Congressman Rips Into NTSB Chairman

Like a lot of Minnesotans, Representative Jim Oberstar can't understand why there isn't going to be a public NTSB hearing on the collapse of the 35W bridge. Just like confidence in the Minnesota Department of Transportation has been spiraling down since the August disaster, confidence in the NTSB has been declining as rumors and conspiracy theories multiply. Simply put, if there isn't a transparent public hearing, the public is not going to believe the report on the cause of the collapse.

Earlier this year the NTSB board voted 3 to 2 not to hold a hearing based on staff recommendations that a hearing would delay the report. Rep. Oberstar, who chairs the House committee that recommends funds for the National Transportation Safety Board, told NTSB Chair Mark Rosenker that he values accuracy and transparency over a speedy report.

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[OnenessNow]

Thank you congressman OBERSTAR for PROTECTING our citizens from a CORRUPT NTSB who are not ready to be forthright with the American people.

[stevieRay3211]

I don't know seems just like one politician/bureaucrat to another. Doesn't seem like a bad gig, get paid big bucks, do pretty much nothing for most of time, then have to appear at some BS hearing to lie and talk double talk for a while and in the end...well nothing happens as a bunch of papers are shuffled. What a whole lot of crap.

[entoncesminnesota]

There is no good reason NOT to have a hearing. Oberstar is exactly right.

[Gilliatt83]

huh.