mica: yes. mr. rhoades: we keep talking about the failures at the checkpoint and candidly i think it's insulting to t.s.o.'s because the leaders are what put the t.s.o.'s in that environment and so, yes, they got a difficult mission. yes, we need to resource them. but let's not forget the fact that the people who brought us to the dance of those the failures of the detection rate are still in leadership positions. and what training did they get? so, again, we're deflecting the problem on the t.s.o.'s, but we're not really talking about all the people in leadership positions who brought them to the dance. mr. mica: i now yield to mr. walberg. mr. walberg: mr. livingston, we've been talking about failure at all levels, training, morale, etc., and the consistent terrible rankings that d.h.s. has. what do you think it's going to take to instill a meaningful change in employee morale? mr. livingston: accountable leadership that gets results that's consistent and that is honest because right now there's n

mica: what percentage? mr. wiedefeld: i don't have the estimation. mr. mica: 70%?ave we made progress? mr. wiedefeld: we have made progress. mr. mica: what's left, 10%, 20%? mr. wiedefeld: we have arcing. we have insulators. mr. mica: i know went there. i went down to ntsb. i saw the coding. i saw some in water. what percentage is done? get that back to the committee. that's where we're having problems right now. that's not rocket science. how much is done in-house and how much is contracted? mr. wiedefeld: we're using contractors to run it. mr. mica: most of your repairs you could probably get done best by contract rather than in-house, right? mr. wiedefeld: it's a combination of both. mr. mica: ok. ok. but, again, we have to address the immediate problems, arcing. are there any other major issues? signalization. i heard you're doing some ties and things like that. what would you say are the next safety -- next things? mr. wiedefeld: the ties, the power cables, the running rails. mr. mica: would you submit a list of prioritization and what percentage do you think

mica: what percentage? mr. wiedefeld: i don't have the estimation. mr. mica: 70%? have we made progress? mr. wiedefeld: we have made progress. mr. mica: what's left, 10%, 20%? mr. wiedefeld: we have arcing. we have insulators. mr. mica: i know went there. i went down to ntsb. i saw the coding. i saw some in water. what percentage is done? get that back to the committee. that's where we're having problems right now. that's not rocket science. how much is done in-house and how much is contracted? mr. wiedefeld: we're using contractors to run it. mr. mica: most of your repairs you could probably get done best by contract rather than in-house, right? mr. wiedefeld: it's a combination of both. mr. mica: ok. k. but, again, we have to address the immediate problems, arcing. are there any other major issues? signalization. i heard you're doing some ties and things like that. what would you say are the next safety -- next things? mr. wiedefeld: the ties, the power cables, the running rails. mr. mica: would you submit a list of prioritization and what percentage do you think

let's go, mica! [ cheers and applause ] >> good job, young man. young man. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers app >> that was so beautiful. wasn't that amazing? >> and you can tell how much they all love him by the way they're responding. it's really beautiful. all righty. something i did a couple months ago -- i forgot to let everybody know you can see at the movies last monday, one of those fathom events. so this is the second chance to see "i hope you dance." republican that great leanne womack song? a night of hope and healing. it's a national movie theater event. joel osteen is in it, leanne womack, brian wilson, i'm there will in a panel discussion about how -- the power of that song to change lives. so to find out where you can catch it tonight, go to ihopeyoudancetickets.com. >> if you need a little pick me up. >> few f you leave us now we'll miss a few of our favorite things. >> and if you have a case of the mondays we'll give you a healthy dose of you up. >> right after this. >> you got it. every year we look for a better way to tame the b

because mica had never walked before. he's will had cerebral palsy since birth and had been practicing for commencement for months. >> getting out of his cheech surprised his classmates and families. rightly so, they gave him a standing ovation, his parents weeping tears of joy. of course, they were not the only ones. such a touching moment and what a moment to show. his klatt mates and families accomplished on this day of academic accomplishment all he's been through. >> he's undergone a number of operations, lots of physical therapy and still doctors told him he would never walk. so what a day to show that if you really put your mind to something and to defy all the expectations. a great inspirational story there. >> you get chills. >> coming up later "the mix," a pair of electrifying musical tribute ooze. >> and a whale stuck in a net along a new jersey shore gets help from some human friends. >> and later a trip through the hall of fame of laughter. touching back the clock to see how far comedy has come. barry mitchel

mica is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. good to hold this hearing and review some of the conduct of some of the employees of epa. responsibility in that .gency to carry out i had the opportunity to chair civil-service on the subcommittee on this panel a couple of years ago. i am a supporter of the civil-service system that was decades and decades ago to protect civil servants, ,ublic employees from abuse politically abused and been relieved of their positions. isn't that pretty much the case? >> yes, congressman it is. it is important to make sure the sense -- >> now ready to take working people and cast them out. protectedat should be . however the reports we have here, have 12 pages of some of .he most egregious abuses i cannot find any instance on which anyone was fired. did you say there were 15,000 epa employees? is that correct? >> more than that. >> did you say mr. sullivan you have 280 investigators? -- we had 365have years ago. now we are down to 289 and >> what do they do? >> we have investigations, some auditors.

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>> congressman mica, thank you for the question. i had questions about the personnel when i first came in. >> are you currently reviewing the qualifications and the allegations -- >> i have a new chief of intelligence that i brought in who is an intelligent professional. he's here. i can report ---ed. >> i think i would like an outline to the committee -- i mean, the screening function is fine and you may find some knives and some guns. they're not going to take down an aircraft. but intelligence is government responsibility. we don't have good intelligence and again, i cited an older gao report where known terrorists are going through the system. this was a risk-based system. so can you provide us with an outline of what you intended to correct the situation? >> yes, sir. and i'll also provide you with an example of how we have built an intelligence enterprise which i think is one of the best in the country. i can say that. it's been recognized recently by the national counterterrorism center with one of their prestigious awards wi

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mica: ok. i am going to create a new award. you're going to get the first one. this is a certificate of appreciation. i'll probably make these into gold, into silver and bronze. you're going to get a silver because you actually responded since march 18 and took action and fired people. so this is a certificate, a special congressional recognition from me to you. if we could get more people in other agencies, t.s.a., the e.p.a., on and on, to take the action you had, we'd have much better government. thank you for stepping up to the plate and doing your job responsibly. finally if this doesn't work in january when i come back, i will have a very nice -- i'll give you a little bit more time, sir. i will have a privatization bill to turn this over to private management if this doesn't work but i think we're in fairly good hands. i'm rooting for you. staff, would you make sure that the gentleman gets this certificate? this is unprecedented in 24 years in congress. mrs. comstock: i now recognize mr. sires for five minutes. mr. sires: i got to washington -- i'm from n

mica. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mica: i have to thank mr. barletta for taking this measure so far and i thank mr. carson from indiana and i thank mr. denham and others for bringing this legislation forward. my involvement as a member of the transportation committee and former chair was, we had subcommittee that is entitled economic development, public buildings and emergency management which the distinguished gentleman chairs and we have the ranking member member from indiana and i have taken this proposal that we thought about for some time and we heard mr. dunk and's work for years and brought it forward to a great piece of legislation that can save billions of dollars. the federal government and the american people are the largest land owners of anyone, anywhere. we own more federal property than anyone. there are some problems, though, and we identified those when we were in the minority and had more time to do studies and reports. and there was a report called the federal government must stop sitting on its ass

the florida congressman john mica sat on the floor of washington's reagan national airport to hear the secretary's briefing and cbs news reporter chris van cleve talked to him after that. >> and i am focused on making ur -- making sure we go forward and we focus on this d attention of myself and the tsa administrator. >> and i asked the secretary if he felt they did a good enough job preparing the american public for the lines. >> no, no. >> the situation that is created. >> i don't think so at all. the way it's brought to the attention is the media and thousands being left behind and in almost every airport. >> and so, it looks like the #i hate the wait is not going away any time soon. >>> and new tonight, we got a break from the last two straight weeks of gray and gray and -- . >> for a few glorious hours, almost all of the region was bathed in sun. remember sun? and that weather was different from the last few weeks and so striking that we pulled garrett hague off of the politics beat and asked him to investigate this unusual phenomenon in the sky. why i if there traditional signs l

he was in oklahoma and that's because mica had never walked before.ebral palsy since birth and had been practicing to walk at his commencement for months and he surprised his and they gave him a well warranted standing ovation. >> my favorite video of the day by far. >>> all right, michael jackson classic is going viral this morning. you know the one "smooth criminal." ♪ are you okay annie ♪ are you okay annie ♪ are you okay >> such a great video but that's not the one going viral as talented duo is giving us their own version. check this out. ♪ >> those dudes are going hard. that is the popular croatian musicians also known as two cellos. this new video has more than 65,000 views and was just posted yesterday. >> i love this. they actually had and if you are sick of rain then we have some very good news for you. starting today-- you can ditch the umbrellas and break out the sunglasses and t-shirts. this is good morning washington. i'm larry smith. and i'm autria godfrey.. toss to eileen today: mostly sunny. warm. highs: 78-83 winds: nw 5-10 mph tonig

he was in oklahoma and that's because mica had never walked before.ebral palsy since birth and had been practicing to walk at his commencement for months and he surprised his classmates their their families and they gave him a well warranted standing ovation. >> my favorite video of the day by far. >>> all right, michael jackson classic is going viral this morning. you know the one "smooth criminal." ♪ are you okay annie ♪ are you okay annie ♪ are you okay >> such a great video but that's not the one going viral as talented duo is giving us their own version. check this out. ♪ >> those dudes are going hard. that is the popular croatian musicians also known as two cellos. this new video has more than 65,000 views and was just posted yesterday. >> i love this. they actually had another video and this one too. >> more news after this. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed he

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. >> reporter: congressman john mica sat on the floor of washington's reagan airport to hear the secretary's briefing. i asked the secretary if he felt they had done a good enough job preparing the american public for these lines, for the situation that's been created. >> no, i don't think so at all. unfortunately, wait it's been brought to their attention is by the media, by thousands being left behind at almost every airport. >> reporter: and it seems many airports agree with the congressman. scott, last week, the three new york-area airports joined atlanta and seattle in threatening to kick out the t.s.a. for private screeners. >> pelley: and we just got to the end of the line in that smaller picture at midway airport. kris van cleave, thank you. well, some mysterious audio tape surfaced today. they were provided to the "washington post" by an anonymous source. the question is, is the voice on them donald trump? here's chip reid. >> reporter: in 1991, a "people" magazine reporter record a call from someone identifying himself as john miller other who said he was representing donald trump.

cartwright, recognized. >> thank you, acting chairman mica. advocate all the witnesses, today. i listen to all of your testimony and it's well taken. i come from pennsylvania. pennsylvania, hospitalization for overdoses due to pain medication increased 225% from 2000-2014. drug overdose deaths in pennsylvania increased by 12.9% between 2013-2014. compared to a 6.5 are sent increase nationally in the same time period. it's a huge problem in pennsylvania, and director botticelli, you mentioned attending a down-home earlier this year i did a total in my district in a rural place. typically we get between 30-40 people out for routine town halls protect us when we had over 100 people come out, and nobody was smiling. every family is touched by this crisis, by this epidemic. the question is what can be done to combat it? in pennsylvania there is a company, right made using nanotechnology and is following the fda directive to use the lowest effective dose nsaids for chronic pain. it's an african-american owned company which is growing by the month providing not only jobs in pennsylvan

last week, hogan's compensation was questioned by republican congressman john mica. >> the gentlemanl of this program earned in one year an $80,000 bonus. >> reporter: as the head of security for tsa, hogan's base salary was more than $181,000 a year. over 13 month he took home $90,000 in bonuses as screeners failed to detect mock explosives or banned weapons in 95% of tests by the inspector general. hogan was hammered earlier this month during a house oversight hearing. >> since his promotion to the position in 2013. security operations at tsa. >> reporter: in this memo, peter neffenger disclosed a leadership team at chicago o'hare airport. one week after 100 passengers were stranded overnight and forced to sleep on cots. nationwide, tens of thousand have missed their flights as screenings have slowed. the tsa blames staffing shortages. tightened measures. and increasing number of fliers. friday, neffenger promised reform. >> you will see crowds. my goal is to keep you moving. can't have a situation like in chicago again. >> on the presidential campaign trail, bernie sanders continu

mica from florida for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i spoke earlier about the attrition rate which overall is about 10%. about 4500 a year. and then the new hires we are loosing about 30% of those and 38% of the non-tsa which is information we got from you. the problem is that is an average. you have 30 airports in the country that handle 75% of the traffic and those numbers are much higher. i know los angeles, a whole host of the big ones have had problems recruiting, retaining, training, and hiring. you actually have defered -- you hold mr. heist you have lots of people going through with a few exceptions but you actually have given authority to 21 airports, almost all of those the largest in the country, isn't that correct? >> -- for local training and hiring? >> it will not be at 21 locations. >> waivers to 21 locations. boston, jfk, miami, lax -- the big ones. >> yes, sir. >> and i know generally -- i don't -- have a problem with that. i think you can get people to do the training and there are firms that will do that and maybe in

mica, is recognizeded for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to hold this hearing. i had the opportunity to share civil service on this subcommittee on this panel some years ago and i am a supporter of the civil service system. it was setup decades and decades ago to protect civil servants, public employees from abuse of being politically abused and being reliefed, isn't that the case, mr. meiburg and mr. sullivan? >> yes, congressman, it is. it is important to make sure the system is not subject -- >> it is not rigged to take hard working people and then cast them out on some political bases and i think that should be protected. however, the reports we have, i have 12 pages of some of the most egregious abuses. i cannot find any instance in which anyone was fired. did you there were 15,000 epa employees? >> yes, that is correct. >> did you say, mr. sullivan, you have 280 investigators? >> no, sir, we have 360 five years ago and now we are down to 289. >> 289 staff. what do they do? >> we have investigations. >> so they investigate -- >> some evaluate. >> i am sorry

. >> congressman mica, thank you very much for joining us. >> good to be with you, wolf. >>> five daysthe search for answers into what happened to egyptair flight 804 is underwater. trying to find the voice and data recorders which could shed important light on what brought down the plane. over the weekend, some human remans were pulled from the sea with life vests, suits and suitca suitcases. cnn's nic robertson is following the story for us in alexandria, egypt. nic, officials are stressinging no possibility is off the table. when's the latest you're hearing? >> reporter: there's a few developments in the last hours. a family member is called in. called and told us they're called in to go through dna testing because they understand this family member understands their loved one, part of their loved one maybe, is recovered by authorities so that beginning process of dna analysis of some of those human remains that have been recovered so far appears to have begun today. also, we understand that egyptian authorities asked greek air traffic control to give them their entire transcript of

john mica joins us to talk airport security lines and tsa management.s megan beyer and john lloyd young, who serves on the president committee -- president's committee. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ host: good morning, welcome to the washington journal. we will begin with some morning headlines. the transportation security administration has replaced its top security official in the wake of growing lines at major u.s. airports. -- this isk times the second trial of the officers .nvolved in mr. gray's death on the criminal justice front, the supreme court move that georgia prosecutors violated the prosecution --

i'm the one that didn't want to go into rack, mica. we cannot continue to let things like this happen. >> joining us to analyze the campaign coverage betsy woodruff political reporter for the daily beast, kelly riddell deputy opinion editor for the washington times and joe trippi the democratic strategist and fox news contributor. mika castigated trump over that tweet, candidates are a bit more cautious but is that criticism fair? >> i think it's totally understandable. no authorities, no one from egypt or the united states government said this was a terrorist attack. donald trump from the campaign trail obviously for political reasons shouldn't have been the one to break that news. >> break that news, he was offering his opinion. >> exactly. but to say that that's the case -- >> looks like. looks like terrorism. >> we know what he means there. i just think it's totally ng understandable that folks would say made he ought to keep his powder dry on that one. >> when mika goes from that to say trump is a war monger, trigger happy, did th

representative john mica is here to weigh in next. >>> outrage at airports growing.es leading to thousands of people now missing flights. chicago's o'hare is telling the passengers to arrive three hours early. congress meanwhile approving $34 million for extra tsa officers and to pay the overtime bills. joining us is the chairman of the subcommittee on government operations, and republican congressman john mika who had previous legislation to make it easier for the airports to ditch the tsa all together in favor of the private security operators, and congressman, good morning. the trade unions say, we are down 5,000 officers over three years, and the volume is up 15%, and do you have sympathy with the view? >> no. >> why? >> well, first of all, republicans who have been in control of the last three or four years each year we have given tsa more money than the administration has requested for tsa, and in addition we gave them an inkrecrease, the abilito increase the fee. when we set up the tsa we set up $5 as the fee to process the passenger and it has not been change

then they get on tv like mica with the personal stories and point look look look. they can't do their job. they're not efficient. look at the lines and stuff. then the next thing you know, one of my buddies back at home created a security firm that can do it better. you know. and then once again putting public money into private hands and buddies back home or people that donate to the campaign create a security firm and they're getting rich. off of public dollars. but it's as far as outmica is full of it. i'm just so tired of the money grab. it's all about hooking up their buddies with a contract now to ry to do what t.s.a. does now. but anybody puts in place they're still people running it. if you don't have the host: is that what this is about? guest: partly, but there is also something else to give some consideration to come and it was the one social media contact that talked about if you had more people, it is not going to help if you have no more scanners. that is a fair point. which is to say that when tsa was created and set up all those checkpoints, they ba

. >> florida congressman john mica joinsly me right now.micah, welcome. >> good to be with you, but under some tough circumstances. a lot depends on our getting it right and keeping the american public safe. >> you helped create this agency, the tsa, why is it such a disaster now. >> well, it spun out of control. we started out with 16500 screeners. when government failed to put in regulations even to direct screeners or to limit things that could be taken aboard, we grew to 22,000, to 35,000, 45,000 screeners. that's just the tip of the iceberg. then we have 13,000 screeners -- non-screeners on top of. that we have the biggest bureaucracy created. and government agencies -- it's bigger than seven cabinet offices and they can't get it right. they spend money on equipment that doesn't work. they can't train and retain personnel. and now, because of their failure, which was disclosed by the media last fall, 95% failure rate with 45,000 screeners -- in 2008, the media uncovered 75% failure rate with 35,000 screeners. so they got more screeners

florida congressman john mica joins us now.s a member of the house oversight and government reform committee where he is the chairman of the subcommittee on transportation and public assets. congressman, thank you so much for being here. >> good to be with you. >> thank you. so before we talk about what's being done, how do we get here? i mean, and why a lot more money for tsa after we get to the critical point and also, congressman, why are so many agents quitting or losing their jobs? the tsa agents. >> well, it's probably one of the worst managed and bureaucratic agencies we've ever created. this all started last fall when the media actually disclosed that the performance failure rate was 95%. now, that's with 45,000 screeners. back in 2008, the media got ahold of failure rates and that was 75% failure with 35,000. so more employees and failing. what the new administrator has done is cracked down on the general public and he's going in the wrong direction. where we need to be spending our resources going after people who pos

mica from florida for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i spoke earlier about the attrition rate which overall is about 10%, about 4,500 a year. and then the new hires we're losing about 30% of those, and 38% of the non-tsa, information we got from you. the problem is that's an average. you have 30 airports in the country that handle 75% of the traffic. and those numbers are much higher. i know los angeles, a whole host of the big ones have had a problem recruiting, retaining, training, and hiring. you actually have deferred, you said you have lots of people going through with few exceptions to the academy. but you actually have given authority to 21 airports, almost all of those the largest in the country, isn't that correct, for local training and hiring? >> it won't be 21 locations. we have given the authority -- >> waivers to 21 locations. boston, o'hare, jfk, la guardia, miami, l.a.x., i mean, these are the big ones, too. >> yes, sir. >> i don't generally have a problem with that. i think you can get people to do the training and ther

table,ack at our congressman john mica to talk about airport security and long wait lines.g overnight, the tsa's head of security in the wake of the long lines. the agency's assistant administrator for security operations has been reassigned to a new position. what is your reaction? we have heard several hearings on the tsa performance. we are in the oversight is not in my subcommittee. it was revealed this particular individual had received $80,000 in a year and a subsequent month of 90,000 in bonuses, plus $180,000 salary. he was at home with the meltdown. know, it has been a disaster out there in particular the big airport here at one of the problems is what was created by a media revelation of a 95% last fall, failure then you have the new administrator come and ordering to crack down, we will bring in and no moreoroughly exceptions, that brought the lines. we had other tsa folks testify and there was not a plan b. getting huge bonuses -- bonuses. actually make the line smoother. tweeting this out last night, tsa security chief receives 90,000 bonuses removed from this

mica: and use it to make my claims payment. i'm getting less and less return for taking the same amount of risk in the same business model. so it is a real erosion of value for the insurance industry. the insurance industry favors like pension plans and individuals and they are gay less and less return. >> you want to buy things that have similar shelflife. to john'sback question, you definitely describe the problem. but what are they doing? too heavy inequities like we saw in the last bull market. and to that in two ways. jonathan, you referred to europe with negative interest rates. we now have negative interest rates in japan. these companies in these countries are really in search for return. many are coming into the u.s. will -- u.s. corporate bond market, the u.s. treasury market, and the u.s. minutes bull market, buying these assets and providing a positive return relative to what they can get in their local markets. for u.s. companies, the story is a little bit better. we don't have negative interest .ates as yet but it

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and really as mica said this morning on another network, is this all they've got?l to trump, this whole new york times piece. neil: but do you wonder, rodger, it's all about setting a series of doubts about donald trump? beyond his base overwhelmingly supported in the primaries but to disallow the opportunity to expand on that coming out the gate for the general election. in other words, to plant these seeds of doubt so that it never gets beyond the folks. warts and all. >> yes. and i think their game has been thrown off its course because they were all anticipating a republican convention that was going to be contested, disputed, brokered, whatever. and now it's looking like the real problems are at the democratic convention where bernie sanders refuses to go away, promises to go after every super delegate and fight every plank on the platform. so it -- this is not the drama that the media were counting on or expecting. so they're having to rethink how they go after trump. we know their agenda -- neil: no. i agree with you, rodger, but you're going to have to be z

mica from florida for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i spoke earlier about the attrition rate which overall is about 10%, about 4,500 a year. and then the new hires we're losing about 30% of those, 38% of the non-tsa, information we got from you. the problem is that's an average. you have 30 airports in the country that handle 75% of the traffic. and those numbers are much higher. i know los angeles, a whole host of the big ones have had a problem recruiting, retaining, training, and hiring. you actually have deferred, you said you have lots of people going through with few exceptio exceptions to the academy. you actually have given authority to 21 airports, almost all of those the largest in the country, isn't that correct for local training and hiring? >> it won't be a 21 locations. we have given the authority -- >> waivers to 21 locations. boston, o'hare, jfk la guardia, miami, lax, i mean, these are the big ones, too. >> yes, sir. >> i kndon't generally have a problem with that. i think you can get people to do the training and ther

. >> reporter: all of which has left republican congressman john mica, head of the house house transportationwith the new plans. >> what they said is well intended but they're late at the gate. >> reporter: clearly officials believe the measures could help end some of the delays but when asked whether or not people will yet run into three-hour delays and miss their flights this summer. the head of homeland security would only say, i hope not. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> this is "cnn newsroom," still ahead -- a meeting is about to get under way in nigeria. to develop a strategy to defeat terror groups such as isis and boca haram. a live report on that meeting is just ahead. >>> plus, the u.s. said isis has declared a state of emergency in the self-declared capital. we'll explain ma that means as "newsroom" continues. i'm going 100 miles per hour. jump 50 feet over the rapids and i crash land. check out my scar. there's nothing there! you didn't jump the creek! there's a new neosporin antibiotic that minimizes scars. new neosporin plus pain itch scar e*trade is all about seizing opportuni

mica, which you anticipate market reaction to be this week as we get this data coming out? to we need to see? mike: probably not much in the curve. it's moved into the range will be trading in. the 10 year has room to go up, but there's a lot of crosscurrents and factors affecting that, including a lot of investment from overseas. probablyrkets are going to continue to go in the direction they're going. and by that, i'm in they can't strengthen the people think stocks are worth dying. you look at all the other factors that affect stocks, anduding earnings potential with the price-earnings ratio is good enough. if the dollar index you want to follow. it's when we very sensitive to what they think the fed is doing. the fed is betting that the dollar is going to be level. it's when you go up a little bit, but not a whole lot. if you look at the dx why chart over time, there was a huge move or 822% in 2014 and 2015. since then, we are basically flat. the ups and downs, the fed increase goes up a little, down a little, that takes the pressure off companies have adjusted and the

john mica, congressman from state of florida, we're getting it wrong.d inconveniences were starting before the incident and doesn't like the idea of agency using this as excuse for the long lines. congressman, good to have you. >> good to be with you. neil: they're saying, congressman, better to wait online than to lose your life. we'll be extra safe, extra cautious. you say what? >> what you see now is theater security and what's happening with the long lines is because tsa, which the media revealed in, and reported that tsa's performance in catching things that posed a risk was 95% failure rate. that's why they came with this crackdown. and that's what, they're doing right now is, they're, they have gone from a risk-based to shaking down everybody. and they're going in the wrong direction. neil: you know what i don't understand, congressman, tsa, no two airport are alike. two airport standards are alike. go to one airport the tsa agents are on fire. they're terrific. orlando, comes to mind. they have it down to system, fast, efficient. you talk about

mica is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman.ood to hold this hearing and review some of the conduct of some of the employees of epa. responsibility in that .gency to carry out i had the opportunity to chair civil-service on the subcommittee on this panel a couple of years ago.

john mica's hammered them at times. >> just on our show yesterday. >> yep. yep. i mean, i wish he would twist the -- would be more vigorous on that. but i think it was a congressman from south carolina, clyburn -- >> james clyburn. >> yeah. james clyburn said one of the problems with tsa is it doesn't treat congressmen specially, it doesn't realize that congressmen need to be really -- hey, this is a special class. i'd love to know how many of these congressmen effectively get a pass and don't get hassled by tsa. president obama said that nobody would say that tsa was an example of how people are losing their freedoms. and tell that to the people in lines in chicago and atlanta and tell that -- i mean, there's a lot of women who have been horrendously abused in these enhanced pat-downs. it's a lot more of a trauma for a woman than for a guy. and it's unjustified. it's sheer harassment. >> salem, oregon. ron is there, a republican, next. you're on the air. >> caller: yeah, thank you. good morning. you know, what's really got us in this mess is our eight-year lame

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mica brought that up. you had a research document, a report from mr. del toro. and you denied that he was treated like a whistleblower, and we believe that happened. you've also seen e-mails from epa officials, to epa officials. you use personal e-mails and texting. it also went to deq governor snyder, saying the epa was going to provide cover because they say they did not get the report. we have got the e-mail. it appears to me not only did you not take action, there was a cover-up going on that involved both the state of michigan and the epa. i think fundamentally the problems are with the epa and not taking adequate action on revising the lead and copper rule. you guys have a history of covering up. you have it covered up at tax relief in georgia, a toxic group in colorado. the pattern here. i cannot understand why the federal government has the public trust to protect the people of this country, and we failed time and time again. and again, the state of michigan is culpable in this, and i appreciate the time you have taken, but there was a whole lot more her