speaker, i ask my colleagues to honor jim oberstar by naming the stretch of i-35 that serves as the gateway to the district he so ably represented for 36 years, designate it as the james l. oberstar memorial highway. thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve the balance of my time and unless the gentleman has any speakers, i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin. does the gentleman yield back? mr. nolan: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. petri: i encourage all members to support this bill and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4926. those -- as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. without objection, the title is amended. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin wish to be recognized. mr. petri: i move to susp

our in memoriam programming concludes with minnesota congressman jim oberstar. he was best known for his work as transportation committee chairman. mr. oberstar minnesota's longest-serving congressman died in may at the age of 79. in 2010 he conducted an interview with c-span just before retiring. this is 30 minutes. >> chairman oberstar, i want to start with partisanship, if we could. first of all, let's stay with the home state. help me understand a state that can support the dfl and the tea party? >> i think this was a unique year of a national wave of reaction against a number of national issues. they did converge in minnesota. they did next door and wisconsin. that could virgin's of anger -- that convergence of anger, lack of understanding perception that the country was off course just came together. we lost the minnesota state senate for the first time since 1972. not only lost the majority lost a 2/3 majority. similarly in the minnesota state house. in my own district, a fringe area around the suburbs, there was a swing. all the state legislators lost in

shuster in said "where your -- said "why are you, a republican, traveling with jim oberstar?" he said that we were joined at the hip and we reached a common ground for the better of the country. not everyone has the best the ideas. if you find common ground, you reach good ideas, good policy that is workable for the country. throughout 20007 and 2008 we passed significant legislation reauthorizing amtrak for example. mr. mica came from one perceptive. i came from another. he had an idea of engaging the private sector. i didn't think that would be workable. but as we talked, as we looked each other in the eye, there was a trust between us. he is not setting a trap for me and i am not setting a trap for him. we were being open and honest to see what we could do for the greater public good. we achieved authorization for amtrak that eventually, the following year, 2008, president bush signed into law. i can say that for the state loan fund, the faa authorization bill we passed in 2007, and then again in 2009. a host of other measures putting the posfirst photovoltaic system in the

oberstar,to thank jim who is deceased, tom from virginia, larry is no longer ,ere, who served as my cochair and jesse hamilton. i thought he was a really nice guy. everybody later had to tell me how hard he was to get along with. and knewnt up to him he would want to help because he adopted a child. i do not think a lot of people realize that. we passed a great treaty together that served as the international model for adoption today. and joe biden was the ranking member on the committee. and go'srey helms support, we passed a great treaty years ago and we are still in the process of making that permanent where possible and working it through. it compliments are quite long so i will submit them for the record only to say that the adoption tax credit, which bob casey worked on and took up that i got here, i am glad that we can keep it. and to amy klobuchar, how much i appreciate her stepping in. in lawrence lot, who will take it on the republican side. there are over 100,000 children who are waiting for families in the united states. 500,000 children who think it is their fault that they are