Ramstad and James Oberstar. Ramstad is a Republican, Oberstar a Democrat, and neither lives in Anoka County. "If you're a politician and you don't have ...
October 05, 2008 God save the Queen - before Congress sinks her
...a lot of useful life in it." But not according to Congress - or rather one man in Congress who has more power than sense. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is blocking renewal of an exemption that
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
October 04, 2008 Jackson: Capital Games
Albio Sires, D-West New York, last week took Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., on a tour of transportation projects in his Hudson County district and touted the ...
October 03, 2008 Ely leaders express concerns to legislators
State Senator Tom Bakk and State Representative David Dill were on hand, as were representatives from the offices of US Congressman James Oberstar and US ...
October 02, 2008 Getting down to business on Highway 61
Eighth District US Representative James Oberstar, chair of the US House Transportation Committee, will be authoring the bill. Comments from local officials ...
October 01, 2008 Eclipse Aviation Meets Congress
Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the full Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said the FAA is âmistakenâ that the regulated are ...
October 01, 2008 T0m: Speaking of Bailouts, what about the sinking Delta Queen?
The bill has been blocked by Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, who cites many of the same old ...
October 01, 2008 FAA is big loser at the slot machine
...New York LaGuardia or Newark -- or anywhere, for that matter. Says GAO general counsel Gary Kepplinger in a letter to U.S. Rep. James Oberstar, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: Therefore, FAA "lacks a legal basis to go f
Source: Dallas Morning News
September 30, 2008 Contributions a factor in Monday vote? Don't bank on it in ...
Two who voted in favor â 5th District Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison and 8th District Democratic Rep. James Oberstar â did not count banks or securities ...
September 29, 2008 Tales From The Crypt
James Oberstar, R-AZ ("We've been at this precipice before, looking into the abyss...") John Boehner, R-OH ("None of us came here to vote for this mud ...
September 29, 2008 Split down the middle
James Oberstar, DFL-Duluth. Oberstar joined DFL US Reps. Betty McCollum of St. Paul and Keith Ellison of Minneapolis, and Lakeville Republican US Rep. ...
September 29, 2008 Minnesota congressional delegation forms unusual grouping in vote ...
Congressmen James Oberstar, DFL-Chisholm, and John Kline, R-Lakeville, joined two other delegation members â Democrats Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison â in ...
September 27, 2008 Saving bad news, City Hall and maybe the Delta Queen
...Harkin for signing on to a bill that could save the Delta Queen riverboat. Earlier in this space, we thistled U.S. Rep. James Oberstar of Minnesota for blocking Coast Guard certification of the venerable riverboat, which includes Iowa stops on its Missi
Source: Des Moines Register
September 25, 2008 More Medtronic kickback allegations; also: Feds raid Petters Group ...
Rep. James Oberstar said, "The deck is sort of way stacked against unionization." Delta flight attendants are expected to try another union vote after they ...
September 25, 2008 Crystal Bay supports funding increase for intermodal center ...
The $800000 in federal transportation money Rep. James Oberstar secured has been approved and that paperwork is being completed. The $160000 cash match for ...
September 25, 2008 Bill that doubles spending on rail service passes House
Frank Lautenberg, DN.J. Minnesota Democratic Rep. James Oberstar, who chairs the House transportation panel, steered the bill through the House. ...
September 25, 2008 Ambitious rail bill passes House
...to decide where the sites may be placed, according to an aide to Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. Minnesota Democratic Rep. James Oberstar, who chairs the House transportation panel, steered the bill through the House. Lautenberg took the lead in the Senat
Source: N.J. Courier-Post Online
September 25, 2008 Bill that doubles spending on rail service passes House
...decide where the sites may be placed, according to an aide to Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. Minnesota Democratic Rep. James Oberstar, who chairs the House transportation panel, steered the bill through the House. Lautenberg took the lead in the Senate
Source: Home News Tribune
September 25, 2008 Ambitious rail bill passes House
...to decide where the sites may be placed, according to an aide to Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. Minnesota Democratic Rep. James Oberstar, who chairs the House transportation panel, steered the bill through the House. Lautenberg took the lead in the Senat
Source: N.J. Courier-Post Online
September 24, 2008 Perlmutter takes RTD to task over possible FasTracks cutbacks
James Oberstar, Peter DeFazio and John Olver, all of whom serve in Congress on various transportation committees. While no federal funding has been secured ...
September 24, 2008 The Conceit of the Regulators
... that aircraft have flown unsafe, un-airworthy and at risk of lives," says Representative James Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation Committee. ...
September 24, 2008 Canadian National Rail Purchase May Face US Hurdle (Update3)
``I'm concerned we could be raising the bar on environmental review to a standard railroads can't meet,'' said Representative Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania ...
Information made available by:
