TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
James L. Oberstar
Minnesota
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Oberstar, 72, has been hanging around the committee since the 1960s, when he was chief aide to fellow Minnesotan John A. Blatnik, the chairman of what was then called the Public Works and Transportation Committee. Now, the low-key legislator from the Iron Range has a chance to run the place.
Oberstar is not expected to move the committee from its roots. The panel has always been a conduit for home-district projects such as roads, waterways and mass transit. If it rolls, flies or floats, Oberstar has been a supporter of it.
Hardly a liberal partisan, Oberstar has been known to break with his leadership, but he is strongly pro-union. He is also likely to raise environmental concerns as a priority for the committee.
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