We are committed to our professions future through programs just like this and we fight for a free press worldwide. For more information about the club visit our website, press. Org. To donate to programs offered through our clubs, Journalism Institute visit press. Org institute. On behalf of members worldwide i want to welcome you to todays luncheon. Id like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on twitter. Use the hashtag npc lunch. Remember, the public attends our lunches applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. Ill ask as many questions as time permits. Our head table includes working people who are members of the National Press club. From the right will watson. A former newspaper editor and 20year National Press club member. Larry holdren, patrick host. Captain sydney dawson u. S. Air force, aid to the superintendent and a guest of the speaker. Donald linewein. Gene tie. Thank you so much. Lieutenant cassiem. Gra m. Grane
Muchneeded reforms for this program that last year supported almost 11 million americans with 137 billion of american taxpayer money. I have closed with one remark. If you work somewhere in the federal government today, i would hope if youre seeing fraud, if youre seeing manipulation, if youre seeing things that are not right, that you will follow the lead of these four courageous women in bringing it to the attention of senator levins subcommittee, permanent subcommittee on investigations or my office. With that, senator carper, i thank you. Thank you so much. Im going to go out of order to ask senator levin who chairs the subcommittee under which this investigation has taken place and ask him just to make a statement. I will make a short statement after that. Then well turn to our witnesses. Senator levin . Thank you very much, senator carper and first let me commend senator coburn for his leadership and his and his staffs hard work in uncovering the abuses that are the subject of to
The speaker has a continuing resolution that he could pass and create a heart eat that would extend the government. The medical research would be back to work. All of the agencies of government would be functioning for the good of people in america and that is what were sent to do. There are no excuses and i yield the floor. On the next washington journal, and look at the rollout of the Health Insurance marketplaces. We will talk with the head of the White House Health reform office. We will learn more about the president S Health Care law with mike leavitt. Secretary ofthe health and Human Services under george bush. We look at the closure of National Parks because of the Government Shutdown. Head of the the National Park conservation association. Washington journal is live every morning. Before she was first lady, Grace Coolidge taught at a school for the deaf. In a moment, the life of Grace Coolidge and the wife of Calvin Coolidge. Then, president obama talks to fema workers. Later,
Out. Elps everybody its a sad situation. Thank you for taking my call. We join the speech by rand paul. Headed to thei am white house. Does anyone have a message i can carry to the president . In a toyota prius, so im not sure if i can take all me. The supporters with if you need a ride back to the white house, we do have a prius, well take you along. Today i want to talk about something that is serious. Today i want to talk about a war the main stream media is ignoring. Boston to zanzibar, theres an attack on christianity. Christians are being attacked around the world, but you wont ear about it, its not convenient. It doesnt fit the narrative about radical islam. Talks about whos attacking the muslims, the media the christians as sectarian. Ut the worldwide war on christians is being waged by a islam. Al element of every since 9 11, commentators pointing to avoid fingers at islam, which is somewhat fair, its fair to muslims are t most not committed to violence against christians, but
We will see you here tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. For tomorrows washington journal. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] it is day 14 of the Government Shutdown and both chambers of congress are in session later today after a rare week meeting for both bodies. No agreement has been reached to reopen the government and raise the debt limit. The House Chamber will gaveling at noon eastern for morning hour, 2 00 legislative work. The house continuing their approach to take a shortterm funding bills to reopen parts of the federal government. This afternoon, they deal with one dealing with indian affairs. Lawmakers will continue to debate on a measure in the senate to lift the debt ceiling until 2014. According to treasury secretary jack lew, nations Borrowing Limit will be met this thursday. For an update on the current shutdown talks, we spoke this morning with a capitol hill reporter. For more on the talks goin