elaine povich will join us.is has "washington journal" continues. >> there is no question that congress routinely --the administration routinely does not pick the truth to the american public. it is not just about inaccuracies with the affordable health care act. it is the absence of speaking the truth about where we are. where are we? we are now at a standard of living the same as we had in 1988. we now have unfunded obligations and that of $1.1 million per family. that needs to be spoken so we can build a context for the tough things that will come. the biggest problem i see with congress is the denial of reality. you can still be a good person and still my reality. we all have flaws. we all deny realities because we do not want to face him. the fact is that we have not had the leadership in this country. i'm talking presidential and congressional -- that would stand up and tell the truth to the american public about the situation we find ourselves in. i have my idea of what caused this. >> senator coburn on h

a look at the license and regulate tax preparers with elaine povich.ashington journal begins live at k78 a.m. on c-span. >> coming up on c-span the house oversight committee of dering a con templet lerner. against lois congress routinely don't speak the truth with the american public. it's not just on inaccuracies on what the affordable health care act would do. it's the absence of speaking the truth of where we are. here are we? we now have unfunded obligations and pure debt of $1.1 million per family. that needs to be spoken so we can build the context of the tough things that are going to come. the biggest problem that i see with congress is denial of reality. and you can still be a good person and deny reality. we all have flaws. we all deny realities in some sense in our lives every day because we don't want to face them. but the fact is we haven't had the leadership in this country a long time and i'm talking presidential and congressional that would stand up and tell the truth to the american public about the situations. i have an idea what caus