that came from testimony by michael huerta the head of the federal aviation administration before the house oversight committee yesterday. during the two-hour hearing the chairman of the panel republican jason chaffetz said the gyrocopter should have been blown out of the air. >>> committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. without objection the chair is who authorized to declare a recess at any time. as we get going i need to first express my thoughts and prayers to my league elijah cummings and what the people of baltimore are going through, our hearts and prayers and thoughts are with you and your neighbors and your friends and your community the police officers and we're roud of you and the way you're conducting this and getting through it and you are a true leader. i would hope the people of baltimore, maryland, would listen to your message and -- but know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. >> mr. chairman, i wanted to take this moment to not only thank you but thank the members of our committee and who have expressed their concern about baltimore. a

the honorable michael huerta administrator of the f.a.a. the honorable joseph clancey mr. robert mcclain chief of the united states park police, and mr. kim dine chief of the united states capitol police. we welcome you all. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. mr. blodgeet you are included as well. we would ask that all the panel please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. you may be seated. let the record reflect that all the witnesses answered in the affirmative. all of your written statements will be entered into the record. we would ask that you limit your verbal comments to 5 minutes. we will recognize mr. irving first. we will then excuse him to attend the duties of the prime minister into the house of representatives. >> thank you. good morning, mr. chairman, mr. cummings, and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. as sergeant at arms and ch

faa administrator michael huerta will testify with the heads of industry trade groups. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> and then in the afternoon, at 2:30 a hearing on law enforcement using body cameras before a senate judiciary subcommittee. again, live on c-span3. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2 here on c-span3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. and then on weekends, c-span3 is the home to american history tv, with programs that tell our nation's story including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history book shelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and our new series real america, featuring archival governme

within the last 30 minutes, congress has sent a letter to the administrator faa, michael huerta assigningdeadline to respond. here are some quotes from the letter sent to chairman huerta. he says in the letter first in regards to the fox business report and what they want from the faa: >> r eporter: and then they get to the issue that fox busies closed, the shocking evidence of cheating on the hiring tests: >> the faa has until june 26th to respond, and we'll see how they do, because they will not respond to fox. we've been waiting for them to respond since may 8th. they will not respond to other news organizations which we know are calling. their press office is closed down. you've got to respond to congress. david: well, they responded to you anyway, and hopefully the faa will respond now to them. >> it's a pretty big scandal, and it gets to the issue of national security because you've got hundreds of potential air traffic controllers who have already been brought into the system. they're not actually operating on their own, but about 540 of them who may have cheated and who may have g

we have a great panel today led off by the honorable michael huerta followed by the honorable john engler former governor and the honorable byron dorgan policy analyst at fox and former ally of ours are made to decode also a former member of this committee and mr. jeff smisek chairman president ceo of united airlines mr. paul rinaldi whose present of the air traffic controllers association and mr. mr. ed bolen who is ceo of the business association -- aviation association. a great time am i look forward to hearing from all of you and i will start on my left and you're right with the administrator. mr. huerta please proceed. >> thank you chairman thune ranking member and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to speak today about the reauthorization of the faa. they have reauthorization provides us with the opportunity to propel our next -- to foster the kind of innovative climate that has long been the hallmark of our proud aviation heritage. this reauthorization is provided a form for many industry and government to openly discuss possible changes in the governing structure o

we have a great panel today led off by the honorable michael huerta followed by the honorable john engler former governor and the honorable byron dorgan policy analyst at fox and former ally of ours are made to decode also a former member of this committee and mr. jeff smisek chairman president ceo of united airlines mr. paul rinaldi whose present of the air traffic controllers association and mr. mr. ed bolen who is ceo of the business association -- aviation association. a great time am i look forward to hearing from all of you and i will start on my left and you're right with the administrator. mr. huerta please proceed. >> thank you chairman thune ranking member and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to speak today about the reauthorization of the faa. they have reauthorization provides us with the opportunity to propel our next -- to foster the kind of innovative climate that has long been the hallmark of our proud aviation heritage. this reauthorization is provided a form for many industry and government to openly discuss possible changes in the governing structure o

. >>> look ahead to some of our live coverage on c-span 3, faa administrator michael huerta will testify at 10:30 a.m. eastern. and then a hearing about body cameras live on c-span 3 at 2:00 p.m. the former deputy director of the cia, michael morell spoke today, outlining successes and failures during his time. you can hear all of his remarks after the house goes out or any time online. here's a preview saying. >> just published an expose saying that the pakistani intelligence knew about the raid beforehand. >> he alleges a lot of things in this story 10000 words. that the pakistanis were keeping his compound. and that we learned about this from a senior pakistan member for $10,000. and it's all rubbish. almost every sentence in the article is wrong. i was in the room for every discussion about this at the cia and at the white house. i was there when our guys came in and said we have followed somebody we believe to be bin laden's courier to his home in pakistan. i was there when our guys walked the compound for months. i was there when our guys came to the conclusion he was there. and no

we have a great panel today led off by the honorable michael huerta. he'll be followed by the honorable john engler, president and business roundtable and former governor. the honorable byron dorgan, former colleague of ours from the other dakota. and also a former member of this committee. and mr. jeff smisek, paul renaldi, and mr. ed bolen. so a great panel. we look forward to hearing from all of you. we'll start on my left and your right with the administrator, mr. huerta. please proceed. >> thank you. members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to speak today about the re-authorization of the faa. the upcoming faa re-authorization provides us with the opportunity to propel our system to the next level of safety and to foster the kind of innovative climate that is long been the hallmark of our proud aviation heritage. this re-authorization is provided a forum for many an industry and government to openly discuss possible changes in the governing structure of the faa to help us create the aviation system that will sustain our nation's economi

faa administrator michael huerta will testify, along with the heads of industry trade groups. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and then in the afternoon at 2:30, a hearing on law enforcement using body cameras before a senate judiciary subkea committee. again, on c-span3. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2, here on c-span3 we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearing and on weekends c-span3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history's bookshelf with the beth money history writers. the presidency, looking at the policies and leg. lecturers in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and our new series real america, featuring films from the 1930s through the '70s. c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch u