...amendment's sponsor, agreed that the building trade unions stopped his progress. So did Minnesota Democratic Rep. James Oberstar. "I think the building trades had a very significant impact," said Oberstar, one of 36 Democrats to vote against...

...amendment's sponsor, agreed that the building trade unions stopped his progress. So did Minnesota Democratic Rep. James Oberstar. "I think the building trades had a very significant impact," said Oberstar, one of 36 Democrats to vote against...

...the committee," Young said on the House floor Wednesday night during discussion of the pipeline measure. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., will take over as chairman. He said Young succeeded last year in creating "the biggest transportation...

...federal pipeline regulations for years and advises an Alaska conservation and oil industry watchdog group. Rep. James Oberstar of Minnesota, the committee's ranking Democrat, said the BP pipeline fiasco in Alaska exposed "a corporate culture...

...the states more equitable. "With the opener we have the opportunity to come back and do this again," said Rep. James Oberstar of Minnesota, top Democrat on the Transportation Committee and a leading proponent of more infrastructure spending...

...relationship with the D's than I do with some of the R's," he said, ticking off the names in the House leadership, James Oberstar of Minnesota, Nick Rahall of West Virginia, David Obey of Wisconsin and John Dingell of Michigan. Moments later...