senator john barrasso, and he is not the only u.s. senator who thinks that maybe the obamacare numbers are all fake. maybe it just can't be true that this many million people have signed up for health insurance under obamacare. >> your colleague, senator barrasso, says the white house is actually fixing the books. >> totally they are. >> you agree with that? you have any facts to back that up? >> no, lindsey graham does not have any facts to back that up, but this is proving to be one of the more entertaining instincts that high-ranking republicans have developed in the obama era. you think they might have learned a lesson about publicly denying the numbers during the great obama re-election great conservative punditry fail of 2012, right? i mean, you'd think they would be embarrassed about ignoring the numbers, right? they were embarrassed by that episode. weren't they? >> i believe the minimum result will be 53-47, romney over 300 electoral votes, and the republicans will pick up the senate. i base that on just years and years of ex

. >> i'd like to bring in senator john barrasso of wyoming a member of the foreign relations committeeu, senator, for joining us. >> thank you, chris, for having me. >> and you have been critical of the president's military policy, foreign policy, and so what does it wind down to the foreign wars that the american people clearly do not have a stomach for? what do you say about that? >> well, right now, our friends don't fear us, and our friends don't trust us, and i have just gotten back to the region in ukraine and been there with a bipartisan effort with other senators, and i will tell you that the sanctions that the president is putting forward, it is no effect, because the ruble went up, and the stock market went up, and this is a slap on the wrist, and we need to get vladimir putin's attention, and all he respects is strength. when the united states shows weakness, it just emboldens and invites additional action by vladimir putin and what happens in one location, chris, plays out across the globe whether it is in north korea, where they are doing the additional test org in iran, o

for more, i spoke with republican senator john barrasso, who has recently returned from a visit to the region. if i could start with the news that has come in from the international monetary fund of the $17 billion loan package for ukraine. do you welcome that? >> i do. i think it will be helpful, and the message from putin continues to be a significant propaganda in russian broadcast all around the region. you hear it in latvia, lithuania, moldova. all concerns to the people there because it is a lot of lies from putin, which are trying to undermine what is happening in .kraine >> how tense was the situation in ukraine? >> i was there the day the russian helicopters landed just north of crimea and tipped over the gas plant, which tells you to important energy is russia as part of driving their economy. half of all the revenue that comes into russia comes from exporting gas and oil, and i'm working to use american oil and gas specifically as a geopolitical tool to undermine russia's ability to continue to fund and finance their operations. >> the last time you and i spoke, you had just

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. >> john barrasso doesn't see eye to eye with the enrollment claims, something the obama team disputs. >> i think they're cooking the books on this. people want to know the answers. >> if we're cooking the books, don't you think we would have done it in october and november? >> people who aren't enthusiastic about the law working, haven't done outreach to their constituents, haven't given accurate information, are now suggesting the enormous interest in enrolling in health care is not existing. it does exist. we did pass the 6 million mark this week of individuals who had enrolled. >> how fun. i love it. 6 million. magically, they hit the number, eric. >> so it's -- i spent a lot of time over the weekend thinking about this. on the right, you had people saying the books are about to be cooked, you're being lied to. on the left, they're saying what a success. at the end of the day -- banned phrase, sorry. gr that's okay. >> you have to follow the money. you have to follow the money trail. we don't know how many people have signed up. we have to take people's word for it. we don't know

senator john barrasso as i said of wyoming accused the white house of cooking the books. that's his phrase. he was asked about that comment yesterday. let's watch and see what he says. >> you've said cooking the books. the administration. do you stand by that? >> i do. we still don't know how many people who have gone to the website to sign up actually paid. so they actually have insurance, not just signed up on the website. >> and lindsey graham, who gets pretty far right lately, he also went on the attack against the president. let's watch lindsey. >> people don't trust this administration to be honest about obamacare. >> well, that's swirling. and let me ask you about that. you say they don't trust this administration. >> they'll lie to you. >> your colleague senator barrasso says they're cooking the books. >> totally are. >> you agree with that? >> yes. >> do you have any facts to back that up? >> number one, tell me how many people who have sign upped for obamacare have paid. >> that was great journalism. not only is that true, it's true they cooked the books. that's

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washington journal the ohio congressman tim ryan discusses a debate on capitol hill followed by john barrasso on energy and health care issues. later brian bennett will talk about white house deportation policy under president obama. washington journal is live every morning with your calls, tweets, and facebook comments. >> next, a forum on the recent elections in afghanistan, hosted by the alliance in support of the afghan people. this is an hour. >> thank you for coming. we have a panel called the afghan elections in the future of afghan relations. the elections took place on saturday in afghanistan, and our panel will discuss what we know the consequences unlikelihood of those elections are likely to be. ofm the executive director the partnership for a secure america, and we are happy to cosponsor with the alliance and support of afghan people asap. the alliance itself is a group of individuals who are in a coalition dedicated to support the progress made by the afghan people over the last decade. the psa in partnership with secure america is an organization founded in 2005 and dedicated t

. ♪ stuart: senator john barrasso believes e administration cooked the booked on obama withcare.on this program yesterday. >> the administration said they wanted to have 30 million people who didn't have insurance become insured. we don't have any idea there. the people in wyoming, their biggest problem is they have a pre-existing zip code, and this health care law has been devastating for rural america. stuart: all right. let's tell the story all the way through. husband spokesman jay carney got wind of senator barrasso's claim. listen to how he responded. >> if we were cooking the books, don't you think we could have cooked them this october or november? stuart: at least he responded. listen to how kathleen sebelius responded to a question on the unpopularity of the law. >> oklahoma mans don't like obamacare, and they've been pretty vocal about it. thousand, that's going to be -- now, that's going to still continue to be a tough sell, but we'll see how that plays out over the coming months. all right. secretary or sebelius, thank you so much for being with us this morning. i th

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followed by senate public policy committee chairman, john barrasso, on energy and health care issues.and later, "los angeles times" correspondent brian bennett will talk about white house deportation policy under president obama. "washington journal" live every morning with your calls, tweets and facebook comments at 7:00 .m. eastern on c-span. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student cam video documentary competition. student cam is c-span's annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. this year students were asked to create their video based on the question -- what's the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 014? eighth grader connor martin and second ydings-lynch won prize. >> it has never been a big of problem in the past as countries have always been willing to buy u.s. debt. however, now that the u.s. is accumulating more and more debt, other countries may discontinue buying u.s. treasury bonds. >> the other reason it's important if it got too big at o

from wyoming, senator barrasso, and also our ranking member on the energy committee, senator lisa murkowski from alaska, as well as other cosponsors on the legislation, senator john cornyn of texas, obviously a big energy-producing state, senator gyms inhofe of oklahoma, and senator david vitter of louisiana. what the energy security act does, quite simply, is first it approves the keystone x.l. pipeline project. now, this is a more than $5 billion pipeline that has been in the permitting process now for more than five years. we're now in the sixth year of the permitting process, trying to get a permit from the administration. we have thousands of pipelines all across this country, millions of miles of pipeline, and here's a project that for six years the administration has held in limbo. the latest, greatest technology, moves canadian oil, our closest ally, moves oil from canada, as well as oil from my state, north dakota and montana, to refineries across the united states. now, we import 50% of our oil. do americans want to get that from the middle east or do they want to produce it here in our country and get it from our closest friend and ally, canada? that's