-- rely on wic. support to pregnant and postpartum women and children ages up to five. public health nutrition services help ensure public -- healthy prevalent -- healthy pregnancies and healthy start for young children. every dollar spent on weight -- on wic. the wic benefit reduces child food insecurity. in 2009, changes to the wic food packages introduce foods -- fruits, vegetables and brain, increase the availability of healthy foods in grocery stores. their support has made significant impact on breast-feeding initiation rates. as of 2018, only 57% of eligible participants are receiving wic services. they experienced declining participation, due to structural barriers to access, suggesting that opportunity to modernize and main street -- streamline wic. allowed agencies to safely administer -- the virginia wic program has seen a 12% increase in participation. remote appointments eliminate some barriers to participation resulting in increased attendance and engaged appearance during appointments.

cost savings, by investments in wic? >> a lot of times, it is. we are providing for children the nutrients they need in order to start off on a healthier foot, and making sure the nutrition they receive is appropriate for their development at that point. >> thank you. you offer services you normally required to be in person that you are offering remotely. what services are we talking about? >> currently, we are doing our certification appointments remotely. they will be the ones families present themselves in and would have a full certification visit with measurements taken, nutrition assessments and education done. those are done virtually. either by video or phone. also, nutrition education is being presented to families through video and phone conversations. >> -- by doing it remotely? >> we have increased by doing it remotely. it is done at the convenience of the parents and the family. >> how can we make it easier to participate in wic? >> some of the things we can streamline is looking at certification requirements, the time necessary, cond

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. ♪ announcer: wic --watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern.nd be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. darlene super bill will preview the weekend. christina peterson talks about what we can expect on capitol hill as the house of representatives takes a break from their august recess. the editor-in-chief of the breaking defense news will discuss the taliban takeover of afghanistan, and a former ceo on how covid-19 affects the u.s. health care system as a whole. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. ♪ announcer: c-span sat down with 14 members of congress to get their first-hand experiences on what happened january 6 as they were counting and accepting electoral college votes for the presidential election. they talk about what they saw, heard, and experienced that date while in the house chamber. tonight we hear from two representatives, jim mcgovern of massachusetts and susan wil

and wic governor tony evers joins me now. tell me about these bills you vetoed today.veto them? >> well, they go to the heart of democracy. and thanks for having me in tonight. and it was -- i did this with great pleasure but also great thoughtfulness. that what they had proposed comes at the heart of our democracy which is voting. and you mentioned several of the issues that the republicans took up. now, the irony here is this. many of these items became law or became practice by republicans. suddenly they have an election where things didn't go their way and now it's part of voter fraud. all that's, frankly, baloney. and i was happy to be able to -- we have a strong absentee ballot situation here in the state of wisconsin and we're now keeping it. and same thing as it relates to a number of bills they put together. but this is just the beginning. these six bills are just the beginning. i pride myself in being pro-democracy and i'm assuming everyone in the country is that way, but these bills are not pro-democracy. >> governor, there's been a lot of reporting, a lot o

i received a letter from president reagan and charles wic ahead of the u.s.information agency related to information andti i sent to him concerning the -- in the early 80s and one other quick thing ray cohen had a relationship i believe introducing roy cohen to write reagany put roy cowen with dond iftrump's main mantra so i wantd to see if he knew much about those two gentlemen. >> guest:: charlie whit was an old and dear friend of the reagans. he came up through many years involved in political framework not radio free europe but the other broadcasting part of the government. but they were very very close and they used to spend christmas together every year. mrs. reagan was very fond of his life. i think he was godfather to one of the reagan children. they were politically and geographically their entire life. when you are president of the united states allowed people come away thinking the president is going to take your device and win was important to joe mccarthy in the senate subcommittee on investigating sabotage and the united states government during

i received a letter from president reagan and charles wic ahead of the u.s.information agency related to information andti i sent to him concerning the -- in the early 80s and one other quick thing ray cohen had a relationship i believe introducing roy cohen to write reagany put roy cowen with dond iftrump's main mantra so i wantd to see if he knew much about those two gentlemen. >> guest:: charlie whit was an old and dear friend of the reagans. he came up through many years involved in political framework not radio free europe but the other broadcasting part of the government. but they were very very close and they used to spend christmas together every year. mrs. reagan was very fond of his life. i think he was godfather to one of the reagan children. they were politically and geographically their entire life. when you are president of the united states allowed people come away thinking the president is going to take your device and win was important to joe mccarthy in the senate subcommittee on investigating sabotage and the united states government during

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