Honorable James Oberstar
United States Representative, Minnesota, Democrat
Representative Oberstar, of the Eighth District of Minnesota, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974. He served as Administrative Assistant to U.S. Representative John Blatnik (MN-D) from 1963 to 1974, and as Administrative Assistant to the U.S. House Public Works Committee from 1971 to 1974. He chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The following is from the December 16, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 2847, the Jobs for Main Street Act. In this Jobs for Main Street [bill], $39 billion is allocated to additional transportation and infrastructure investment to create and sustain family-wage construction jobs…
