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2010, 2011, i believe. it was the tea party moment. the national republican party was all -- the sort of momentum was about spending and reining in the size of government. and chris christie sort of staged a moment there. again, the guy is a master communicator, say whatever you want about him. the guy is an incredible communicator. a for tlair for the moment, he i'm going to stand up to barack obama's transportation department in that moment it worked. now longer term, there were major transportation issues in terms of getting between new york and new york city cancelling that tunnel, certain...

Department in that moment it worked. now longer term, there were major transportation issues in terms of getting between new york and new york city cancelling that tunnel, certainly complicated that. right now that is the kind of thing used as a weapon. one thing that the new jersey voters may not like. but in that moment, i think it worked for him. >> traffic is not getting any better. congratulations, steve, i think you had a role in it. i wonder -- i still don't know his role. i'm not going to ask you the answer, i don't think anybody has it. there is a lot of murkiness, you don't have to g...

To the new speaker to give him a chance to get something done here. this is a really important issue for the country. as you know, we have too many potholes in this country, too many folks stuck in traffic all the time. and this is an issue that's bipartisan. it's an issue that is straight down the line bread and butter apple pie america and i'm hoping the house passes a robust transportation bill that will set us on a course to adjust the grobl we'll have over the next 30 years. >> has he given you any signal that he can do this and that he wants to do this? >> i think there's absolutely an i...

To make progress on that. plus, president obama when i came in last year in november, we had the unconstitutional amnesty, our lap said we're going to fight tooth and nail on that thing. it's unkotional. then overreach on all sort -- dodd/frank, epa regulation, a bad iran deal. the people say make the case for us. twhaes we want to do. >> congressman dent, i have heard and i think you're one of those who have said that, your response to him particularly on spending issues would be you've done what you can with the democratic president, is that right? >> that's correct. but, you know, in order ...

The local newspaper in tennessee and also his high school newspaper about transportation issues. one person said this was his dream job, to be an engineer. we talked wolf today in an interview with a longtime flagman on brandon bostian's crew pap guy who took this route from new york down to washington and back hundreds of times, he says. he called him a great engineer. very safety conscious. never seen him drinking texting, sleeping. no problems whatsoever but also this wolf. brandon bostian would have known every inch of this track, including the speed limit along every inch of this track, a...