"Do you have asthma as well?"

In his weekly address, filmed at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the President discussed the EPA's proposal to cut pollution from power plants.

Before he left the medical center, he talked with children whose asthma is aggravated by air pollution, and who would breathe easier as a result of the proposed actions.

Take a look at what the President and the kids had to say -- then pass this on: