we are having this discussion with kelly whitener. florida, line for independents. now the federal government is paying for all the children's funds in other words and the state is not picking up their half of the deal? is that your question, lenny? caller: yes. guest: the federal government paying more than they used to and in about 12 states it is the federal government paying 100% of the chip cost. in the rest of the states, states are still constructing a state share. it -- host: does that concern you? caller: not really, i was tried to figure out why the states aren't paying what they should be paying and trying to get off the federal government. guest: it was really a change in federal law. the federal law says that states weren't able to cut back on eligibility or make other changes to their program, which limits ways that states can balance their budget. in turn, the federal government officer that additional support to make that easier to handle. tommy is an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. it was my belief that the children of this country

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kelly whitener will be here to discuss the deadline for the children's health insurance program.ll coming up this morning on washington journal. c-span's voices from the road at the national conference of state legislatures summit in what'sasking attendees the most important issue to your state. what's really important to our state is that washington makes sure we maintain health care for the poor, elderly and the infirm. we have to make sure if we replace obamacare we replace it with something smart and reasonable. and an issue that we are struggling with right now is theerty tax and because of fast real estate properties in rural areas. rural farmers are struggling to fill a very high property tax. how do we prop -- balance that with the property tax and the needs for schools am -- i'm on the appropriations committee so those of the issues we're dealing with. how do we balance out and give that across our state. >> the most important issue facing our constituents today is unfortunately the open your crisis. i'd like to talk about children how they are the collateral damage. one

kelli whitener talks about the future of the children's health insurance program andean murray with the competitive enterprise institute reveals the recent report on shrinking the executive branch. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> today on c-span 2 a review of the accountability office list of agencies and program that list fraud, waste abuse and mismanagement. live coverage at 8:30 a.m. eastern. >> this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00, former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton on leadership. >> i always thought i would have a better life and have somebody else have a better life, too. and i liked it. i got lucky and don't care what anybody says, all these people that tell you they're born in a log cabin are full of bull. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. with the budget for congress to handle we look at the budget and friday a profile interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history is i tell people when i was born in 1976 in perry, georgia, they stamp democrat on your birth certificate and i made a