and we will investigate and do our proper oversight if that becomes a possibility. what about on the idea of donald trump just as a sort of, in and of himself, person that destabilizes the country if not the world? there is a tweet he sent out that i want to call to your attention, i don t know if you ve seen it yet. this is donald trump a few minutes ago. i saw it. north korean leader kim jong-un just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him that i too have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my button works. your thoughts, congressman? threatening a country with nuclear attack, which is annihilation of literally hundreds of thousands of people, boasting, that s incredibly destabilizing. unimaginably irresponsible. it just really you wonder whether any head of state of any size would do this, let alone
retiring that maybe some of these older members of the congress who don t have to run for reelection are able to put aside some of this partisanship and tackle some of these big problems in this coming year. infrastructure is a big deal. the chairman of the transportation infrastructure committee, tons of experience at this. maybe some way to form a consistence to get these important issues done. dana: breaking news now, to me, i didn t know about schuster so there you go. you re welcome back anytime. to that point if that s true, the infrastructure bill is something that president trump campaigned on. both democrats and republicans have recognized the need for it. is there a chance of that gets done? there is, but it s going to take some real compromise and changes of opinion. nine years ago when president obama came in, there was a very large what was essentially an infrastructure bill that really was a failure is president obama said. we found out they were really shut already p
other things and has been very successful. health care issues across a vast range of issues. senator hatch has been successful and has done a good job for the people of utah in the united states and working to find solutions to problems. dana: they re going to have a chance to work with him on a lot of issues. we talked earlier with bret baier about all the things that are on congress plate including the immigration reform, the 702 thing, the surveillance that helps our intelligence and law enforcement keep us safe. trying to avert a government shutdown. all of these things are happening, and they only to get done in a relatively short period of time. do you think that is a good thing, that it will force them to the table and get some things done pretty quickly or are we looking at the possibility of a real government shutdown by january 19th? it remains to be seen how the conversation is going over the next couple of weeks as you said. i think like senator hatch, just saw the con
is doing some job, and it is not easy but it is going to get a lot easier. chairman bill schuster of the stand up. thank you, bill. great job. who is working very closely with us, including on our proposal to dramatically reduce airport delays by reforming air traffic control. we have an obsolete system, and i have to say before elaine got here, they spent close to $7 billion on the system. boom, a waste. all wasted. but we re going to have a great system, great new system. the top of the line. it will be the best in the world. right now we re at the lowest part of the pack. it will be the best in the world for a lot less money than we ve been wasting for years. for too long america has poured trillions and trillions of dollars into rebuilding foreign
is doing some job, it s not easy, but it s going to get a lot easier. chairman bill schuster of the house transportation and infrastructure committee. stand up. [applause] thank you, bill. great job. he s working very closely with us including on our proposal to dramatically reduce airport delays by reforming air traffic control. we have an obsolete system and i have to say, before elaine got here, they spent close to $7 billion on the system. a waste. all wasted. we re going to have a great system. the top-of-the-line, it would be the best in the world. right now, we are at the lowest part of the pack. it will be the best in the world for a lot less money than they ve been wasting for many years. for too long, america s poor trillions and trillions of dollars into rebuilding foreign