host: clyde wayne c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today i your cable or satellite provider. >> in his weekly address, the president talks about replacing the affordable care act. the senator from hawaii delivers the democratic response of posing the current bill heading to the senate floor next week. pres. trump: my fellow americans, millions of families across our nation are suffering under the disaster known as obamacare.

clyde wayne crews. he is also formally of the cato fta.tute, the senate and barbara is on our democratic line calling from massachusetts. thank you to c-span for this phenomenal guest. you just your produces are beyond beyond. i am a pta mom. i have a suggestion. it is going to sound utopian. let's bring the college kids into this game. create a national program across the country in all of the wherees and universities, the political science department and the economics departments get together and the kids review the rags -- the regs. we can call it "students review the regs." we can have this gentleman and his organization put up a bunch of youtube videos, 10 minute segments. give us the overviews so that we can bring these students into understanding the federal government and state government. one more thing. when i was a parent of young kids i took some fantastic parent education courses. one of the things i learned was health and safety with young kids is a domain separate by itself. we need to get the great big egs monster -- r you have health and safety and environmental and break it down into the big pieces, and maybe we can assig

. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that affect you. coming up this morning, clyde wayne crews will discuss the annual survey of the cost of federal regulations. mark boughton of the atlantic will be on to talk about dealing with the threat of north korea. democracy now host amy goodman will discuss republican efforts to replace the affordable care act. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion >>. >> at the white house on friday, the president signed a bill that makes it easier to fire employees at the veterans affairs department for misconduct. the bill signing included remarks from the president and the v.a. secretary david shelton. shulkin. this is 30 minutes. [applause] mr. shulkin: it's a full house. that's great. on behalf of the president, i want to welcome everybody here today. i have the great privilege of introducing one of the nation's heroes. let me tell you about sergeant michael verardo.

host: clyde wayne c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today i your cable or satellite provider. >> in his weekly address, the president talks about replacing the affordable care act. the senator from hawaii delivers the democratic response of posing the current bill heading to the senate floor next week. pres. trump: my fellow americans, millions of families across our nation are suffering under the disaster known as obamacare. traveling throughout our country over the last two years, i have met so many of these wonderful americans, and i have never forgotten their stories. in wisa proud veteran and his wife michael and tammy kushman. when they were forced onto obamacare and the exchange in 2015, they thought they would be able to keep their doctor-but they couldn't. they thought they would be able to keep their plan but they weren't allowed. they were told their premiums would go down but instead, they soared by 120 percent upwa