congressman chris collins on why he believes his idea is the right solution.t's next. ♪ david: president trump looking to move ahead with his 2 trillion-dollar infrastructure deal with democrats but question how the massive plan is going to be funded continue to pour in. chris collins is urging congress to double the more than 18-cents per gallon national gasoline tax. now he also wants to double the existing fee that airline passengers pay per flight in order to pi pay for the package. congressman collins joins us. some saying raising the gas tax before an election is political suicide. why do you think it's the best way to pay for infrastructure? >> well one thing we agree on, democrats and republicans, is infrastructure needs abound in america. and what we're talking about is $80 billion a year over 25 years that's the $2 trillion. how do we get $80 billion. well currently the fuel tax raises a little over 36 billion and the passenger facility charge that's $4.50 ticket charge raises another 3.5 to 4 billion. we're raising 40 billion a year those two. the g

it was chris collins quoted in a story when it takes a look at raising that to trillion dollars and thedea of a gas tax to do that. he is a republican from new york and here is what he said in that story. i am not only supporting increasing the gas tax, i support doubling it. i support doubling the airline passenger fee from $4.50 to eight dollars or nine dollars. if you don't want to pay the user fee, don't fly and if you don't want to pay the gas fee, you don't have to drive. he made those comments in a story in the hill. you may agree or disagree, you can chime in. let's hear from steven in connecticut. hello. caller: it is all about tax and spending. they should privatize the metro-north and all the public transportation train lines. in addition to they should privatize all the road construction and road improvements because all these unions are draining all that money. that to trillion dollars will be another story, just another dollar gone, another dollar taken. host: why do you think privatizing all these efforts is the best one? which case would you make? caller: just fly to ban

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this sunday, chris talks with mick mulvaney, the acting we have of staff and doug collins of georgia, the ranking member of the house judiciary committee. that's on your local fox station on "fox news sunday." chris, we'll see you on the next "fox news sunday" the you're not watching college baseball or the yanks and red sox or something. chris is hosting another presidential town hall. kirsten gillibrand, democrat of new york, live from dubuque iowa at 7:00 eastern on this channel. so 7:00 eastern, 6:00 central. then chris will need a nap. no no? >> and some soup. that's the question. do you nap or not. >> shepard: what time is this "fox news sunday" go to tape? we used to say that. what time do you produce that program? >> what time do you produce your program? it's live on television. >> shepard: it's not live everywhere. >> i understand. it's live some places. 9:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. in dubuque, iowa. in oxford mississippi, what will that be? >> it's in a memphis station there. i don't know. i can't go to the baseball tournament this weekend for reasons that we'll get to at a

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collins, thank you. thank you for watching vel chi and ru -- "velshi & ruehle". we should see the 2:00 our about bill barr. and we will interview jeff sessions and chris christie.it over to kristen welker. >> hi there, ali. good afternoon, we will be tracking that it's 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. right here in washington where it has already been a day of fast paced headlines. the house judiciary committee will vote this afternoon on whether to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress for delivering the full unredacted mueller report. the president asserted executive privilege over the report. 2 committee has requested. we will have much more coming up in a few minutes. >>> with president trump's current attorney general in the spotlight, in about 20 minutes as we herd, we will take you live to the salt conference, where stephanie ruhle will be introducing jeff sessions along with former new jersey governor chris christie. we will bring you that as it's happening. first, the story that's dominating today's headlines, the "new york times" latest bombshell about the president's personal

chris toto. he's an ac from ghana. police say they're not ruling out anything here. the investigation is just getting started. jim, back to you. not going away anytime soon. so many questions remain. pat collins, thank you, pat. >>> a coast guard lieutenant accused of creating a hit list of prominent democrats and tv personalities will stay in custody for now. a federal judge in maryland is revoking the order that would have freed christopher hasson ahead of his trial. prosecutors have referred toss ha as aomestic terrorist plotting a mass shooting. but so far hasson is notng faci any terror-related charges. authorities found more than a dozen firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammo at his house when they arrested hasson back in february. he's pleaded not guilty.er >>> the is a desperate search under y inawaii to find a yissing university of marland graduate amanda eller l she was last seen five days ago hiking in maui. that's where siv ls. they've been canvassing the forest reserve. one of her closest friends tells new 4 aimee cho they're not giving up hope. >> aloha from maui. >> it's been five days since anyone has seen amanda leelr, a young woman full of fe, a yogact instru and physical t