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And it would just be hiring another tsa person. what if the passenger advocate was not a employee? >> who will they be then? >> there was a recent congressional report. we spent $57 billion since 9 /11 on tsa. and everybody with the exception of the tsa people agree they have done virtually nothing to prevent the next 9/11. >> how do they know that? >> two ways. one is that 9/11, the threat of that ended when they reinforced the cockpit doors so the planes can't be commandeered the way it was. and beyond that all of the high-profile attempts to take down a plane, it was passengers beating the ...

New car. >> alisyn: wow. auto trade groups are also concerned, the white house is setting a standard that they will not be able to meet and now the house oversight committee is investigating. congressman mike kelly, a member of the oversight and government reform committee joins us from pittsburgh. >> good morning, alisyn, happy sunday to you. >> alisyn: the administration wants to double fuel efficiency by 2025, obviously a laudable goal but it will cost money to the tune of $157 billion, who will pay for that? >> well, the same people that always pay for it. the consumers pay for everything ...

One tenth of the funds in the democratic proposal will be spent last year and roughly 40% won't be spent until after 2015. after 2015. this hardly matches the president's call for doing something, quote, right away. second, it costs another $57 billion we don't have. >> reporter: now today without the president involved in the process there was no political jocking, the last highway bill had 6,000 earmarks, this one has none and members of both parties were so supportive that the tkepl strat tiff senator said the name of the committee should be changed to the goodwill committee. that is a far ...

40% won't be spent until after 2015. after 2015. >> unlike the president's bill which divided congress, this senate bill that has infrastructure and creates jobs appears to have united member of both parties. >> i couldn't be more proud today to be chairman of the committee. the bill before us is bipartisan. >> that's far cry from last week's exercise where president sought to tar republicans for the bill. >> the president would have spent $57 billion over ten years. the senate bill will create jobs faster. >> there is a plan freeing oil giant b.p. for responsibility to clean up new oil washin...

Country is in a different place than 2001. after spending $338 billion on this war alone, americans are asking can we afford it, where do you think we are right now? >> i think the focus always needs to be on our national security interest. when we started the war in afghanistan, it was in direct response to 9/11. this is where the plotters were, and we went in there to make sure they could not carry out further attacks. the issue was once they were driven out, how do we make sure they don't come back, have a stable government in afghanistan, not just in afghanistan, but pakistan as well. >> t...