governor engler mentioned a report. you mention all the reports that have been done. a lot of reports but it seems to be that the timing of these if we're going to be moving forward in any way, shape, or form whether it's a large reform or even management reforms or individual reforms, things have to come to a head pretty quickly if we're going to be moving forward by september 2015. i'm hearing a tapping. that's not you, mr. chairman, thank you very much. you are just impatient generally. have you thought through the timing for us? >> yes, we have. we will be done shortly and begin to brief you. we know you need the material. from our perspective in order to develop the position we need to know what the facts are. we are trying to do it in a dispassionate fashion so we can take a look at our system. we're not suggesting going ahead with major changes. we're trying to see if they would be worthwhile, whether they can be made to if they can, what the impact would be. >> governor engler, have you all thought through that flip the switch moment? that is, when you move fr

i read governor engler's testimony and agree. at&t, has example rightfully , improve their business model. -- example, rightly improved their business model. it cost them a fortune. it cost a lot of money to go from an old tape system to a new 4g system. someone had to pay for it. and at&t has shareholders expanding their business footprint and charging me more, which is fine. how will we expand our footprint if more people are flying and charge them more and keep them flying to back if we don't do that even private businesses have to make money. if you are telling me there is that much waste, i would love to hear where. show me the numbers. generic statements are fine, but show me the numbers. >> congressman, we are congressman, we are happy to provide it for you. but stabilized funding in a funding shortfall is a little different. you you cannot be working up and then all of a sudden have funds shut down. >> captain, i agree with you. i voted against the sequester. you are talking to the wrong guy. >> i did not mean it like tha

i read governor engler's testimony and agree. his example rightfully improve their business model. it cost them a fortune. it cost a lot of money to go from an old tape system to a new 4g system. someone had to pay for it. and at&t it was shareholders expanding their business footprint and charging me more, which is fine. how will we expand our footprint if more people are flying and charge them more and keep them flying to back if we don't do that even private businesses have to make money. if you are telling me there is that much waste, i would love to hear where. show me the numbers. >> congressman, we are congressman, we are happy to provide it for you. but stabilized funding in a funding shortfall is a little different. you you cannot be working up and then all of a sudden have funds shut down. >> i agree. i voted against the sequester. you are talking to the wrong guy. >> i did not mean it like that, but that, but i want to.out occasionally some of these cell phones still drop calls despite the infrastructure improvements. >> well, they are trying to improve, to. all i am. al

engler's example of at&t and apple in the last seven years they have had eight phones, eight iterations. the faa is a spending $115 million on an information system, flight information system, that they're projecting to be done in 2025, they'll be probably eight or ten more iphones out before the faa gets there. those are the kinds of things it's just apparent the process is broken. when you look back over the last three academic candidates and the 10, 11, different pieces of legislation and economictive ordered that said, let's get this done, and i'm sure that, as michaeler who a, who has done some good at the faa but you can find every faa administrator saying, we're moving in the right direction. they're moving at a snail's pace, to mr. mica's point of view, we have to get these things up and running. the process doesn't work and we all, i think, apparent that the money, starting and stopping, is a huge problem so, governor engler, coming from the -- you all represent businesses but as a user, as somebody that looks at this and needs this air space, that need this system to work effi

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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. >> speaking to governor engler earlier who was talking about business community, how they are looking for some certainty stability and -- >> i think on the debt seal, if the republicans get their act send an they will extension with some conditions, not unreasonable conditions, and there and then dare him to veto it. at that point at least they can say we extended it. >> the president has never had to veto anything yet. had a veto pen as governor. >> and i used it. >> do you think that would do him some good? >> sure. >> when congress doesn't pass much to begin with at this point. >> yes, and the president has indicated as recently as that he will be willing to do that on occasion. he said the congress was likely to pass things that i object to, veto it. and i'm likely to do things the congress objects to' but that's of our democracy, and happened.ays but i think the president may be able to sign some things. mentioned the xl pipeline. i think i do know that that bill passed and sent to' rather soon. i don't know what the president there.g to do but those kinds of matters will the pre