foundation hosted jeb hensarling. he talked about his opposition to the export import bank and called on congress to let it harder expire. he is a representative of the house committee. he did not rule out running for speaker. this is just over 45 minutes. >> tom delay noted that there was no fat to cut. importantly, this underlined a fundamental truth about today. for every dime in that fundamental budget, it was spoken for by someone who would lobby intently to make sure it moved forward. washington, d.c. is not broken. it is a well oiled machine, making sure that those powerful getgh to hire lobbyists, through loopholes. the heritage foundation was founded 40 years ago to advance and serve public policy and educate lawmakers on what those policies are. over the past 10 years, we have walked into congress and found that after our visits, they would say that the pointy-headed guys had a good point, but here is how this will work in washington. that is why we started heritage action. to make sure that the voice of mil

that is why we are thrilled to welcome chairman jeb hensarling to speak with us today. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. i must admit listening to it, people or hearing it for the first time, they might conclude this guy cannot keep a job. anyway, please know how thrilled i am to be speaking from the the visiondium and of ed fuller is alive and well today. of few organizations across this great republic of ours that have done more to strengthen and invigorate the cause of liberty. that my former house collie, jim demint, continues to lead that fight, and although you may think about him as a senator, to me he will always be a house guy. homerday i flew in from my in dallas. some of you know that i live in dallas. i work in washington dc. was getting ready for this beach, i recall the time, probably seven years ago, that i got stuck in washington on a weekend. it doesn't happen often. it happens occasionally. to seeingn are used me on the weekend, so i called home. my now 12-year-old, then 50, i spoke to her on the phone and we were chatting a little bit

[applause] >> next, and jeb hensarling talking about the export and imports. and then, your calls and comments on "washington journal." on "newsmakers," bernie sanders, chair of the veterans affairs committee. he talks about delays for veterans at va hospitals. 6:00 eastern. and >> thank you for your service. glad you are here. >> thankful to be here. >> you are going to have a very nice surprise when you go in the memorial. it is beautiful. thank you. sailor right navy now. >> get my wife and here, where is she? -- 3.- 2 >> are you in the navy? >> i was in the marine corps. >> marine corps, tough. >> yeah, that was tough. >> well, thank you for being here today. >> thank you. thank you for all the service. >> former world war ii veteran and senator bob dole regularly greets visitors at the world war ii memorial. part of the holiday weekend on c-span3. >> on tuesday, the heritage foundation hosted jeb hensarling. he talked about his opposition to the export import bank and called on congress to let it harder expire. he is a representative of the house committe

i am also grateful to financial services committee chairman jeb hen ar -- hensarling for his leadership in bringing this bill to the floor today. h.r. 4386 is a commonsense measure that will strengthen bank secrecy act examinations of the nonbank financial institutions that lack a federal regulator by permitting the financial crimes enforcement network to rely on examinations already conducted by state supervisory agencies where they meet federal standards. this straightforward change will make better use of state and federal resources and will ensure that the wide rank of nonbank financial institutions currently subject to examination by the internal revenue service nsn will be by f subject to more oversight. in addition to furthering our oversight, further compliance provided for in this bill will make it easier for lawful and well regulated nonbank institutions such as money service businesses to provide remitances and other essential financial services. access to remitances is particularly important in states like minnesota, ohio, washington, an california which e home to communitie