again. so whatever it takes. today, i sat with mr. rahal, who is the ranking democrat. i sat last time with barbara boxer, we have done bipartisan hearings. we have got to get this resolved because people are counting on us and we can t play games, particularly on our nation s infrastructure. congressman mica, appreciate the time to talk with us tonight. i hope you know that i mean it earnestly the eyes of the nation are upon you in terms of trying to turn all of this talk into something moving through the congress. thank you for speaking with us, sir. thank you so much. we will be right back. [ female announcer ] kiss everything you know about cookies goodbye.
2007, and i agreed to 20 some extensions and, finally, i said, let s just cut this baloney out. we need to do a long-term faa bill, a long-term transportation bill. because these are the bills that can actually get people working again. so whatever it takes. today, i sat with mr. rahal, who is the ranking democrat. i sat last time with barbara boxer, we have done bipartisan hearings. we have got to get this resolved because people are counting on us and we can t play games, particularly on our nation s infrastructure. congressman mica, appreciate the time to talk with us tonight. i hope you know that i mean it earnestly the eyes of the nation are upon you in terms of trying to turn all of this talk into something moving through the congress. thank you for speaking with us, sir. thank you so much. we will be right back. sam higgins? you have frequent heartburn, right?
to make it harder for workers to unionize. congressman mica also opposed the move earlier this year to move 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 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!
senate democrats insisted that language be taken out, and then house transportation committee chairman, john mica, introduced 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 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. 8รบ