host: i will leave it here and let marin cogan jumping.: i am glad he mentioned it is not just charleston. what this event highlights is people in other parts of west virginia has been dealing with drinking water issues for a long time. it is something that i think is really hard for the rest of us to imagine because that is a unique culture that they have there. i think if this had happened in northern virginia, you would see a very different reaction nationally to this event. host: how did the federal government react when this first happened? what did the residence there here from our federal government? here is a tweet -- guest: the national guard did come in after obama declared a state of emergency. the national guard did come in to distribute the water. at which point the cdc set about determining what is the safe threshold for drinking water. the problem is that became very controversial. because they didn't have a ton of scientific data, there are ways scientists can calculate to make the most educated guess about what would be sa

that's why join us cogan will later in the show. conversation on facebook and twitter. >> let me say to him, let's bury the hatchet. [applause] >> first, i want to say to the gephardter that jane and i would like to invite hi m and his wife to missouri. i hope we can come to your district in illinois. >> find more highlights on our facebook page. yourn, brought to you by providor.atellite -- provider. akin toed something the realignment and closing commission, an outside group with integrity, former members of congress, no current members to do an audit of congress from top to bottom. if it's not fulfilling its purpose, eliminate it. dhere are now three hea starts. two?o we have the other the first wasn't working. fixing a broken washington. partyheritage foundation as he signs books and chats with guests. panels on race, power, and politics . and strengthening communities, a historical narrative. on c-span 2. president obama signed an executive order. the president is joined by lilly ledbetter. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, t

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aaron cogan recently wrote an article on the west virginia chemical spill.e will be joined later in the show. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> the house started floor debate on the republican digit -- budget plan. we will have some of that debate in a moment. then president obama signed an executive order at the white house. this budget would balance in 10 years. that is something a lot of conservatives are insisting on. to make it balance, they had to use dang amick scoring. a score from the congressional budget office. it was based on the amount of deficit reduction, which basically said that the deficit reduction would actually cause the economy to expand and that would bring in more revenue and reduce spending. they use dynamic scoring for this budget to get it to balance in 10 years. that is the first time that that has been done. >> what does the leadership have to do conservative members to get them on board? i may need to make sure that it balances in 10 years. thatthey also have to do