mica: well, you just heard the comments. again, i couldn't have a better friend or compatriot on many issues and many improvements we made in transportation than mr. defazio, the gentleman from oregon. he said this used to be a legislative body. yes, it used to be a legislative body before the other side took over four years ago and they closed down quite a bit of the process. now, has this been an open process on the f.a.a. re-authorization? and i submit to you it has been from the committee. now, go back and check the committee records. we held more votes on this f.a.a. re-authorization in committee than we held probably for the last six years. i know certainly for the last four years on that one piece of legislation. on the floor we had an open process. i think there were some 30 amendments, 23 i believe were made in order. unless they were duplicative or the rules committee took them out, it was an open process as opposed to a closed process with closed rules that, again, we had on major pieces of legislation for sometim

congressman mica, i have a comment to make and then a question. have worked for 37 years in the health-care profession. yesterday, i was called by a hospital because i have a pending surgery scheduled for next week. my deductible is $200 per day. first six days at. after six days, there is no charge. well, i am on social security. what is amazing to me is that i would have to pay $200 a day to go into a hospital and have a surgery under medicare. the other comment i would like to make is to say that you all are planning everything on president obama. host: maxine, good luck with your surgery. guest: the lady faces a difficult challenge. eight of hundred dollar charge. i do not know all of the particular. we have to do a better job helping folks that have limited incomes. we also have to have some copays for folks who have greater means. when you look at the whole budget and expenditures, medicare and our health care is a huge portion of the federal budget. i am sorry about that. again, i have tried to say that both sides share responsibility for t

congressman mica also opposed the faa's move earlier this year to add more air traffic controllers onght night shift after some of them fell asleep on duty. >>> coming up, fox news pulls behind the scenes video from the website after contributors are caught saying they don't want to cover the news corp. phone hacking scandal. that's in tonight's rewrite. and later, the new poll from the pew research center shows the median income of a white household is now 18 times more than a hispanic household and 20 times more than that of an african-american family. the country's wealth gap gets bigger. melissa harris-perry joins me. 8ú >>> media matters reports fox news is ending its behind the breaks segments, which were streamed online to show you what was happening in the fox news studio during the commercial breaks. we'll show you why fox is killing behind the breaks. that's in the rewrite. and a new poll shows the wealth gap in this country is the largest its been in a quarter of a century. melissa harris-perry will join me. >>> time for tonight's rewrite. these are difficult days for every

congressman mica also opposed the move earlier this year to move more air traffic controllers on lightft after some of them fell asleep on duty. >>> coming up, fox news pulls behind the scenes video from the website after contributors are caught saying they don't want to cover the news corp. phone hacking scandal. that's in tonight's rewrite. and later, the new poll from the pew research center shows the median income of a white household is now 18 times more than a hispanic household and 20 times more than that of an african-american family. the country's wealth gap gets bigger. melissa harris-perry joins me. jeff, lunch! uh-huh. jeff? right there. jeff! honey, i can't walk any faster. [ female announcer ] the great taste is clear. [ cellphone beeps ] [ jeff ] ooh! [ female announcer ] oscar mayer deli fresh turkey comes in a clear pack so the freshness you see is what you taste. only from oscar mayer. [ cellphone beeps ] your mother's coming? grandma's coming! [ son ] yay! yay! ♪ it doesn't get better than this ♪ it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in

mica: i have an amendment at the desk, mica one. the chair: the clerk will -- the chair: can the gentleman submit his amendment to the desk. mr. mica: yes, we did. the chair: the clerk will read. the clerk: page 14, line 20, historic preservation fund $49,500,000. construction $152,121,000. land and water conservation fund -- the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise. mr. mica: i have an amendment at the desk. mr. dicks: we don't have a copy of the gentleman on amendment. and usually the protocol -- mr. mica: trying to sneak this one in. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. mica of florida, page 15, line 8, insert increased by $2 million, page 65, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert decreased by $2 million. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for five minutes. mr. mica: thank you, madam chairman. and thank you for the clerk reading this amendment. i'm sorry that the minority did not have a copy of this fine america. it was modified slightly from the original submission to comply with the re

mica. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. mica: madam speaker and my colleagues, i rise in strong support of the proposal by the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry. we should all be thanking mr. terry for this initiative. not only are people in this country hit by incredible unemployment economic challenges, a dysfunctional congress, but as they go to the local service station to fill up with gasoline, they're paying record prices. i woke up this morning and i heard one of the commentators said -- was interviewing an expert on, again, energy and he predicted that one year from now we'll be paying between $4.50 and $5.50 for a gallon of gasoline. now, you had the ranking member for me fast tracking this legislation. i guess i beat a record of not -- i'm telling you, i will waive this and anything else we need to do to get this country in energy -- get this country energy independent and find a way for the average citizen to be able to afford energy. we need a short-term plan, and that's bringing energy into the united states w

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mica. the chair: the gentleman from florida mica for as much time as he wishes to consume. mr. mica: thank you, mr. gibbs. mr. speaker, and also the ranking member of our full committee, mr. rahall. i want to thank again mr. gibbs and mr. rahall for their leadership on this issue. i'm pleased to be a sponsor of this legislation. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 2018. we call this the clean water cooperative federalism act of 2011. it is indeed a bipartisan effort . has broad support from both republicans and democrats. it is a measure to restore some balance between e.p.a., our federal regulatory body that oversees the clean water act, and our states which are responsible for implementation of some of that important work that ensures that we have clean water. now, i know there is no one that wants to in any way degrade the quality of clean water, that wants to lower standards for emissions, that is not a good steward of our environment. but there is no question that the action that we have seen from e.p.a. has unleashed an unprecedented backlash. everyone has called this a

through that process, bob will be teaching at mica. advertising not just r&b, but primarily r&b concerts. >> reporter: thank you. i want bring in lauren bradford, responsible for our amazing dancers. how are you? >> i'm doing great. >> reporter: tell me about our hand dancers here. >> this is smooth and easy hand dancers. what we've done, taken a little bit of old school and a little bit of the new school, and added that into the rhythm and blues music. a lot of our younger dancers we want them to learn the way it used to be done, so we don't lose that. you know how young folks are -- >> reporter: i know. >> they're going to bring their own flavor, and that's what's happening with them. >> reporter: we know hand dancing is alive and well and thrives in d.c. and picking back up. >> yes. >> reporter: i guess we should say, right? >> right. >> reporter: do you find people visiting from other parts of the country that are here are getting the bug? >> as a matter of fact, many of my students are people who did not grow up in d.c., that come

. >>> and you guys remember this youtube video of mica.is father rips a job rejection letter to shreds. how is that for making lemonade out of lemons? now, mica is hysterically laughing because his father is, wait for it, breaking celery. yes. the little laugher has 4 million hits and counting. he is tackling with delight as each stalk of celery is decimated and that is what's happening on youtube. back to you guys over at the desk. >> that is so cute. >> i wish it were that easy when they got older. >> no longer laughing quite so much. >> stuff some broccoli in your back pocket for any old problem. >> stops working when they turn around 4. >> a dream. >> like talking back. >> sam, how about some weather? >> hey, good morning, george. good m mning, elizabeth. josh, lara, i am here with the tallest 11-year-old in the world. tell me your name. >> sota. >> sota, how tall are you about now? about seven feet tall? what do you think? i'm guessing you're about seven foot tall. you're a good foot taller than me. i think you're way up. let's get to

mica of florida. >> thank you. mr.sammon, as of last week my figures are you had 3905 people in washington supposedly working for tsa and 27% of them were in a supervisory administrative capacity making an average all of them over $104,000. how many of those folks were dedicated to doing things vulnerability assessments we have been talking about here? >> in terms of the vulnerability assessment i was would say limited number. >> a ed doesn't come at the dozen? >> i would like to give you a truthful answer. >> could you provide that to the committee? next to have 9656 administrative personnel out in the field. how many of those folks are involved in the owner ability assessment? >> those are administrative people, not screen screeners. >> i would have to. >> they are having trouble getting back with people like mr. orr i see because the vi and other agencies don't cooperate. that is your explanation today? >> no, sir. in terms of the asp i will look to it. >> couldn't possibly have some of the people making over $100,0

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

he says to chairman mica, i strongly urge you to reconsider your position and send over a clean f.a.a. extension and appoint conferees for the f.a.a. re-authorization bill as the senate did on april 7, 2011. to move this important legislation forward. further, efforts to add policy components to f.a.a. extensions that have been negotiated with the senate will likely shut the f.a.a. down. as transportation secretary lahood and f.a.a. administrator babbitt have said, the united states faces a pivotal time in aviation history. in order to ensure the safety of the flying public, and bring our air transportation system into the 21st century, the f.a.a. needs a long-term re-authorization bill. while h.r. 2553 buys us a little more time, we cannot afford to continue ignoring the underlying problem. mr. speaker, i try very much to not to be as parochial as i can be on many instances. but in west palm beach we are building a new airport tower and we need the next again -- nexgen facilities. at the fort lauderdale airport, that is my hometown airport, we all are expanding the runway. and it bec