host: richard brookhiser

we will rejoin richard brookhiser by, the author of a biography of james madison. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 eastern. now look at federal budget reform hosted by the history for a responsible federal budget and the new america foundation. the discussion began with comments by house budget committee chairman paul ryan and ranking member chris van hollen. this is about two hours. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am the project director for the peterson q foundation. we will of a slight change in the order of the proceedings because there is a floor vote scheduled now for our two members who are headed for the floor. they will join us later on and when they arrive, we will pause and introduce them for their remarks. but now it is my pleasure to introduce to you and former chair of this budget committee, and a current and former director of the president's office of management budget and currently among other things a co-chair of the peterson-pew commission. >> welcome everyone to this opportunity today. i received is probably some of you di