congressman bruce westerman joins us now. our thanks to you, congressman.he president is pulling the u.s. out of the paris accord. he's also working to change regulation on things like climate. why embrace this now? cynics would suggest that it is because polling suggests that all voters really do care about climate change. rep. westerman: it's great to be with you this morning. we are talking about planting one trillion trees, not just in the united states, but across the globe. if you look at what we can do that is proactive and pragmatic as far as making our environment better and being good stewards of what we have, there's really nothing better out there than planting trees. trees are the natural carbon catching device. they store the carbon and release oxygen back into the atmosphere. there's a lot of research on this. there was a research paper from switzerland that said if we do we could050, the man-made of carbon released since the industrial revolution. i am led to see that the president endorsed this and mentioned it in his state of the union add

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. >> bruce westerman our guest, congressman from arkansas. we're talking about climate change more broadly. we welcome your calls and comment comments. how can u.s. -- first of all, what's the number, this is a trillion trees worldwide, what's the estimated number this act would propose planting in the u.s.? >> there's 300 billion trees in the u.s., that's about 10% of the world's population of trees. if we were to do our fair share which i think we'll do more than that, it would be 100 billion trees over 30 years or 3.3 billion trees a year. the cool thing is we're already planting 2.5 trillion trees in the u.s., we're talking about 800 million more trees to plant. we're going to do this and get the public involved. we've got a fifth grade forestry challenge. we want to help youngsters understand how photosynthesis works, the benefits of sustainable forestry management and good building practices. part of that program will be to supply seedlings so this cannot only be a classroom experience but a hands on experience. we're opening that up fo

also, arkansas republican congressman bruce westerman talks about his trillion tree initiative to help address climate change. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. and be sure to watch "washington journal" next week for a museum week. we'll explore george washington's mount vernon, the national museum of the marine corps, the smithsonian national museum of american history, smithsonian national museum of the american indian, and the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture. >> article two is adopted. >> do you solemnly swear that in all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the united states, now pending -- >> you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws, so help you god? the senate will convene as a court of impeachment. >> what we have seen over the last couple of days is a dissent into constitutional madness. >> again, we think the basis upon which this has moved forward is irregular, to say the least. >> donald john trump, president of the united s

>>wednesday house republicans introduced bill package to dress it, arkansas congressman bruce westerman president trump's words into legislation,the trillion trees act it ctually means a trillion trees on the that's the global. >>an initiative to plant a tree in trees about 2050 weman says his bill may sound like a biask. but it comes with a big reward. it uld recapture 2 thirds of the carn really since the instrial revolution there is great power in all these trees working togeth across the would encourage businesses to use sustainable materils like woodwesterman pointed to the natur state where the univerty of arkansas has constructed the 2 largest woodebuildings in the country and where wal-mart plans to build its new corporate headquarters out of wood we can share with the rest of the sustainable forestry is all about and how is the news that the benefit the environment even though president trump somimes dismisses climate change. this group of house republicans sa their policies can pass his year and get the presidential siature the democrats green new deal can't in washington. i'm

arkansas bruce westerman, talks about his trillion initiative to help address climate change. watch steve spans washington journal live at seven eastern thursday morning be sure to watch washington journal next week for museum week. george washington mount vernon, the national museum of them are incorporated the smithsonian museum of national history. and of the american indians and of african-american history and culture. tonight on "c-span2", a look at final preparations for the 2020 census. then later, senators debate on powers resolution that would limit the president's use of military force against iran without congressional approval. a final vote on the measure is expected tomorrow. on capitol hill, u.s. census bureau director stephen, told lawmakers that the agency would be ready to roll out the 2020 census in april. despite a new government report that raise questions about staff recruitment and cybersecurity risks.

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the task force members, chairman of the r.s.c., mike johnson, barry loudermilk, doug collins, bruce westerman, rick allen, john curtis, michael cloud, kelly armstrong, william timmons, and denver riggleman, for their engagement and leadership in pulling together this playbook that we hope to run these commonsense ideas. the report is broken into three sections. the first section refers to the comments made by my colleague who just finished on the power, the article 1 power in the constitution to restore the people's control over an unchecked bureaucracy by returning the constitutional balance between the branches of government. our founding fathers never anticipated the size of the bureaucracy we have today. that's why we need provisions like the reins act so that the statute passed in this house get reflected in rules consistent with our intent. the second section of the report has to do with government practices. to streamline federal programs and operations to promote efficiency and eliminate waste. madam speaker, in 2015 the social security administration told us we had sent benefits chec

and bruce westerman talks about his initiative to help address climate change. watch c-span's washington journal, and be sure to watch next week for newseum week. we will explore the national museum of the marine corps, the ,mithsonian of american history the national museum of the american indian, and the some sony and national museum of african-american history and culture. russell voigt testified on president trump's 4.8 trillion dollar budget proposal for 2021 before the house budget committee. this runs three hours. i want to welcome everyone to the president's budget submission and certainly welcome the acting director of omb, russell vought. thank you for being here to testify on the president's 2021 budget proposal. i hope this hearing will provide an honest examination of the priorities set forth by the trump administration so we can get back to passing appropriations bills that reflect the needs and priorities of the american people. i will yield myself five minutes for an opening statement. six months ago, the president signed a bipartisan -- >> i'm s

bruce westerman, congressman of arkansas. "washington journal" back tomorrow at 7:00 eastern. we take you live to the house next. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as members prepare to return to their home districts endow them with ears to hear, voices of their constituents. those who voted for them and those who did not. it is the strength of our representative democracy that all have a voice in the governing of the nation. our nation will soon be remembering presidents washington and lincoln, giants of america's history. one presided over a nation united in its inception behind their president. the other over a nation divided soon after his election. may each of their examples be inspiration to all americans that faithfulness to the constitution and all the laws of our land and the hope of our founders is the responsibility of us all to bring our political discourse. bless us this day and every day . may all that is done