we appreciate that but my honor to introduce governor john engler from the state of michigan. as many of you served as secretary of state for eight years when i came to congress that i have the honor and privilege of serving with governor engler during that time and if i can be parochial, he was one of my most successful governors and one of the nation's most successful on all kinds of issues but he left a legacy and transportation area as well so very fitting we are talking about transportation today in the aviation system. we have a department in southeast michigan, one of the nation's and during his tenure last year as governor he put together an authority to clean up a lot of things that need to be cleaned up at the airport and millions of you go through that airport you will see what a fantastic facility it is because he recognizes how import deviation is, a critical component of the transportation grid. the president of the business roundtable with vision and commitment taken to a national level we appreciate his attendance here today. >> thank you. with that i remind our

stuart rothenberg, tom davis and former governor ted strickland and john engler of michigan. we will also hear from members of the cq roll call staff and the number of cq reporters. this is live coverage you on c-span2. coverage here on c-span2. it's expected to start in just a few moments. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we are waiting for the start of this postelection analysis, a conference hosted by cq roll call. it's expected to illustrate couple of hours. house speaker john boehner will be addressing the media. is holding a briefing this afternoon at about 1:15 p.m. eastern. we plan to have that for you on c-span records. remarks and house speaker john boehner about post-midterm election priority for the republican agenda. this is back from in september. we will show you as much as we can to kill this conference gets under way. >> you've all heard a lot lately about corporate conversions, their religious symptoms, visible symptoms of a much deeper problem. our tax code is terrible. nobody understands it. not even the irs.

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calvin's cove all the third, the third, the inspector general for the department of transportation, john engler, president of the business roundtable, president of the airline pilot association, president and ceo. president and ceo of airlines for america and traffic controllersal air association. association. thank you all for being here. before i let i let you start, mr. larson wants to be recognized. >> i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a a letter from congress member clark regarding issues around laguardia. >> without objection so ordered. with that we recognize for an opening statement. proceed. >> chairman, ranking member, chairman, ranking member, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify. as you know, undergone considerable change. faa is also in the midst of a multibillion-dollar a multibillion-dollar effort to improve the efficiency of its air-traffic system. my testimony will highlight several challenges we have identified faced by faa as it tries to meet its modernization and reform goals. first, faa has as to the number of important reforms such