House Proceeding 12-11-07 on Dec 11th, 2007 :: 2:58:28 to 2:59:41
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James L. Oberstar: i'm grateful to the -- to both gentlemen for their good wishes. and for all those colleagues who sent good wishes and cards and good eats. now i yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished

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Jerry F. Costello: chairman of the aviation subcommittee, mr. costello. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illgeinois is reco gnized for such time as he may consume. mr. costello: mr. speaker, thank

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Speech By: Jerry F. Costello

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Jerry F. Costello: you. i, too, would like to join our colleagues on the other side of the aisle in welcoming our chairman back. let me say that on this legislation i think chairman oberstar, as he always does,

2:58:56 to 2:59:11( Edit History Discussion )

Jerry F. Costello: has summarized the legislation very well. we have a similar provision in h.r. 2881 that we passed out of the house on september 20. unfortunately as chairman oberstar indicated, it is pending in

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Jerry F. Costello: the other body. it makes sense to pass this legislation at this time. we are hopeful that by doing so today that the other body will act quickly. and we in fact can get this over to the president

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Jerry F. Costello: and signed into law. many changes have taken place since the f.a.a. arbitrarily imposed the age 60 rule inn 1960. the age expectancy of a person living in the united states then versus today goes

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from 60-something years old in thnge early 1960's to 77 years today. so we have other provisions in the legislation as chairman oberstar indicated on international flights that make certain