host: eugene mulero in the last minute that we have. guest: that is actually a macro question that goes to the set up of the country. it is a union, and the federal government is responsible for 50 states, so you have stays that do generate a lot of money, and that goes into washington, and washington then sends the money to states like alabama, but i think state officials in alabama will say well, they do theribute in their way to federal government in tourism ervices, sond ts that is why some states are taking it upon themselves to fix the transportation system, and they are calling on the federal government. state officials call for this need for a quality so all the states benefit from washington. host: eugene mulero is a congressional reporter with "transport topics." you can also follow the money twitter @transporttopics. appreciate you joining us this morning. up next, bill horn will join us about ongoing efforts to amend state constitutions to guarantee the right to hunt and fish. we will be right back. ♪ >> c-span's new book "s