>> national rif program, reading is fundamental brings these boys and girls all kinds of books. >> it now gives away 15 million books a year to more than 4 million y children. 17,000 sites across the country. >> i don't go anywhere to talk about rif that i don't have people t come up to me and say,i want to show you the first rif book i ever got and i want to tell you what it meant in my life. >> this is the mouse house and senate. >> back in theean '80, first lay barbara bush was i on rif's boad of directors. four years ago, laura bush was helping raise money. >> i'm happy to support the importance of reading isnt fundamental. >> but the obama administration decided rif should be lumped in with other literacy programs and now house republicans have ended federal support. what about the argument, maybe rif is a perfectly fine program, but the government is broke and something has to go?