Congressman Jim Oberstar represents Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.

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United States Congress/Chairman Transportation & Infrastructure
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Minnesota
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8th
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DFL
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Congressman Jim Oberstar

Congressman Jim Oberstar Plane crash, airline reform effort immortalized in song

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Tuesday at 8:26am · Comment ·
    Congressman Jim Oberstar

    Congressman Jim Oberstar Oberstar Calls for Oil Spill Liability Legislation
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    During debate in the House of Representatives on July 30, 2010, T&I Chairman James L. Oberstar (Minn.) called for passage of The House has now begun general debate on H.R. 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act. The bill addresses environmental and financial liabilities ...
    July 30 at 12:17pm · Comment ·
      • Wayne Halverson AH, BUT what about the plume of Oil that is just below the surface of the water and on the gulf floor?
        July 31 at 5:30am ·
      • David Scott jim hasn't done a thing re: the oil spill! shame on you jim!

        GO CHIP!!
        2 hours ago ·
    Congressman Jim Oberstar

    Congressman Jim Oberstar Airline safety bill passes Senate, ready for president

    Airline safety bill passes Senate, ready for president | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota
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    The Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010, sponsored by Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., passed on the House on a voice vote Thursday. The Senate passed the bill on a voice vote this morning. (Photo: 1998 file / News Tribune)
    July 30 at 12:11pm · Comment ·
      Congressman Jim Oberstar

      Congressman Jim Oberstar Center for Responsive Politics Lauds Improved Disclosure of Transportation Earmarks

      Center for Responsive Politics Lauds Improved Disclosure of Transportation Earmarks - OpenSecrets Bl
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      The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this morningunveiled a searchable and sortablespreadsheet of earmarks approved by the committee.
      July 30 at 12:10pm · Comment ·
        Congressman Jim Oberstar

        Congressman Jim Oberstar How the Great Recession Was Brought to an End The unprecedented fiscal and monetary policy response proved effective, a new study finds. This is by Mark Zandi, the Chief Economist of the McCain for President Campaign.

        http://www.economy.com/mark-zandi/documents/End-of-Great-Recession.pdf
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        July 29 at 2:06pm · Comment ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar Oberstar Water Resources Bill Benefits Northeast Minnesota

          Congressman James L Oberstar -- Oberstar Water Resources Bill Benefits Northeast Minnesota
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          July 28 at 2:33pm · Comment ·
          • Andy Equality Mundt, David Bergum and Bonnie Anderson like this.
            • Congressman Jim Oberstar
              David, I think you have the wrong bill. The Water Resources Development Act funds most of the the project work done by the Army Corps of Engineers. Building locks and damns and dredging the Duluth Harbor is not a federal land grab.

              Right-w...ing property rights groups have called the America's Commitment to Clean Water Act "the biggest land grab in history." That is actually a logically flawed argument, here's why: Two Supreme Court Rulings pulled back the jurisdiction the Clean Water Act had been operating under since it passed. Oberstar's bill simply restores that jurisdiction.

              Jurisdiction does not mean regulation. Cops have jurisdiction over every car on the road, but they can only pull you over if they have probable cause and they cant cite you unless you break the law. The Clean Water Act can only regulate point source pollution, it has no authority to regulate water.

              The old Arrowhead Refinery Super Fund Site in Hermantown, is a good example of why this law is needed. Arrowhead dumped toxic sludge into an isolated wetland that was not connected to a "navigable water" for decades. It cost tens of millions to clean it up. The Clean Water Act made that kind of dumping against federal law, but the Supreme Court has now taken away the jurisdiction of the federal government to regulate dumping into isolated wetlands. It won't happen here because Minnesota has laws that prohibit such dumping, but 20 other states do not. In those states it's perfectly legal for a company to dump any pollutant into an "non-navigable" water.

              What about the property rights of the people who have their water table contaminated by that kind of dumping? Or the property rights of people who have flooding on their property because their neighbor filled in a wetland?

              I covered Oberstar as a reporter for eight years before I went to work for him. Environmentalists beat him up because he supports mining,timber harvesting and other job-generating activities. Then he raises the ire of industry groups for forcing them to operate in an environmentally responsible manner. The guy honestly tries to balance the issues and support the best policy for his district and the nation.

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              July 29 at 8:37am · 1 personLoading... ·
            • Nicholas Romanov Will Jim be debating his opposition this year?
              July 29 at 6:46pm ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar Reminder: This is the Facebook page for Jim Oberstar's federal office, so House ethics rules prohibit campaigning here. If a comment strays too far in that direction I have to delete it, even if is as innocuous as "Go ______!!!" Sorry, but those are the rules. John the press guy

          July 28 at 5:40am · Comment ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar BP Replaces Tony Hayward with Startled Deer. Funny.

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          LONDON (The Borowitz Report) – Carrying through on its pledge to install fresh leadership at the top of the company, BP today replaced embattled CEO Tony Hayward with a startled deer.
          July 27 at 3:13pm · Comment ·
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            • Congressman Jim Oberstar
              Mandy, a good example of rural roads not being addressed is Highway 8 in Chisago County. For years it was one of the dangerous roads in Minnesota, but MN/Dot wouldn't address it. Oberstar stepped in earmarked over $20 million to make the ...road safer. When it comes to allocating transportation money, the populated Metro area usually takes priority. In addition to getting the state a 46 percent increase in federal highway funding in the last surface transportation bill, Jim was able to secure over $100 million for high priority projects requested by 8th District communities. He will only act on those requests if MN/Dot has been unresponsive to the requests of those communities.

              I wish roads and bridges would take care of themselves, but they don't.
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              July 28 at 7:12am ·
            • Bo Johnson Well, Krissa, every politician in the USA lie, deceive and manipulate, and at the end of the day BP has solely bank rolled the entire clean up. and will continue through the rehab of the entire gulf region.
              July 28 at 1:11pm ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Budget Reduction Efforts by House Democrats
          House Democrats Have Voted for A Series of Measures That Cut the Deficit and Cut Wasteful Government Spending Since January 2009, House Democrats have voted time and time again for measures that reduce the deficit, crack down on wasteful government spending, and impose tough fiscal discipline...
          July 27 at 1:22pm · Comment ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar The DISCLOSE Act reinstates the ban on corporations giving to political candidates. It's passed the House, but needs Senate passage. http://tiny.cc/ww1e5

          Target Corp. spending company money on candidates | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota
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          The discount retailer is now a major donor to a group backing the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor.
          July 27 at 9:31am · Comment ·
          • David Bergum, Emil Dahlberg, Tim Rivard and 2 others like this.
            • Emil Dahlberg
              John.

              You are correct I should not have called her a troll even though she is.
              It appears to me there is a possible organized effort on Chip supporters part. I have looked at many of the negative posters facebook pages over the past couple we...eks and the majority of what I reviewed have a link to Chip's page.
              You should delete my comment. It was an opinion and should have been expressed as such.
              Kindly delete my "personal" attack.

              You will not see any additional postings from me.

              Thanks for your work for, and with Jim.

              I have known him for close to 30 years, and having worked with many folks from Congress past and present, in my estimation he is one of the very best legislators in Washington today.

              Please say hi to Jim and Bill Richard for me.

              Take care.
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              July 28 at 10:11am via Email Reply ·
            • Peggy Erickson I was born out of state and my profile reflects that. But I have lived in MN since my early teens and that surely qualifies me to have an opinion. For the last year and a half, I have been reading the bills coming our of Congress. All too often, members of Congress are not well informed on what is in those bills and the arguments they use are in error. I would urge everyone to take the time to read the bills and be informed. Then we could perhaps have a productive discussion.
              July 28 at 3:18pm ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar Regional air service boosted with expansion | Bemidji Pioneer | Bemidji, Minnesota

          Regional air service boosted with expansion | Bemidji Pioneer | Bemidji, Minnesota
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          “Regional airports are such an important part of our aviation system in that they provide a very essential level of air service for communities just like Bemidji, and we need to support that,” the FAA’s second-ranking official said Saturday.
          July 26 at 8:20am · Comment ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar Big Wall Street banks and investment firms have been spending $1.4 million every day to, kill reform.

          Congressman's view: The end of too big to fail | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota
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          For months now, big Wall Street banks and investment firms have been spending $1.4 million every day to employ an army of lobbyists to do one thing: stop Congress from holding them accountable for the financial meltdown that cost 8 million American jobs and caused $17 trillion of wealth to simply va...
          July 26 at 7:57am · Comment ·
          • Shelly Mategko and Mary Ledingham like this.
            • Mary Ledingham
              I think my biggest concern is the November election and keeping our majority in the House and Senate. Everything is finally starting to turn around in favor of the majority of American families. Because I live on Veteran Disability, I was o...ne of the first to feel the squeeze, and will be one of the last to feel any relief. Even still, I am overjoyed that the train (GOV) did not run off the tracks, and is now picking up speed due to the reforms enacted in the last two years.

              We have to keep this train rolling toward a brighter tomorrow!

              As an aside, a very pressing concern of mine is the price of heating fuel. Is there any way we can ensure that heating fuel won't be sky high this winter? Maybe we could make a deal with North Dakota to try and keep fuel costs low for those who do not qualify for fuel assistance, but yet can not afford to heat their homes this winter?

              Thank you for all you do Jim! I am so proud to call you MY Congressman!!              See More
              July 26 at 8:33am ·
            • Wayne Halverson yes, and they sent our TARP money overseas. and the corporates are sitting on a Trillion dollars, I hear. so a shame on Corporate america. GREED, is all I can say.
              July 27 at 4:59am ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar Jim Oberstar on the passing of cycling activist Terry McGaughey

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          July 23 at 1:51pm · Comment ·
          • Cathy Gunderson likes this.
            • Judith Erickson Thanks for sharing this. He will be missed.
              July 23 at 4:13pm ·
            • Wayne Halverson I thank you , I have been riding the Paul Bunyan bicycle trail this summer for the first time, lts full of people on it biking, walking an roller blading. I hope to cover the trail this summer, I have been going in 10 mile [20 mile RT] rides, I am starting at pine river on my next leg. I say make it mandatory to put in bike riding area on new highway construction or resurfasing projects.
              July 24 at 10:24am ·
            • Pat Frank Thank you so very much for the kind words that you had to say about my brother. It is comforting to know that he was so well liked and will be missed by so many. Thank you again. Pat McGaughey Frank (Terry's sister)
              July 24 at 10:59pm ·
          Congressman Jim Oberstar

          Congressman Jim Oberstar Editorial Cartoon: Unemployment

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          July 23 at 11:47am · Comment ·
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            • Dave Gunderson
              John the press guy your so right.
              My wife lost her job 1 yr ago she has a mutitude of things going for her and against her. The things against include seizure disorder and when she tells the new propsective employer it seems to shut down t...he Interviewe process right then and there.
              She has had schooling in tech school and is now taking this time to get a AA degree in Buissnes management, she will be doing her second year here shortly.without her benifits we would not make it at all and with the extensions we are able to keep up somewhat. So I will back up your statement 100%, I am living it.
              I have to use unemployment from time to time as my employer cuts hours as production demands are lower at times so we are laid of intermitenly.              See More
              July 23 at 2:11pm ·
            • Dave Gunderson I will add Jim has been to our factory I believe it was in 2006 so we are not unknown to him.
              July 23 at 2:12pm ·
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          Congressman Jim Oberstar Congressman James L Oberstar
          -- Unemployment Benefits Extension Clears Congress. After overcoming weeks of opposition by the Republican minority, the U.S. House of Representatives gave its final approval today to extend unemployment benefits for millions of Americans. Senate Republicans blocked the extension for more... than 7 weeks that caused 2.5 million American families to lose the benefits they earned.

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          Congressman James L Oberstar -- Unemployment Benefits Extension Clears Congress
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          July 22 at 4:22pm · Comment ·
          • Jesse Schomberg, William Dilks, John Dusek and 2 others like this.
            • Tim Zeigler I'm unemployed... for 60+ weeks. VOTE NO - unless it is paid for out of the Democrat slush fund. I will do everything I can to elect Jim's opponent in November!
              July 23 at 1:06pm ·
            • Charlie Moe Tom, I find it funny that I have never insulted anyone on here, don't call names and you say I should be blocked and call me a hack all while repeating DFL propaganda. I've read over half of the health care bill that I'm willing to bet neither you or the congressman have read. I look everywhere from CNN to Fox to BBC to realclearpolitics for my news, how many views do you look at? And yet you call me a hack.....
              July 23 at 1:29pm ·