Full Committee
T&I FY2004 Views and Estimates (more)
Budget Resolution
Oberstar Decries Transportation
Cuts in Budget Resolution (3/20/03)
(Statement)
(Press
Release) Protect
Railroad Workers and Retirees (Oberstar Dear Colleague, 4/1/03) (more)
House and Senate Members Ask
Leadership to Retain Highway/Transit
Funding Levels in Budget
Resolution (Letter)
(4/1/03)
Oberstar,
Young Appear Before Budget Committee; Ask for Full Funding for
TEA 21
Reauthorization
(Oberstar
Statement) (3/6/03)
DOT
Rulemaking
Oberstar:
DOT Still Lags in Rulemaking (Press Release, 3/4/04)
Earth
Day
Oberstar:
Bush Earth Day Gesture Lacking (Press Release, 4/22/04)
Energy
Oberstar
Dear Colleague: Oppose H.R. 4517 (6/16/04)
Oberstar
Statement on H.R. 4517, the United States Refinery Revitalization Act of 2004
(6/16/04)
Oberstar
Statement on H.R. 4503, the Energy Policy Act (6/15/04)
Oberstar
Statement on Energy Conference Report (11/18/03)
Oberstar
Statement on Introduction of H.R. 3119, the Renewable Fuels and
Transportation
Infrastructure Enhancement Act of 2003 (9/17/03)
Securing Transportation
Energy Efficiency for Tomorrow Act
House
Approves Three Initiatives from STREET Act for Energy Bill (more)
(4/11/03)
Oberstar
Bill Aims to Cut Energy Use By Transportation, Federal Buildings (3/27/03)
Press
Release
Text
of H.R. 1491 (PDF)
Summary
of Bill
Oberstar
Introductory Remarks
Homeland Security
Much
Still Needs To Be Done in Homeland Security, Oberstar Says (4/2/03)
T&I
Democrats Applaud Choice of Location of Homeland Security HQ (more)
(1/23/03)
T&I Democrats
Introduce Bill to Rebuild America (6/26/03)
Press
Release
State
of the Economy (Summary)
Summary
of Bill
State-by-State
Table (Excel Table)
Bill
(PDF)
Oberstar
Statement on Introduction
Dear
Colleague (7/11/03)
subcommittee on aviation
Aircraft
Maintenance
Letter
to DOT IG Requests Study of Maintenance Performed on Commercial
Aircraft
by Uncertified Repair Stations (1/7/04)
Letter
Asks GAO Controller General to Report on FAA's Audit of Maintenance
Practices by
Foreign Partners
(1/8/04)
Oberstar,
DeFazio Call For Study of Aircraft Contract Repair Stations (2/26/04)
Oberstar, DeFazio
Letter to DOT Inspector General Kenneth Mead (PDF,
2/26/04)
Oberstar
Introduces Airline Aid Bill (3/19/03)
Press
Release
H.R.
1366 (PDF)
Airport
Screener Benefits
Oberstar,
DeFazio Question TSA Acting Administrator on Benefits for Contract Screeners
(3/25/04)
Airport
Security
Democrats Warn TSA on Use of Contract Screeners at Airports
(Letter to TSA Acting
Administrator David Stone, 3/17/04)
Oberstar
Faults Hiring Cap for TSA Personnel Problems (Press Release, 2/11/04)
Air Traffic Controllers
Oberstar
Requests GAO Study of "Operational Error" Information (9/17/03)
GAO
Response (9/23/03)
Proposed
Compromise Would Still Allow FAA to Replace Controllers at 69 Busy Towers
(9/23/03)
Air
Traffic Control Should NOT Be Contracted Out to the Lowest Bidder!!!
(9/8/03)
Do
Not Forget the Magnificent Performance of the Air Traffic Controllers on
September 11, 2001 (9/8/03)
Save
Our Nation's Air Traffic Control System (9/4/03)
Opposing Conference Report on FAA Reauthorization Bill
(8/28/03)
Oberstar
Questions FAA Rhetoric on Privatization in Letter to Blakey (9/8/03)
Lautenberg,
Oberstar Protest FAA Push on Privatization (Letter
to DOT Secretary
Mineta, 8/20/03)
"Departures:
Don't Privatize Public Safety"
(Oberstar Op Ed for Aviation Daily, 5/23/03)
Bill
Aims to Keep Airways Public (more)
(4/10/03)
H.R.
1711 (PDF)
47
House Democrats Ask Bush to Take Air Traffic Off of Commercial Activities
List (more)
(1/30/03)
American Airlines
Oberstar,
DeFazio call for Settlement of Contract Dispute at American Airlines (more)
(4/25/03)
Oberstar
Calls on American Airlines to Revoke Protected Executive Pensions (more)
4/18/03)
Letter
to CEO Donald Carty (PDF)
(4/18/03)
Arming of Cargo Pilots
Oberstar
Criticizes Bid to Arm Cargo Pilots
(6/26/03)
Assistance for Airline
Workers
Oberstar
Calls for Airline Aid Bill to Include Displaced Workers (4/2/03)
Oberstar
Statement in the Congressional Record (4/2/03)
Aviation
Safety
Oberstar,
DeFazio Seek Comprehensive Assessment of FAA’s Safety
Oversight of Regional
Airlines (4/30/04)
China/US Aviation Symposium
(4/5/04)
FAA Reauthorization
(Flight 100)
Oberstar,
Calls for Full, Fair FAA Conference
(10/28/03)
Oberstar,
DeFazio Praise House Passage of “Flight 100” (6/11/03)
Flight Information Rules
DeLay
Request to Find Texas Plane Spurs Letter
(PDF
copy of letter) (6/2/03)
subcommittee on coast guard and
maritime transportation
Port
Security
House
Strongly Supports Stricter Security Rules for Incoming Ships
(5/6/04)
The
Coast Guard, Not Foreign Governments, Should Review Security Plans
of Foreign
Vessels Serving U.S. Ports (Oberstar, Filner Dear Colleague, 5/6/04)
Oberstar:
Bush War Budget Leaves Ports Vulnerable (more)
(3/26/03)
subcommittee on Economic
development, public buildings and emergency management
Oberstar,
Norton Introduce the Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act
(9/29/03)
Press Release (10/1/03)
Summary
of Bill
H.R. 3196 (PDF)
Oberstar
Speaks at EDA's National Conference
(May
7, 2003)
Oberstar
Bill Aims to Cut Energy Use By Transportation, Federal Buildings (3/27/03)
Press Release
Text of H.R. 1491
Summary of Bill
Oberstar Introductory Remarks
T&I
Democrats Applaud Choice of Location of Homeland Security HQ
(more) (1/23/03)
subcommittee on highways, transit
and pipelines
Federal
Court Ruling on Mexican Trucks Praised (more)
(1/17/03)
TEA
21 Reauthorization: Member Project Questionnaire (more)
(1/10/03)
Dear Colleague - TEA 21
Reauthorization: Advance Notice for 109th Congress (PDF, 12/20/04)
THE
REPUBLICAN-LED CONGRESS' FAILURE TO REAUTHORIZE
HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT PROGRAMS
(October 15, 2004)
HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP LETTER TO BUSH RE: SAFETEA (May 20, 2004)
OBERSTAR:
DON'T STALL TEA 21 EXTENSION (April 29, 2004)
HOUSE
PASSES 60-DAY TEA 21 EXTENSION (April 28, 2004)
FLOOR
ACTIVITY ON H.R. 3550
»Democratic
Amendment to Increase Highway/Transit Funding (4/2/04)
Summary
of Amendment
Highway Funding Increase (Excel)
Transit
Funding Increase (Excel)
Total Funding Increase (Excel)
H.R. 3550: Text of House-Passed Bill
(PDF)
»Oberstar-Lipinski
Dear Colleagues Opposing Amendments (4/2/04)
Isakson
Kennedy
Bradley
»Oberstar
Floor Statement on Surface Transportation Extension Act (2/11/04)
»Oberstar
Statement on Introduction of Bill (11/19/03)
»Executive
Summary of Introduced Bill (11/19/03)
»Oberstar: $375 Billion
Bill Meets America's Transportation Needs (Press Release, 11/19/03)
»PDF
of H.R. 3550 (11/20/03)
»"Big
4" Dear Colleague (with accompanying
State-by-State
tables) (11/20/03)
Oberstar:
Administration’s Highway and Transit Bill Less Than Anticipated, Needed
Press
Release (5/15/03)
T&I
Dems Set Principles for TEA 21 Reauthorization Talks (more)
(3/3/03)
Oberstar
Bill Aims to Cut Energy Use By Transportation, Federal Buildings (3/27/03)
Press Release
Text of H.R. 1491
(PDF)
Summary of Bill
Oberstar Introductory Remarks
Oberstar
Decries Transportation Cuts In FY04 Budget Resolution
(more) (3/2003)
Oberstar,
Young Appear Before Budget Committee;
Ask for Full Funding for TEA 21 Reauthorization
(Oberstar Statement)
(3/6/03)
Transportation
Enhancements
House
Votes to Preserve Enhancements
(09/05/03)
Pedestrian and Cyclist Equity
Act of 2003
Oberstar's
Bill Would Help America's Kids Lead Healthier, Happier Lives (6/12/03)
Press
Release
Text
of Bill
(PDF)
Summary
of Bill
Dear
Colleague
Pipeline
Safety
Oberstar
Presses RSPA on Pipeline Maps (more)
(6/30/03)
Oberstar
Letter to Sam G. Bonasso (6/30/03)
Press
Release
Letter
subcommittee on railroads
Rail
Security Bill
- H.R. 4896 (Introduced 7/22/04)
Oberstar/Hollings
Letter to Secretary Mineta Regarding Competitive Bidding for
State-Supported
Intercity Passenger Rail Routes (6/9/04)
Young,
Oberstar, Introduce Administration's Amtrak Reform Legislation (10/1/03)
130
House Democrats Ask Appropriations Conferees for Amtrak Funding (more)
(2/3/03)
219
House Members Sign
Letter in
Support of Amtrak Funding (6/30/03)
Alphabetical
List of Signees
Amendment
Would Have Ended National Intercity Passenger Rail Service (9/10/03)
Oberstar
Releases GAO Study of Commuter Access to Freight Rail Lines (1/30/04)
Letter
to FRA to Oppose Union Pacific's Request for Permission to Waive Safety
Inspections Performed on its Trains in Mexico (10/13/04)
subcommittee on water resources and
environment
10/18/04 - Oberstar
Issues Report on Clean Water Act
Dear
Colleague
Report
10/03/03 - Oberstar
Protests Oil Industry Exemption;
Says Democrats Locked Out of Energy Bill
Deliberations
Press
Release (10/6/03)
Letter
to Tauzin and Domenici
02/17/03 - Oberstar
Supports SWANCC Reversal
Introduces Wetlands Legislation (2/27/03)
Press
Release
Text
of H.R. 962
01/17/03 - Administration
is Wrong on
Proposed Wetlands Rules (more)
(1/17/03)
dear colleagues
Oberstar to Colleagues: Oppose H.R.
4517, the United States Refinery Revitalization Act of 2004 (6/16/04)
The Coast Guard, Not the Governments of Panama, Liberia, Malta, and Cyprus,
should Review Security Plans of Foreign Vessels
Serving United States Ports (5/6/04)
Create
Jobs!! Cosponsor H.R. 3550 (w/State-by-State
Tables) (11/20/03)
TEA 21 Reauthorization: Member Requests for Highway
and Transit Projects (1/10/03) |