Jim Morris talked about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is responsible for making workplace safety regulations as well as inspecting worksites to ensure rules are being kept. Mr. Morris discussed the OSHA process for establishing rules, inspection procedures, its budget and workforce, and other topics. He responded to telephone calls and ...electronic communications. This program was part of C-SPAN's "Your Money" series.*Each Monday morning the last hour of "Washington Journal" is devoted to a federal program, focusing on its mission, participants, and cost.
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Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on a Politico.com opinion piece written by House Speaker John Boehner. In the article he asserted that Republicans since taking the majority in 2011 had saved taxpayers more than $400 million by cutting House operational costs.

Former senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) evaluated proposals for reforming the nation's fiscal policies. Other topics included budget sequestration, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy actions, and the Dodd-Frank financial law. They responded to questions from the audience.

Military experts and retired leaders talked about the strength and readiness of the U.S. military following the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and planned cuts to military spending through budget sequestration. They responded to questions from the audience.

President Obama held a news conference in the White House Briefing Room. Questions focused on a number of issues including reported use of chemical weapons in Syria, the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, budget and sequestration issues, health care reform implementation, and immigration policy.

Elizabeth Weise talked about the impact of sequestration budget cuts on food safety within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

President Obama spoke to researchers and scientists about the importance of investing in scientific research and innovation even while the country went through economic hardships. He talked about the impact of the budget sequester on the scientific community, at one point joking that National Academies of Sciences volunteer scientists were needed because "we have no money ...anyway." He also talked about protecting peer review systems and investing in research beneficial to tax payers. The president spoke at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in celebration of its 150th anniversary. Show SummaryShow Full Text

Luke Rosiak talked about his [Washington Times] analysis of federal contractors' executive pay. He found that almost 80 contractors that depend on the government for nearly all their business were paying their top executives combined average salaries of over $3 million annually. Topics included federal rules concerning contractor pay and Obama administration and congressional ...efforts to impose caps on pay. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. This program was part of C-SPAN's "Your Money" series.*Each Monday morning the last hour of "Washington Journal" is devoted to a federal program, focusing on its mission, participants, and cost.
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Every year since 2006, C-SPAN invited students to take part in a StudentCam video documentary competition and join in on the debate over the nation's public policy issues. The theme for 2013 was, "What's the most important issue the president should consider in 2013?" Out of more than 3,500 participants, five students earned top honors. Three of them participated in a ...roundtable discussion of why they chose their particular issue and more specifically why President Obama should make it his top priority. Two of the the students had chosen the economy as an issue, which was the top issue among all StudentCam entries. Josh Stokes won the grand prize with his video, [Unemployment in America]. Alan Shimp won first place in the high school section with his video, [Free Candy]. Parin Bhaduri, with his partners, Austin Hoag and Nalin Varma, won first place in the middle school section with their video, [Public Transportation in the Nation]. Their videos were shown. Show SummaryShow Full Text

Representative Bill Shuster (R-PA) chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, delivered the weekly Republican Party address. He called on the Obama administration to put an end to the furlough of air traffic controllers Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).