congressman anthony wiener discusses the federal health care law on its one-year anniversary. later, morocco's foreign minister discusses his country's proposed political reforms. on "washington journal", a report on america's fiscal management. then a discussion on unrest in the arab world with the former u.s. ambassador to morocco. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> this weekend on "book tv". a panel discussion on john failedey, jr.'s assassination attempt of ronald reagan. throughout the weekend, from the

after that, new york congressman anthony wiener talks about the health care law. >> this week we are joined by cecile richards, the president of the plan pater -- km federation here to talk about what could be a debate next week when congress returns. this debate between republicans and democrats over whether or not there should be federal funding for planned parenthood. walk us through from your perspective what this is about for you guys. >> it began during the budget debates on the house side where the new house leadership instead of focusing on jobs and the economy and the issues that american voters are very concerned about took it as a chance to repeal all access to family planning in this country and to go after planned parenthood. we are the largest family planning provider in america. what we saw was that women's health care is being treated as a political issue and that has us concerned. many of the one in five women who have been to planned parenthood and folks are seeing this as having nothing to do with the budget or the deficit. it has to do with a political vendetta ag

congressman anthony wiener discusses the federal health care law on its one-year anniversary. later, morocco's foreign minister discusses his country's proposed political reforms. on "washington journal", a report on america's fiscal management. then a discussion on unrest in the arab world with the former u.s. ambassador to morocco. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> this weekend on "book tv". a panel discussion on john failedey, jr.'s assassination attempt of ronald reagan. throughout the weekend, from the virginia festival of the book, panels on madison and science, the vietnam war, the founding fathers, and religion. find the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> the century foundation released a report on the prospects for peace in afghanistan. the report's authors argue for a negotiated political settlement with the taliban. the century foundations international task force on afghanistan presented the report at the national press club. this is one hour. thank you for joining us today. if all of you had time this morning to see an op-ed in "the new york times" entitle

congressman anthony wiener is a person who never shies from a fight.he often leads the fight on progressive values, whether it is 9/11 workers or health care reform more funding basic benefits for the american people. he has been a champion for these issues throughout his service and he has been a champion for health care reform. for that, we're very grateful and honored to have him. >> thank you. i am thrilled to be year with it -- to be here with you. if you have time later, i will also be doing a twitter town hall meeting at 12:30 p.m. and a facebook town hall meeting at 3:30 p.m. and there is something called read it at 5:30 p.m. this is a great day it took a long time to get started. this is all that is left of me after 22 town hall meetings, 70 hours of markups and hearings. i think there have been -- after six months of this debate and back and forth, once the law became a reality, people could sit on a piece of paper and it would take shape and it's the people in our communities benefit from health care reform. it would then be hard to lie abou

speakers are scheduled to include senator rand paul of kentucky and representatives anthony wiener of the york, ben quayle of arizona, and frederick wittman of louisiana. in a few moments, today's headlines and your phone calls live on "washington journal." members of the house will be back in session at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general speeches for a legislative work continues at noon with a bill that would reduce government regulation of pesticides. in about 45 minutes, we will talk about energy policy with democratic rep jean green

anthony wiener said he wanted a waiver from obamacare. this is rich because of our colleague said that he wrote the bill for obamacare. he said the bill and i r one. if anthony wiener once a waiver from obamacare i want mine, too, and i don't know about you but i want a waiver from the last two years of president obama. are you with me? let's go to our last number. at the because of the great work that steve king has been doing we have tried to let the country know about this figure. 105 billion four hundred 64 million. this is the money that was hidden in plain sight in the obamacare bill in order to refund the implementation of obamacare. my opinion is this. i believe that president obama needs to give this money back to the american people. [applause] you won't find one newspaper story, one radio show or one tv story about this money. you cannot just do this to the american people. failed to tell them that when you are represented votes for the government takeover of health care, they are also voting for $105 billion to fund it. you ca

anthony wiener was one of my favorite presenters.talking about the fact that we are continuing to subsidize mo hair. we are continue to subsidize goat farmers. nothing wrong with it, but we should probably not be subsidizing it. that is good, useful. democrats and republicans are bringing things to the floor, looking at things to cut back. postcode entitlement reform, is it on the table for you? guest: it is on the table for me in this area. i have noticed in this city people think long term and think beyond the budget window. if you are going to make changes in social security, medicare, it is not going to be made in the next 10 years. 55 years and older, we are not going to touch it at all, but that does not fall into a 10- year window. you are talking about people that are younger. is it going to be there the same way that it is now when i am 65? no, there is not. yes, we need entitlement reform, but that does not mean we are going to scare the elderly away. it is no different from what president reagan did in the 1980's. he came

the prime-time schedule looks like this -- we will have remarks from a congressman anthony wiener talks about what the obama and administration needs to do more to highlight the benefits of the health care law enacted one year ago today. then more about health care what the discussion on the elements of the law and parts that are still waiting to be enacted. after that, morocco's foreign minister talks about unrest in the arab world and why people take into the street. and prospects for peace in afghanistan, all of that getting underway at 8:30 eastern. this morning, the british labor weeder as the prime minister for an update on british military operations in libya and talked about military contributions from the arab world in keeping to the terms of the resolution. here's a portion of that now. >> can i join the prime minister in paying tribute to private daniel prior? he demonstrated great bravery and all of his family and friends -- i am sure the whole house will want to think about armed forces personnel in action in military operations in libya and pay tribute to the outstanding w

. >> new york democratic congressman anthony wiener, a member of the energy and commerce subcommittee said the the what has these to do more to highlight the benefits of the federal health care law which was enacted one year ago. it also refuted charges by opponents of the law that it was a takeover of the health care system by big government. hill -- he spoke at the center for american progress action fund in washington d.c.. this is 45 minutes. >> welcome. i'm the chief operating center for the american progress. i oversee our health center. we're very honored to have you all here. prior to my time here at cap, i served on the president's health care reform team at the white house and was an adviser to secretary sebelius. i'm honored to have you all here on the anniversary of the affordable care act. the first year anniversary for the affordable care act, it is actually a six year anniversary for us at cap. it was six years ago today that we put forward our own plan to provide coverage for all americans, reform the health care system through insurance regulation, provide tax subsidi

rand paul and anthony wiener of new york, and others. >> for more than a quarter decades, the libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant. muammar gaddafi. he is denied his people's freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorize innocent people around the world. >> follow what key leaders are saying about libya and how the process unfolded from the president and other administration officials, from the house and senate floor, and other leaders around the world, all on line at the c-span video library board search, watch, click, and share any time. >> in libya tuesday, the u.s. struck a missile storage facility near tripoli will forces loyal to muammar gaddafi the drove back rebels near his home town. in london, foreign ministers and representatives of more than 40 countries met to discuss how to deal with libya. after that meeting, british foreign secretary william hague and secretaries of state hillary clinton spoke with reporters. mr. haig is first, then secretary clinton in 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. we have seen two k

speakers are scheduled to include senator rand paul and anthony wiener and dan quayle of arizona. >> throughout april, we will feature the top winners of this year's student camp competition. nearly 1500 students submitted documentary's on the theme, washington d.c. through my laens. during the program, meet the students who greeted them. stream the weddwinning videos ay time at c-span.org. >> eric kanter said if there is no agreement between republicans and white house when the current spending bill expires next friday, the house will not pass another short-term measure, a leading to a government shutdown. negotiations are continuing. charles schumer was on the floor saying a possible budget agreement was blocked by tea party supporters. his comments and response from republican senator jeff sessions are a half-hour. president. and i rise to speak on the current state of the bipartisan budget negotiations. for weeks now, the offices of the senate majority leader, the house speaker and the white house have been engaged in serious talks seeking a long-term budget agreement. it's been

speakers are scheduled to includes senator rand paul, anthony wiener, and others.ore than 40 so-called disease clusters have occurred in 13 states since 1976. according to oral report by the national resources defense council. on tuesday, the senate environment committee looked at the potential environmental issues related to disease clusters. >> i like to begin by thanking our witnesses for coming to testify today. in particular, i would like to welcome trevor schaffer, a brave young man who has overcome so much in his life already by beating cancer when he was just a child. he has come out of this experience with great purpose, and has decided to devote his life to helping children who also face the frightening reality of having to beat cancer. trevor and our other distinguished witnesses are here to testify on a very important issue -- the need to better protect our families and communities from dangerous diseases that occur in clusters. i like all " -- also recognize the two other witnesses from my state of california, ms. erin brockovich, who i think most know