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And it -- its not going to get fixed with the climate the way it is in washington right now. so what do we do? just turn it over to the states and say its every state for themselves? >> well, you cant turn it over to the states, because youve got the same problems. the interstate system, thats part of the problem. republicans in washington said, let the states do this. its up to them to do highways. know, the interstate system happened because of federal involvement, coordination with local and ...

Maybe they can do this. i dont know how many 3 and 4-year-olds will call up and say, what about my headstart program? but their parents certainly can. patients wanting chemotherapy with cancer. >> heres the dirty secret about congress that. congress is reactive, they are not proactive. there is no vision, and its been this way for a while now. its frustrating. what i would like to see our government do is to actually come up with an idea. why dont we rebuilt the electric grid and update the inte...

Join unions, now whether you like unions or not, they helped create the rising -- >> i say all the time, by the way, the union i think it is a great crisis for the american economy that private sector union membership is down to about 7%. >> it is. >> what does that mean? that means manufacturing jobs are gone. that means all the factories up and down the coast of new england are gone. >> right. >> we need to put them back if 20%, 25% are private sector unions and we have sane workforce rules me...

You dont credit for things that dont happen, but he for eight years, got us out -- we were in korea when he got in, got us out by bluffing, basically. >> brinksmanship, threatening to use the bomb and other things. he spent the next eight years at a scary, dangerous time. the cold war is getting going, nuclear weapons are new things, there are communist threats all over the place. he bluffed our way through eight years. didnt lose any soldiers, didnt get into any wars, stayed out of vietnam. >> ...

This makes no sense. the republicans war on infrastructure. when republicans use to be the champions of infrastructure. dwight eisenhower was the one that sponsor and funded the entire interstate system. what planet is he on? >> i think he was in new hampshire today around that bridge that republicans supported. does he really believe what he is saying about infrastructure spending? >> i dont think he could believe it, ed. he did support the paul ryan budget. that budget would, if it ever found ...

Off in the future, 5 tuesday a gallon. >> microphone bin there in chicago. >> to the congressman who wants to ease your pain at the pump by slashing the federal gas tax. but how would roads and bridges be paid for them? tom graves joinings now. sir, the current gas tax is 18.4 crepts a gallon and you want to cut that down. how would you fund highways and bridges at the federal level if you cut that tax back in. >> well, really, this is all about -- were reauthorizing the transportation funding m...

Democratic issue, its really not. this is a middle class issue. >> and there were two factors that created the post war prosperity, post world war ii prosperity in the country that can be recovered. one was a public education system that worked for a lot more people than it works for now. access to college with the gi bill. and the other was a sense that there was a role for public money to be spent in terms and along with private growth. what gave us the internet? what gave us interstate highwa...

One, bill clinton passed one, george w. bush passed one. a six-year highway bill thats paid for -- >> i know, the problem is, eisenhower broke the interstate system back in the 50s. he wouldnt be sitting around pussyfooting like you guys, coming up with reasons you cant get it done. you say youre for infrastructure. lets get back to mr. mcdermott. were using up his time. why dont the republicans, like this republican, like theiate jim oberstar works they bounced out of congress last year, why do...

George w. bush passed one. a six-year highway bill thats paid for -- >> i know, the problem is, eisenhower broke the interstate system back in the 50s. he wouldnt be sitting around pussyfooting like you guys, coming up with reasons you cant get it done. you say youre for infrastructure. lets get back to mr. mcdermott. were using up his time. why dont the republicans, like this republican, like theiate jim oberstar works they bounced out of congress last year, why dont they support what they say?...

The same reason president obama hasnt advocated for a six-year highway bill is the same reason that the republican leadership hasnt offered the plan, is because youve got to come up with a way to pay for it. john boehner a few weeks ago in a speech here in d.c. said hes looking at doing a six-year highway bill using the current gas tax coupled with revenue from offshore leasing of offshore drilling rights. i dont care what the pay fors are, but ronald reagan passed one, bill clinton passed one, ...