He announced his decision at a Duluth park and was later endorsed by Congressman Jim Oberstar.

Oberstar was born in Chisholm, Minnesota, and still owns his original family home in Chisholm.

Oberstar was first elected as a Democrat to the 94th Congress and was reelected to 17 succeeding Congresses ; serving from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 2011.

( His predecessor Blatnik had chaired the committee during his last two terms in Congress when it was known as the Public Works Committee, with Oberstar as staff administrator ).

Oberstar was also a member of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism.

Oberstar was the co-chairman of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, along with Republican Chris Smith of New Jersey.

In 2007, Oberstar was one of 16 Democrats who voted against federal funding for stem cell research.

During his tenure in Congress, Oberstar held leadership positions on the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee, was House Democratic At-Large Whip, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Study Group.

On June 19, 2012, Oberstar was made Commander in the French Ordre national du Mérite.

Oberstar was given a rating of 100 by the Environment America and the League of Conservation Voters in 2009.

Oberstar won and was reelected 16 times without serious difficulty.

Grams was by far the strongest opponent Oberstar had ever faced, and the first reasonably well-funded Republican to run in the 8th in decades.

Oberstar was defeated after 18 terms.

In 2007, Congresswoman Johnson was appointed by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James L. Oberstar ( D-MN ) to serve as Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment during the 110th and 111th Congresses.

Oberstar said there was a " culture of coziness " between senior FAA officials and the airlines and " a systematic breakdown " in the FAA's culture that resulted in " malfeasance, bordering on corruption.

According to the LCV, Dingell voted " pro-environment " on twelve out of twelve issues the group deemed critical ; they also praised him for introducing, along with representatives James Oberstar and Jim Leach, an amendment compelling the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) to rescind a directive issued in 2003 by the Bush Administration " requiring EPA staff to get permission from headquarters before protecting ' isolated ' water bodies like vernal pools, prairie potholes, playa lakes and bogs ," which provide " critical wildlife habitat, store flood water, and protect drinking water supplies.

Oberstar also supports the American Association of University Women ( AAUW ), which has been a leading voice promoting education and equality for women and girls nationwide ; he fully supported the AAUW in 2007 and 2008.

In 2008, Americans For Fair Taxation ( AFFT ), gave Oberstar their lowest possible rating, and the National Taxpayers Union gave Oberstar an " F ."

Pine City is located in Minnesota's 8th congressional district, represented for many years by Jim Oberstar, a Democrat and now represented by Republican Chip Craavack.

In the general election of 2010, the party captured both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature for the first time since the 1970s, and defeated 18-term Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar by electing Chip Cravaack, despite having lost every statewide race.

Oberstar is a strong supporter of the Head Start Program, which is a national program from the Department of Health and Human Services to promote school readiness by enhancing social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services.

Although some polls showed Oberstar only ahead by two points, in the end he won by over 30 points and did not lose a single county in his district.

* 1934 – Jim Oberstar, American politician

In 1965, Oberstar helped create the Economic Development Administration, the only federal agency devoted to the creation and retention of jobs in economically distressed American communities.

Oberstar does not support free trade agreements, such as North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), the Central American Free Trade Agreement ( CAFTA ).

In 2009 Oberstar received the Tony Jannus Award for distinguished leadership in the field of commercial aviation.

According to his voting record and interest group ratings, Oberstar is a supporter of labor.

On March 18, 2006 he announced that he would not run for reelection for the 110th Congress, ending 46 years as an elected official, including 28 years in Congress – the second-longest tenure in either house of Congress in the state's history, behind only fellow Democrat Jim Oberstar.

James L. Oberstar ( DFL )

James Louis " Jim " Oberstar ( born September 10, 1934 ) is a former U. S. Representative who served in the U. S. Congress from 1975 until 2011 as a member of the Minnesota Democratic – Farmer – Labor Party.

Oberstar graduated from Chisholm High School in 1952, and went on to the College of St. Thomas ( now the University of St. Thomas ) in St. Paul, Minnesota where he received his B. A.

An avid cyclist, Oberstar championed the creation of trails for cycling and hiking to promote active lifestyles.

At both the 2007 BikeWalk California conference and at other bicycling conferences, Oberstar advocated converting the U. S .' s transportation system " from a hydrocarbon-based system to a carbohydrate-based system.

Oberstar generally had a liberal voting record, but opposed abortion and gun control.

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she also went to Washington and appealed to Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, the Fighting Liberal, from whose office a sympathetic but cautious harrumphing was heard.

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