James Oberstar Quotes (6 Quotes)

If you make a comment like that, those words have consequences. People take note of someone saying something like that, and you have to substantiate those remarks. She didn't.

We cannot legislate good judgment into the minds and hearts and souls of pilots, but we can erect some strong barriers.

The carriers seem unable to muster the discipline to reasonably price their product,

This nation has been at war, ... Airlines are the front line of that war. We wouldn't think of contracting out our army to protect us against an open foreign invasion. We shouldn't think of contracting out responsibility of defending the internal United States against covert attacks.

This merger and the others that follow will mean fewer choices - due to reduced competition, higher fares and likely, a serious deterioration in service, I am very skeptical that the merger of these two 'customer service-challenged,' organizations will improve this already dismal situation.

Our nation's waterwastewater infrastructure is literally crumbling beneath our city streets, ... The hidden problem for America is 70 to 100 year water and sewer lines that don't have the capacity to respond to today's population growth and vastly increased water use and reuse.