Watch: Why Is Congress Trying To Block Low-Cost International Flights?

We elected these people to represent us, right? 

That's the question that many travelers are asking these days as the folks we elected to Congress appear to instead be lining their pockets with lobbyists' money, taking care of the interests of big industry instead of watching out for their constituents. 

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We have already been dealing with the madness of the Transparent Airfares Act, where some in Congress are trying to tell us that we're better off not knowing the final price and that it's better for us for airlines to deceive us with truthless fare advertising -- hiding all the fees and just posting the base price for flying. 

Now, in an even more baffling move, Congress has blocked the attempts for Norwegian Air to start international services with fares as low as $99.

TravelPulse founder and CEO Mark Murphy joined Gerri Willis on FOX Business' "The Willis Report" to try to get to the bottom of why Congress would be against this and to plea for a return to sanity and consumer protection when it comes to airline travel.

For more coverage of the Norwegian Air push into the U.S., check out TravelPulse airlines editor Rich Thomaselli's coverage of the issue:

- 5 Ways Norwegian Air Is Irking the Heck Out of U.S. Airlines

- Airlines, Pilots Fight Back Against Norwegian Air Plans

- Norwegian Air Fires Back at Perceptions of Plan

- Southwest Airlines Pilots Protest Cities that Back Norwegian Air