host: dennis smith, thank you for being with us this morning. nis smith is the senior fellow at the heritage foundation. we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> "washington *" columnist johnny devaughn on the "weed man." he is interviewed by the fender of the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws. the saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> frank mankiewicz, campaign manager for george mcgovern sunday night on c-span on q&a. >> this fall, and to the home to america's highest court from the grand public places to those only accessible to the nine justices, the supreme court come in the first sunday in october on c-span. >> sporkin -- "washington journal" continues. host: for the rest of the are we have a question for you, will the health care passed this year? let's take a look at what president obama had to say about this yesterday. >> i guarantee you, joe, we're going to get health care reform up. i know there are a

thank god that dennis smith has been able to work around that. the va has been provided funding to adequately maintain facilities and continue services. the va maryland health care system is responsible for providing care to hundreds of thousands of maryland veterans. i also note that according to the center for minority veterans, minority veterans comprise approximately. the mission is to care for people who love borne the battle to honor those who have worn the uniform by providing them with the highest quality health care and benefits possible. however, that mission can only be accomplished if they know the full range of services available. my mother used to have a saying. she said there is nothing like a person who don't know what they don't know. and that is true. a lot of times things are available to us, but if we do not know about them, it cannot do us very much good. and that is one thing i would ask that you do. a small favor you can do for your congressman and all of us is learn about things today, and pass the word on to people who ma

i am sure dennis smith can attest to that.eople to be in the hospital for the medical facilities to be a treat folks coming in. unless he has some kind of notice of what kind of money he is working with, that is a major problem. the people may arrive, but the money is not moving as fast as the people are. what do you have? you have a problem. thank god dennis is the kind of the minister who has been able to work around that. now the federal government has provided the va would assured source of funding to be the growing demand. the via a maryland health care system is responsible for providing care to hundreds of thousands of maryland veterans. i also note that according to the va center for veterans -- minority veterans proximal comprise 15% of all the americans that have served. the va's mission is to care for those who have borne the battle come to honor those who have worn the uniform of providing them the highest quality health care and benefits possible. however, the mission can only be accomplished when veterans know th

thank god that dennis smith has been able to work around that. the va has been provided funding to adequately maintain facilities and continue services. the va maryland health care system is responsible for providing care to hundreds of thousands of maryland veterans. i also note that according to the center for minority veterans, minority veterans comprise approximately. the mission is to care for people who love borne the battle to honor those who have worn the uniform by providing them with the highest quality health care and benefits possible. however, that mission can only be accomplished if they know the full range of services available. my mother used to have a saying. she said there is nothing like a person who don't know what they don't know. and that is true. a lot of times things are available to us, but if we do not know about them, it cannot do us very much good. and that is one thing i would ask that you do. a small favor you can do for your congressman and all of us is learn about things today, and pass the word on to people who ma

thank god that dennis smith has been able to work around that.the va has been provided funding to adequately maintain facilities and continue services. the va maryland health care system is responsible for providing care to hundreds of thousands of maryland veterans. i also note that according to the center for minority veterans, minority veterans comprise approximately. the mission is to care for people who love borne the battle to honor those who have worn the uniform by providing them with the highest quality health care and benefits possible. however, that mission can only be accomplished if they know the full range of services available. my mother used to have a saying. she said there is nothing like a person who don't know what they don't know. and that is true. a lot of times things are available to us, but if we do not know about them, it cannot do us very much good. and that is one thing i would ask that you do. a small favor you can do for your congressman and all of us is learn about things today, and pass the word on to people who may

host: our guest is dennis smith from the heritage foundation. you can give is a call at republicans:(202) 737-0001 democrats:(202) 737-0002 independents: (202) 628-0205 and you can also send us a message by twitter we are at c- span w.j.. guest: exactly, and if government regulation comes into play -- and regulation, actually, often times works to thwart competition rather than stimulate competition. we often see that regulations are the projections of the status quo rather than britney in new competitors. -- are the protections of the status quo rather than renew in new competitors. think of all the different ways that individuals associated and get different choices. maybe the cooperative is offered through your church group. maybe it is through the knights of columbus. maybe it is to the chamber of commerce. it is through your softball league. again, americans join all sorts of things. we are joiners. let's let the individual join as groups. the cooperatives can get larger overtime if that is what the membership wants to do but i think that w

and "washington journal" tomorrow morning, we will talk about health care costs with dennis smith from the heritage foundation. professional paul light of new york university will take your questions about the obama administration's policy initiatives and we will look at the relationship between the u.s. and cuba with lars schultz. >> now, president obama talks with party activists about health care legislation. this is being hosted by a group called organizing for america, a span of organization from the obama presidential campaign. from the democratic national committee headquarters in washington, this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> i was a volunteer during the campaign last year. this spring, i started volunteering with organizing for america. i got involved with the campaign and have stated ball because i believe that we must change this country. -- i have stayed involved. i continue to find barack obama the one public figure in my lifetime who has the vision, ideas, passion, and commitment to bring the change that we must bring to this country. i was trained as a community or

denny hamlin. just a few days after the death of his grandmother, he won the indy 500 at pocono. it was jimmie johnson that had everybody talking including marty smith. >> mark martin so admires jimmie johnson's resilience that he labeled him superman but halfway through the pocono 500, johnson ran into some kryptomite. it seemed a throw-away day to most. >> what did you tell the guys? >> i told them we would come back and be in the top 15. >> martin says it's that palpable confidence and the ability to recover from adversity that separates the 48 team from everyone else. another hendrick motorsports star agrees. >> you can't count them out. that makes them a championship caliber team and jimmie johnson is a great driver. it's unfortunate that they had a car that was probably capable of winning. >> in moments like this feel grow a lot more going into the chase. i would love to have those easy days all be up front, no issues, but i'm not sure that really tests what you're made of and we worked awfully hard for this. there was nothing handed to us today. we had to work hard to find the problem and get changed, took advantage of the lucky dogs which an