[applause] host: jason delisle of the american enterprise in acute, what did you think -- american enterprise institute, what did you think when the plan was announced? jason: a number of reactions. first of all, a bunch of rings are attached. if state want to take this federal money and matching grant, they have to abide by rules that congress is going to set for them. i'm not sure we want to centralize our higher education level.at the federal president obama also mentioned, you will leave school without debt. but that does not make sense in this case. he was talking just about tuition. that is a good point to come back to, they are talking about tuition and not living expenses. almost all of the debt people are incurring from going to community colleges from borrowing for their living expenses. this is not going to change that. and i would not say borrowing to pursue a degree is bad, but i think people are going to hear oh, debt-free or free college, and they will be disappointed when they find out that is not actually the case. this tork, how close is what we know is being announced by so

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american enterprise institute resident fellow jason delisle discusses free college proposals and other plans to make higher education more affordable. washingtonwatch journal, live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. isour first guest representative bill johnson of ohio. he serves on the budget committee and also serves on the energy and commerce committee. is there legislative way to keep shutdown from happening? crs are terrible, it's tough for our military because they have contracts that expire. it increases costs over the long run, and it deters their ability to do their jobs. i am not a big fan. i know that is how we have been operating. the responsible thing to do is to do what congress is pass the budget, pass the appropriation bills, and fund the government. that is the responsible thing to do. host: is this something you can sign onto as far as the able to do to complete that process? hing you can sign onto as far as the able to do to complete that process? guest: i really don't know how they are going to manage the process. i know over the last eight years

american enterprise institute resident fellow jason delisle discusses free college proposals

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impact of the government shutdown and a discussion about the -- make college more affordable with jason delisle and mark huelsman. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ host: good morning. it is thursday, january 31st, 2019. the senate meets at 10:00 a.m.. the house will meet for a pro forma session at noon. we begin this morning on the border security negotiations under the ticking clock on the government funding bill. president trump made it clear he wants final deals to improve money for a border wall. we want to know what you think should happen if funding is not included in theal

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