collects off every single airline ticket sold in this country. that tax varies depending on how many flight segments you are flying, a two-part leg costs more than a nonstop flight, that kind of thing. but on a $300 plane ticket, you're paying at least $25 in federal taxes. since midnight last friday, that tax has not been collected because congress has not agreed on a funding bill for the faa. the transportation secretary is right now lobbying to get that tax reinstated. now, you may have noticed a dispute in the numbers there. 4,000 ,000 faa workers are furloughed, but he was talking about 70,000 construction workers who won't find work building airports, building at airports because of this funding dispute. that's why the banner and the number that i gave you were in dispute. let's listen now to the press secretary. >> other topics, i assume? erica. >> um --
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