berman. -- russell berna. >> it is good to be with you. you have announced he will be supporting the ryan budget. you are also pushing the republican study committee budget. why the need for that? what is wrong with the ryan budget? >> there are good things in his budget, particularly the policy statements where they have incorporated ideas from us. there are a lot of good things in there. it is 1000 times better than the president's budget. it never gets to balance. the difference between his budget and ours is we get to balance in a reasonable time in a time frame we believe the american people think are common sense. ours takes five years. this takes 28 years to get to balance. we think it is important to show the american people this is what we need to do. you cannot get 218 votes for our budget. i do not expect to get that. we do need to pass something. paul's is better than the president's. we will support that. at the same time, we offer ours as something that needs to happen. >> were you disappointed he adopted a modified version o

russell berman? >> some say this will be a referendum on the president and his policies. you and others have said we need to lay out detailed plans and prepare the public for what we want to do if we get power. can you elaborate? is there tension between what the leadership wants to do? >> anytime the president is seeking a second term, it is largely a referendum. if we do not laid the predicate and foundation for what we will do if the american people give us the chance to run the government, if we do not lay the foundation, when it comes time to implement policies that need to be accomplished to fix the situation, we will not have the credibility we need to do it. what we're trying to do with the budget document will unveil today, we try to show, here is what needs to happen if we're going to solve our fiscal problems and put us on a path that is sustainable. here is what needs to happen with reform in medicaid, welfare programs, the tax code. every single speech i give back home, asked a question of how many think we need to drop the tax code. every hand goes up. they

. >> russell berman and susan, thank you for being on "newsmakers" this week. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> i am appearing here today as one spokesperson for the hundreds of thousands of marines, sailors, their families, and loyal civilian employees who are on knowingly exposed to toxins, through their drinking water at camp lejeune, north carolina. >> the documentary "semper fi" looks at the efforts of jerry ensminger, and he is joined by rachel libert tonight. >> they have of ski faded -- they have aussie faded -- change this, so now if they were to sit down with me face to face, i could assure them with their own documents and counter what they have been saying, and they do not want to do that. >> more withry ensminger and "q&a."libert on c-span's >> we asked students what part of the constitution was the most important to them. today, we are speaking to an eighth grader. good morning, wilson ekern. you were looking at the right to bear arms. how did you choose this >> it w

. >> russell berman and susan, thank you for being on "newsmakers" this week. >> coming up, talking about the politics involved in a presidential election year. each boat at a forum today and you can see their remarks beginning at 12:35 p.m. eastern here on c-span. supreme court justice anthony kennedy considered a swing vote on the court and describe the individual mandate as "unprecedented" during an argument on the constitutionality. they had two hours of argument on whether they can mandate americans to buy health insurance. the cases on appeal from the 11th circuit court in atlanta. >> may it please the court, the affordable health care act addresses the fundamental and enduring problem. insurance has become the predominant means of paying for health care in this country. insurance has become the predominant means of paying for health care in this country. for most americans of it, 80%, this does provide effective access. excuse me. but for more than 40 million americans, who do not have access to health insurance, either through their employer, medicare, medicaid, this system does n