inaudible] announcer: later today, vice president mike pence will give the closing speech at the conferencing d.c.. our live coverage begins at 6 p.m. eastern here on c-span.

announcer: later today, vice president mike pence will give the closing speech at the conferencing d.c.. our live coverage begins at 6 p.m. eastern here on c-span. this week, the white house did not release a presidential weekly address. senator tim kaine of virginia delivers the democratic weekly address. his topic, the health care law. kaine: hey, everybody, i'm tim gain, senator from virginia. i wanted to talk about an issue that is critically important to every american, health care. and to share some good news and bad news. you deserve the peace of mind that if you or a loved one gets sick, you can get health care when you needed without facing mountains of debt. because health care is a right, no something reserved for just it.e who can afford that is why consistently push for reforms to expand access to quality affordable care. the affordable care act helped us to provide health insurance to millions of americans, but it was in perfect. that is why so many of us have pushed for improvement to the law. it is also why i have been such a vocal advocate for the need for states to ex