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democrats insisted that language be taken out, and then house transportation committee chairman, john micantroduced a version that would strip federal subsidies to 13 rural airports that depend on that funding. including airports that just happen to be in the home states of senate majority leader harry reid in nevada, senate transportation committee chairman, jay rockefeller in west virginia, and max baucus in montana, all three are, of course, democrats. according to the associated press, mica acknowledges that he inserted the airport language into the extension bill partly as a means to send the senate a message that we want this finally resolved. instead, thousands of public and private sector workers are now unemployed, small town airports are suffering, and big airports aren't getting any safer. all because republicans who want to make it harder for workers to unionize. congressman mica also opposed the faa's move earlier this year to add more air traffic controllers on light night shift after some of them fell asleep on duty. >>> coming up, fox news pulls behind the scenes video from

john mica wants among other things, "language that would make it harder to rail unions." republicans want to make it more difficult for airline and rail workers to fight for better working conditions in a year in which conditions have made for a terrifying headlines. >> two commercial airliners approaching reagan national airport, trying to reach the tower, hearing nothing. we now know a controller was asleep. >> as of last night, every tower in america opened overnight must be staffed by two controllers. >> the head of the faa air traffic controllers resigned tonight. >> controllers now get nine hours of rest instead of eight between shifts. >> on tuesday, a flight carrying michelle obama was forced to abort a landing after it came too close to a massive cargo plane. the incident is currently under investigation. for now on, those flights will be handled by air traffic supervisors. >> a third air traffic controller has been fired for sleeping on the job, the faa said the controller was caught napping twice this year while on duty in boeing field in seattle. five incident

host: we have john mica, a republican in his 10th term in the u.s. house, as chairman of the transportation infrastructure committee. you can call with your questions related to transportation issues, and the big debate going on in washington over the debt limit, some of the proposals on the table. here are the numbers to call -- let's go to sue, a democratic caller from florida. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. delray beach is one of my favorites. guest: that's part of my district. my brother was a democrat in your area for 10 years. we have had different political parties. good to hear from new this morning. caller: thank you. i did look at your voting record. you did vote against cuts and you voted for the bush war which we have to pay for. you also voted for the bush tax cuts, but when it came to extending them just to the middle class, you said no. i don't mind a balanced budget amendment, but not when the economy is the way it is. i did work for the school board. i got employees of the year and then i got laid off because i am new to

may consume to the distinguished chairman of the full transportation and infrastructure committee, john mica from florida. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. mica: thank you so much, mr. speaker. i thank our chairman of the aviation subcommittee, mr. petri, for his leadership. also mr. costello, formerly chaired the committee and now is the ranking member. i want to thank him for his dedication to our nation's aviation system, safety, and also mr. rahall. you couldn't ask for a parter partner. mr. rahall is the democrat leader of the committee and we have a great working relationship. we have had a great working relationship to try to move forward legislation like a long-term re-authorization of f.a.a. and other major transportation legislation that's been mired in delay and quite frankly my colleagues, i find myself very frustrated being here. now, this is the 21st extension. i complimented, don't let me not compliment the staff on both sides. we have great professionals that deal with this. the congress is fortunate, the n

&i., as they say, and as chairman, john mica. the house bill was developed in a partisan manner.it had a number of problematic provisions added during floor consideration. central to these was the decision to include language that would reverse a national mediation board decision from the previous year. the national mediation board, the n.m.b. provision, was so tainted that it passed by just seven votes in the house, which is overwhelmingly republican. it passed by just seven votes. consideration of the final f.a.a. package passed in the house by a party-line vote of 223-196. ultimately, the house f.a.a. reauthorization bill garnered the narrowest vote margin for a house f.a.a. reauthorization bill in almost 30 years. i'm talking about the house of representatives. as the house well knows, the white house has threatened on numerous occasions to veto any f.a.a. package that includes the house's national mediation board language. the house's addition of policy riders to the extensions that have been considered as part of the f.a.a. discussions represent an abandonment in my judgmen