11/13/06 - Oberstar News Conference

• Advisory (PDF)

11/8/06 - Oberstar Outlines T&I Agenda for 110th Congress

• Press Release (PDF)

10/25/06 - Oberstar Report Says Progress on Clean Water Has Stalled

• Press Release (PDF)

• Report - Waivers, Loopholes, and Rollbacks: The Republican Contract on Clean Water (PDF)

9/26/06 - Oberstar Denounces Republican "Offer" on Transit Security

• Press Release (PDF)

9/21/06 - Oberstar Praises Vote on ARC Earmarks

• Press Release (PDF)

9/19/06 - Oppose the Earmarking of ARC Formula Funds in a Few Favored States!  Oppose S. 2832!

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

9/18/06 - Oppose S. 2832, ARC Reauthorization

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

9/14/06 - Oberstar Statement on the Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 2864, the Water Resources Development Act of 2005

• Statement (PDF)

9/12/06 - Oberstar Statement for the National Transportation Safety Board Motorcycle Safety Forum

• Statement (PDF)

8/30/06 - Oberstar, Costello ask DOT-OIG if ATC rules were violated at Lexington

• Letter (PDF)

8/15/06 - Oberstar: DOT Backing Off Ownership Rule Change Deadline

• Press Release (PDF)

8/11/06 - Oberstar Reacts to BP Alaska Pipeline Problems

• Press Release (PDF)

• Letter to Chairman Young from Ranking Member Oberstar (PDF)

8/10/06 - Oberstar Reacts to London Terrorist Plot

• Press Release (PDF)

7/28/06 - Oberstar Urges TSA to Promptly Implement GAO Recommendations

• Press Release (PDF)

• Letter (PDF)

7/21/06 - T&I Aviation Big Four Press FAA on Congestion Relief

• Letter (PDF)

6/29/06 - Join State Floodplain Managers in Support of an Independent and Effective FEMA - Cosponsor and Support H.R. 5316, the RESPOND Act

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

6/28/06 - Transportation and Infrastructure Democrats Stop Tax Exemption for Bermuda-Based Firm

• Press Release (PDF)

6/28/06 - Former FEMA Administrator James Lee Witt supports legislation to restore FEMA to its former status as an independent agency reporting directly to the White House

• Letter (PDF)

6/26/06 - Join FEMA's Workers and the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, in Support of H.R. 5316 to Restore FEMA's Independence and Effectiveness

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

6/22/06 - Four Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta asking him to seek legislative action if he wants to change long-standing restrictions on control of U.S. airlines by foreign investors.

• Letter (PDF)

6/13/06 - Oberstar-LaTourette Amendment to Increase Funding for Amtrak

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

• Offsets (PDF)

• Amendment (PDF)

6/13/06 - Keep U.S. Airlines Under U.S. Control

• News Advisory (PDF)

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

• Oberstar Amendment (PDF)

• Press Release (PDF)

• Floor Statement (PDF)

6/13/06 - Oberstar, LoBiondo, Poe to hold NEWS CONFERENCE on airline ownership rules

• News Advisory (PDF)

6/6/06 - Dear Colleagues on H.R. 5449

• Let's Set the Facts Straight (PDF)

• Support the LaTourette Bill (PDF)

5/31/06 - Oberstar Asks Mineta to Include State Department Comments in Foreign Ownership SNPRM Docket

• Letter (PDF)

5/31/06 - Oberstar Objects to AIP Priority for Airports Using Private Screeners, Refutes Mica Request

• Letter (PDF)

5/26/06 - Oberstar Bill Would Authorize 'Sun Wall'

• Press Release (PDF)

• Bill (PDF)

5/25/06 - Oberstar, Pelosi, Melancon Seek Extension of Unemployment Benefits for Storm Victims

• Press Release (PDF)

• Letter (PDF)

• Press Release (PDF)

5/10/06 - 'Good Samaritan' Bill Wrong Approach to Mine Cleanup

• Press Release (PDF)

5/9/06 - Rep. Oberstar participated in a bipartisan news conference announcing the introduction of the RESPOND Act, a bill to remove FEMA from the Dept. of Homeland Security and return the agency to independent status

• Remarks (PDF)

5/9/06 - Rep. Oberstar testified today before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation hearing on foreign ownership of US airlines.

• Testimony: Don't Trade Away the Crown Jewel of American Transportation (PDF)

5/6/06 - Ensure the Security of Sea Containers

• Dear Colleague (PDF)
• H.R. 4899 (PDF)

5/5/06 - House Members Ask Appropriators to Fully Fund Airport Improvement Program

• Letter (PDF)

5/4/06 - Port Security Motion to Recommit

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

5/3/06 - Dear Colleague: Nadler Motion to Recommit Port Security Bill

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

5/1/06 - Oberstar, Costello Question FAA Regarding Airspace Plans

• Press Release (PDF)
• Letter (PDF)

4/26/06 - Democratic Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Amtrak Working Group have sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation seeking a review of the Government Accountability Office's assessment of Amtrak's management.

• Letter (PDF)

4/25/06 - Cosponsor the Bi-partisan H.R. 1356, the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

4/13/06 - Reject the Bush Administration's Short-Sighted FY2007 Proposal to Cut Almost $1 Billion from the Airport Improvement Program (AIP)

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

4/6/06 - Transportation Committee Passes Nadler-Oberstar Amendment to Scan 100% of Shipping Containers

• Press Release (PDF)

Ranking Member Oberstar and Rep. Jerrold Nadler visit an exhibit of the latest cargo security technology.

3/17/06 - Bipartisan House Coalition Asks Appropriators to Save Air Service to Small Communities

• Letter (PDF)

3/17/06 - House T&I Democrats Release Report on Amtrak

• Press Release (PDF)
• Report (PDF)

3/14/06 - Oberstar Delivers Speech on the Economic Development Administration to the National Association of Development Organizations

Click on the picture to view a video of the entire ceremony (Windows Media format)

3/3/06 - President's Cuts to Clean Water Funding

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

3/1/06 - Restore FEMA to an Independent, Cabinet-Level Agency, Co-Sponsor H.R. 4493

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

3/1/06 - The Administration's FY2007 Budget Reneges on a 30-year Federal Commitment to Ensure Air Service to Small and Rural Communities and Undermines Our National Aviation System

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

3/1/06 - Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Provisions Of the Federal-Aid Program

• Brochure (PDF)

2/14/06 - Oberstar Addresses International Aviation Club

• Luncheon Remarks (PDF)

2/6/06 - Oberstar: Bush 2007 Budget Shortchanges Infrastructure

• Press Release (PDF)

1/24/06 - Oberstar statement on the resignation of DOT-IG Kenneth Mead

• Press Release (PDF)

12/15/05 - Oberstar, LoBiondo Introduce Bill to Hold Off Proposed Change in Airline Ownership Rules

• Press Release (PDF)
• H.R. 4542 (PDF)

12/12/05 - Congressman Oberstar today sent the attached letter to Secretary Mineta asking that DOT make public briefing material it has supplied to European officials regarding interpretation of a proposed rule change on foreign ownership of US airlines

• Letter (PDF)

12/8/05 - Federal Emergency Management Agency Restoration Act

• Oberstar Statement (PDF)
• H.R. 4493 (PDF)

12/6/05 - Oberstar Speaks to PPP [Public Private Partnerships] America's Summit

• Speech (PDF)

12/1/05 - Oberstar, Brown, Lautenberg Release OIG Study on Rail Crossing Safety

• Press Release (PDF)
• Report (PDF)

11/18/05 - Trans Approps Bill Overturns Consumer Protections in SAFETEA-LU

• Press Release (PDF)

11/18/05 - Letter to DOT on Foreign Ownership of US Airlines

• Letter (PDF)
• Signees (PDF)

11/9/05 - Response to Decision by Amtrak Directors to Discharge President David Gunn

• Letter (PDF)

11/3/05 - T&I Dems Name 3 to Amtrak Working Group

• Press Release (PDF)

10/25/05 - Bush to Retract Davis-Bacon Waiver

• Press Release (PDF)

10/25/05 - GAO: FAA Needs to Fully Implement Inspection System for 99 Non-Legacy Carriers

• Press Release (PDF)

10/7/05 - GAO Says Corps of Engineers Lax on Wetland Losses

• Press Release (PDF)

10/3/05 - Letter to Secretary Mineta on Hours-of-Service Regulations

• Letter (PDF)

9/16/05 - Letter to President Bush regarding suspension of Davis-Bacon worker protections in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina

• Letter (PDF)

9/16/05 - House Passes Coast Guard Reauthorization

• Press Release (PDF)

9/6/05 - Hurricane Katrina

• Letter (PDF)

8/10/05 - H.R. 3

• State-by-state chart (PDF)
• Statement by Congressman Oberstar on signing (PDF)
• Enrolled version of conference report (PDF)

8/2/05 - GAO Report: EPA Not Properly Administering Clean Water Act

• Press Release (PDF)

6/30/05 - House to Consider 8th Extension of TEA 21

• Bill (PDF)

6/15/05 - Oberstar: Transportation Appropriations Bill Would Mean the End of Amtrak

• Press Release (PDF)

6/8/05 - 171 House Democrats, including Democratic Caucus Chair Robert Menendez (N.J.), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Democratic Member James L. Oberstar (Minn.), and Subcommittee on Railroad Ranking Democrat Corrine Brown (Fla.), send letter to House appropriators calling for $2 billion in funding for Amtrak for the next fiscal year.

• Letter (PDF)

5/31/05 - H.R. 3 Conference

• List of Conferees (PDF)

5/20/05 - Rep. James Oberstar Statement on Thompson Amendment to H.R. 1817, the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act

• Statement (PDF)

5/17/05 - A bipartisan group of 160 Members of the House wrote to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee today in support of continued funding for the Economic Development Administration.

• Letter (PDF)

5/13/05 - Transportation and Infrastructure Democrats Introduce Rail Security Bill

• Press Release (PDF)
• Statement (PDF)
• Bill (PDF)

5/12/05 - Cuts to Clean Water Funding

• Dear Colleague (PDF)

5/4/05 - In response to an inquiry from Rep. James Oberstar, DHS Acting Inspector General Richard Skinner has backed away from his statement before a Senate committee that airport screeners are performing no better now than pre-9/11, calling his statement an "inadvertent error."

• Letter of inquiry and response (PDF)

5/3/05 - Bipartisan Bill Enhances Rail Competition

• Press Release (PDF)
• Floor Statement (PDF)
• Bill Summary (PDF)
• Bill (PDF)

4/26/05 - Transportation and Infrastructure Democrats Introduce Bill to Improve Airport Security Screening Technology

• Press Release (PDF)
• Bill (PDF)

4/21/05 - Transportation and Infrastructure Leadership Introduces Administration's Amtrak Bankruptcy Bill by Request

• Press Release (PDF)
• Bill (PDF)

4/20/05 - Air Travel Security Improving

• Press Release (PDF)

4/14/05 - $60 Billion High-Speed Rail & Rail Infrastructure Bill Introduced In U.S. House

• Press Release (PDF)

4/14/05 - Bipartisan Amtrak Funding Legislation Introduced By U.S. House Transportation Committee Leadership

• Press Release (PDF)

4/12/05 - Oberstar Letter to Commerce Assistant Secretary David Sampson

• Letter (PDF) in response to Sampson's recent comments on PBS' Newshour about the effectiveness of federal economic development programs

4/5/05 - Oberstar and Costello Letter to FAA

• Letter (PDF)

3/17/05 - Legislation Introduced to Restore Federal Protection of Rivers, Streams, Wetlands

• Press Release (PDF)
• H.R. 1356 (PDF)

3/17/05 - Oberstar Opposes Bush Funding Cut For Economic Development

• Press Release (PDF)

3/10/05 - House Passes Highway Bill

• Press Release (PDF)

2/14/05 - Democrats Question Use of FPS Funds - Ask DHS Inspector General for audit

• Press Release (PDF)
• Letter (PDF)

2/9/05 - H.R. 3 - The Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

• Six-Year Highway & Transit Funding Legislation Introduced In U.S. House (press release) (PDF)

2/9/05 - Commercial Space Flight Safety

• Oberstar Introduces Commercial Space Flight Safety Legislation (press release) (PDF)
• Floor Statement (PDF)
• Bill (PDF)

2/9/05 - Transportation Energy Bill

• Oberstar, T&I Dems Introduce Transportation Energy Bill (press release) (PDF)
• Introductory Statement and Section-by-Section (PDF)
• Section-by-Section (PDF)
• Bill (PDF)

2/8/05 - Amtrak Budget

• Oberstar Press Statement on Amtrak Budget (PDF)

• Amtrak Commuter Operations and Support, FY04 (PDF)

• Amtrak Ridership and Employment, FY04 (PDF)

2/3/05 - TEA 21 Reauthorization

• Dear Colleague - TEA 21 Reauthorization: Member Requests for Highway and Transit Projects (PDF, 2/3/05)

• Dear Colleague - TEA 21 Reauthorization: Member Requests for Highway and Transit Projects (PDF, 1/10/05)

• Dear Colleague - TEA 21 Reauthorization: Advance Notice for 109th Congress (PDF, 12/20/04)

2/2/05 - Latest Roster

• Full Committee and Subcommittees (PDF)