host: senator john barrasso has this piece published today. this would put the brakes on washington's efforts and these regulations are contrary to the will of the american people. the legislation would stop your bill -- was not modest regulation the agency has already proposed closed stronger ones it would issue later this year. that should lead to the retirement of many of the older, dirty air power plants and a dramatic reduction in carbon emissions. what is your reaction guest:? we need to make all of our energy as clean as we can. guest: i am the only senator or on the republican side of the public works committee, we need to deal with energy security as law's environmental stewardship and economic growth. we need all of the energy and we need to work in ways to make it cleaner. look at what is happening around the world. china is doing an incredible job with coal. we need to protect our air. laws were never intended to deal with global warming. my specific bill focuses on using rules and regulations to try to address climate change, when

i would like to say that i'm with john barrasso. i like everything he is saying. this one guy who asked about how they are going to enforce the individual mandate -- i have a question just like that. when i was a young man, got out of the service, i could not find a job. i went on the migrant trial. i worked ranchers, i've been to wyoming, washington, all over the country doing farm and ranch work. i know there are thousands of families are missing stuff. i would like to know how they are going to enforce individual mandates. are they going to issue some kind of a card, or if you don't have proof -- host: we will leave it there. guest: i want to thank you for your service to the country. it sounds like you have had wonderful opportunities to see parts of the country. i have the same concerns, because i think the internal revenue service is going to come after people with the individual mandate, fine people, and the fines go up year after year. i offered amendments during the health-care debate about that. i think we ought to get rid of the individual mandate. toda

and senator john barrasso. at back.ause] [applause] >> thank you for that incredible introduction. i want to tell you the topic here today is obama care, can it be stopped. the answer is yes. not by me, but by all of us. we need everybody involved because, remember, you are the ones through your activism, your commitment, your focus, your dedication, you of the one that sent the cavalry to the united states sent by sending 13 republican senators, six brand new ones, incredible, and you are the ones that fired nancy pelosi. [applause] you had a chance to visit with senator mitch mcconnell yesterday. i'm sure he told you that what we've really no need are four more republican senators so that we will be in the majority. you have done it in the house. we need you to help us do it in the senate. the bottom line is this, we need a new president. [applause] now, if you need to be motivated about this fight all you need to do is read for articles, for articles by grace murray to article. chopping off the many heads of the obam

tomorrow morning, we will talk to note representative -- to representative jay inslee, and senator john barrasso joins us, and we will look at the future of community service block grants with the head of the community action partnership, don mathis. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. up next, tonight's t hall -- the tea party town hall meeting with members of congress. speakers include senators orrin hatch and rand paul, along with steve king and michele bachmann. this is about 1.5 hours. while our members are getting miced up, i will tell you that these have grown leagues and downs. our two-year anniversary is coming up in just a few weeks. we can have rallies until the end of time and protests, but, ultimately, if you want to change what is going on in washington, you have to change your players in washington, and the tea party express got involved in the political aspects, in the campaigns, and we all work together to bring new members of congress here to represent our principles and values of the tea party movement and to have people here that we know that we can w

. >> republican senators lindsey graham and john barrasso of wyoming -- what can you tell us about this legislation? >> this would allow states to opt out of requirements of the bill, such as paying a tax penalty, the requirement for employers to offer insurance to their employees, for states to examine the medicaid rolls. lindsey graham was very honest about this, saying that this was a way to bring the law down. if enough states opt out of these provisions, the law becomes financially unworkable and congress would have to repeal it because it would be such a mess and disaster. -- in terms of the debate and the mechanics, that could be in the form of a future bill, right? >> exactly right. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> you can see that senate debate on our companion network c-span2 between 5:00 at 6:00. the house returns next tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. you can see live house coverage here on c-span. this weekend on "booktv" on c- span2, "after words" with michael reagan on his father's legacy, ron reagen, and emily lambert on the futures markets. "in debt" with -- "i