Big GOP Brother is watching you.

Report: FAA Searched 8 Hours for Tex. Rep

By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites) spent eight hours looking for a Texas legislator's plane in May, and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's staff called four times to get details on the aircraft's whereabouts, a Democratic congressman says.

The plane belonged to state Rep. Pete Laney, who had left the state with 53 other Democrats to prevent a vote on a redistricting bill supported by DeLay.

An investigation by the Transportation Department's inspector general found that at least 13 FAA employees were involved in the search, which lasted over an eight-hour period, said Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas. Green was briefed by a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which will hold a hearing on the matter Tuesday...





________________________________________________________________