his suite was directly above herbert hoover's. hoover lived at the waldorf at the time. and truman and hoover had a sort of back and forth -- they had a complex relationship. truman kind of rehabilitated hoover's reputation after roosevelt died, they changed the name what was it boulder dam back to hoover dam and so they had become quite close but then in the election of 1952, truman again invoked the name of herbert hoover as comparing eisenhower to hoover. the democrats ran against hoover for 30 years and, you know, with some success so harry wasn't about to stop. so i think they had tiff at the time because there's no record the two saw each other while harry was upstairs and herbert was downstairs. and i always wonder how they managed the staff of the waldorf must have been pins on needles all week trying to keep these two apart not to mention doug mcarthur was six floors up. they ate at all the trendy restaurants and they went to the 21 club and shortly after they got there, another diner came in. it was the governor of new york thomas dewey. [laughter] >> which pre

we still do traffic in those kind of labels. >> and it herbert hoover exploit al smith catholicism in 1920. >> not really. i think scholars and political people argued about why he lost. he was a county hall boss. he was a new york democrat which did not play well across the country. there were a lot of reasons he may have lost sort of in addition to this catholicism. i can't find any real record says herbert hoover exploited. >> how did the kennedy campaign to use his catholicism to make it an asset? >> they really were panicked through most of the campaign, but by labor day they had a pollster give people for free that showed that 23% of the american electorate by labor day in 1960 was undecided. and when you drill down among those undecided voters, the perception that he might be a victim of anti-catholic bigotry would actually drive him to the democratic column. so at that point the kennedy campaign changed its strategy which to that point had been to really kind of softened the catholicism. the truth is by labor day if you are against kennedy because he was a catholic you were go

it is almost as if fdr had brought back herbert hoover's secretary of the treasury. that would have stunned the country. it is kind of stunning to not seek a wider range of people for information. host: some of the mistakes is the president's decision to leave the reordering of the financial world to timothy geithner and larry summers. they played a major role in bringing on the disaster in the first place. you say it is not too late to

host: that is george herbert walker bush. guest: what was the date on that? host: february of 1973. guest: it is there a plan to release that to the nixon library? host: there are another 1400 hours to be released over the next couple of years. guest: there is an abiding fascination because this enigma of richard nixon went from one extreme to the other. there will always be fascination until another in the wreck comes along. other presidents are straightforward compared to the complexity of nixon. nixon was a man who never had any small talk. he was a great pro politician. five minutes of small talk before the meeting actually began. i went down to a session to negotiate the terms. you would not see the editorial programs. there was five minutes of small talk, in which we would admit that the president does not have any. there was a picture of brezhnev in the paper, so i mention this. his response, "i would not want to be a russian leader. they never know when they are being taped." he had no sense of dramatic irony. host: a twitter, "was the movie actor about your life and your in

carolina, as the jay herbert w. small federal building and >> mr. speaker, i yield myself one minute. my friend, my mac ranking member correctly cited a whole series of very important issues that we've and the united states has with the government of iran. she is correct. this resolution, the reason i worked to bring this up on this quick notice, is about what she pointed out at the end of her comments. this resolution is not about a recitation of all those issues. it is about an affirmation of something that this house of representatives has done in places all over the world, whether it is in tibet or cube oa or eastern europe or the middle east or any other region to reaffirm our commitment to stand for certain fundamental, universal principles involving human rights, participatory democracy, and the affirmation of the rights of the people of any country. today is about the people of iran, and with that i reserve the balance of my time. >> we have an impressive lineup of speakers on our side. i would like to start by yielding five minutes to the g

next a senate confirmation hearing for tarp administrator nominee herbert allison. then craig newmark, founder of craigslist, talks to a conference on computers, freedom, and privacy. >> this weekend on "q&a," indiana's republican governor mitch daniels talks about the current situation in his state. that's sunday here on c-span. and here is a look at some of our book tv programming this weekend. this weekend on cable-satellite public affairs network's book tv, live, the midwest's largest literary event. saturday, starting at 11:00 eastern and throughout the day, panels and authors on the economy, globalization and the american worker, homosexual rights, former illinois governor rod blagojevich, civil rights and sojourner truth, the mob and counterfeiting, and a look at the graphic adaptation of studs terkel's working. later on "after words," stanley greenberg who is interviewed by mary matalin, former assistant and counselor in the bush-cheney white house. and live sunday on "in depth with bill ayers, and his latest is "racecourse against white supremacy ." he will

disco terrific. >> host: that's george herbert walker bush. >> guest: what was the date?>> host: february 1973. >> guest: is there any plan when they released these things and so on? >> host: there are another 1400 hours they are set to release over the next couple of years. >> guest: it is an abiding fascination because he reached such an event not, went from one extreme to another as we heard there would always be fascination on till another in edna comes along but other presidents straightforward compared to the complexity of nixon and nixon is this man who never had any small talk. he was a great politician, never had any small talk but always

beyond that, a corporate litigator, and finally nominated by a republican president, george herbert walker bush, to serve as a district court judge. by all -- by all observe,she did a superb job there -- by all observers, she did a superb job there. she was an exceptional judge. so good that a few years later when there was a vacancy on the circuit court of appeals in her district, democrat president bill clinton said, i think she out to got the nod. he nominated her for that position and she was confirmed by a wide margin. she has actually been through this process not once, but twice. she has gone on to serve, i think, longer as a federal judge -- when you add together the district court time and circuit court of appeals time -- i think she served longer as a federal judge than anybody in the last 100 years who's been nominated to serve on the u.s. supreme court. i've read some of the comments that her colleagues have had to say about her, including colleagues that were also nominated by republican presidents. and they've been uniformly complimentary, very gracious in their remarks but v

> tomorrow, on washington journal, faiz shakir and kyle trygstad and peter brooks and then gerald herbert. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> tomorrow, on c-span2, a look at india relations with the obama administration. that begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded? >> donations may be? i have no idea. >> government? >> it gets its funding through taxes. >> public funding quantum marquis may be, i don't know. >> it is a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> , up next, president obama signs a bill that expands the food and drug administration's authority to regulate tobacco products. this is just over 10 minutes.

sonia sotomayor was elected to serve in court by president george herbert walker bush and was promoted by bill clinton to a higher court, and now she has been nominated for supreme court service. she has more experience than any nominee in 100 years. she will not be a neophyte. she grew up in the bronx, her father died when she was 9 years old and her mother raised her younger brother, who became a doctor. she was encouraged to apply to princeton, a world that she knew nothing about but she applied and she was an accepted. she graduated second in her class, and i do not think that princeton university is an easy assignment. she went on to graduate from yale, she was involved in prosecution, and private law practice. she has an amazing background. i think that she will be an extraordinary member of the supreme court. jeff sessions talked about his philosophy, i had no prepared remarks, i disagree with him but i respect him very much. i hope that we can serve the nation by giving her a fair hearing. we should not use a double standard on the nominee. the chairman has suggested a timely h

the reserve got broad powers by herbert hoover to lend out money. that needs to be curtailed somewhat. will be working on that. we have to do this in a certain way. that is what we are working on. >> what about giving the fed is a much power? >> we need a systemic risk regulator. there is a strong and healthy debate for having the fed doing this. there are legitimate issues that have been ways as to whether an agency should do with monetary policy and can assume that responsibility without being biased to that discussion of what systemic risk is and how you enforce it. i appreciate the fact the administration has adopted the idea of a consulate on it. i am not embracing the collegial alternative to this idea. it is worthy of a thorough debate and discussion as to whether or not that is a better alternative. there is not a lot of confidence in the fed. i am stating the obvious over what has happened over the last few years. at this juncture, there has been no decision. there is a general consensus that systemic risk regulators -- >> can you find a ne

she was nominated first for the district court bench by president george herbert walker bush and then nominated for the district court by president clinton, and that's an indication that we have seen her work before, we are aware of her background. the last point i would make, and consistent with the senator from california, is that judge delayed could be justice denied. in this case, if we continue this hearing for a record-breaking period of time, which has been requested by the republican side, it will mean that we will have a vacancy on the supreme court when it begins its important work this fall. what chairman leahy has asked for is reasonable. it is consistent with the way judges were treated under president bush at the time the republicans had no objection or complaint about it. this is a reasonable timetable and i urge my colleagues to support chairman leahy. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 1256, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 47, h.r. 1256, an

host: our guest is herbert who is a former professor of law. the bank to to this issue? guest: i was in the justice department for 21 years in the voting rights section. i certainly look at a lot of it redistricting plans in that capacity. a lot there in 1994. i have done a lot of litigation and the area of litigation and was retained to represent certain members of the congressional black caucus whose tissues were struck down in the 1990's in wake of the supreme court decision. -- whose issues were struck dumb. then i was retained as general counsel by the national democratic party's redistricting party, impact 2000. host: is a more democratic or republican party? guest: it is split pretty evenly. republicans control more of legislatures and governorships in states where they had a monopoly. this time you see more split control. neighboring virginia is a good example where you have a democratic governor and senator and republican-controlled house. that means you either compromise to get a plan passed for redistricting, or not in which cases the courts will draw it for y

herbert hoover landed out money -- landed out money -- lended out money.w you have an effective agent on systemic risk regulation -- a structure that gives you assurance that is done in a kind of collegiate way. that is an issue we will be working on. >> is there concern giving the fed so much power? >> clearly the role for systemic risk, we need. my view is that there is a strong and healthy debate having the fed do this. this is a known quantity. they have the expertise there to do it. the primary function is to deal with monetary policy. they can assume that responsibility without bringing some bias to the discussion. i appreciate the fact that the administration has adopted the idea of the council and all this. it is a step in that direction. i am not embracing the collegial alternative, but i think it is worthy of a full debate and discussion as to whether or not as a better alternative. there is not a lot of confidence at this point. i hear that expressed by members of my committee, both democrats and republicans that are looking for an alternative.

a little later, a role the census plays in redrawing districts with gerald herbert. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government? >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> federal funding? >> sort of a public funding thing. >> maybe. i don't know. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative. no government mandate. no government money. >> the prime minister has been caught absolutely red-handed. he made a statement to the house about capital expenditure growing every year, and the fact is it is being cut. if he believed in transparency and honesty and truth in public life, he would get up at that dispatch box and say, i'm sorry, i've got it wrong, i gave the wrong figures, here are the right ones. now do it. >> now from london, prime minister's questions, from the british house of commons. this week, john burkor presided over his first house time. he's the first jew

judge sotomayor served the district court by george herbert walker bush she was promoted to bill clinton to a higher level court, the circuit court and now is being nominated for supreme court service. she has more experience on the federal bench than any nominee in 100 years so she's going to be no neophyte, if she's fortunate enough to serve on the court. she's a woman with an extraordinary life story, having grown up in the bronx in public housing. her father died when she was 9 years old. her mother raised her and her younger brother who ended up becoming a doctor incidentally. she was encouraged to apply to princeton, which was a world she knew nothing about as a young latina growing up in the bronx but she applied and was accepted. at the end of the four-year period she graduated second in her class at princeton. i don't believe princeton university is an easy assignment. i think it's a challenging assignment and clearly she was up to it. she went on to graduate from yale law school. she was involved in prosecution. she was involved in working in private law practice. she really ha

also jerry herbert will be along. topic, congressional redricting. hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. we'll see you back here tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> mike pence is our guest. he will be here to talk about the agenda and issues facing them. congressman pence, if i could start as we're taping this the house is in the midst of debating the energy bill. if it passes, in your view, what is the outcome? >> sadly, and thank you for having me on. if the cap and trade legislation were to become law, the net effect would be very little benefit to the environment and the loss of millions of american jobs. the american people i think want congress to deal with our energy challenges and they want us to set a course for energy independence, for a cleaner environment. but they want us to do it in a way to make our country and economy stronger, not weaker. unfortunately, this bill amounts to a national energy tax that will raise the cost of energy to every ame

in fact, taking a look at president ronald reagan had one czar, president george herbert walker bush had one czar, president bill clinton had three czars, president george w. bush had four czars. we've gone one, one, three, four . 22. if these czars are set up to target historically needed help for people in this country, i think it's done with a good heart. but i really think we should be -- we as the american people should start asking why. why should you hire somebody principle to be the border czar? alan may be a nice guy and he may be smart as a whip. we also have mrs. napolitano who is the head of homeland security and it is her statutory responsibility to be in charge of defending the borders of this country. in fact, it's the constitutional responsibility of every member of this house to defend our borders. but it's certainly her statutory responsibility to defend our nation. we have an energy department and the secretary of energy, i think, the best i can figure out, is supposed to be responsible for the energy department. now, i wonder why we have to have this energy czar.

this house has just made the biggest economic mistake since the days of herbert hoover. two things are certain if this measure becomes law. first, our planet is going to continue to warm and cool as it has been doing for billions of years. and secondly, this house will have just delivered a staggering blow to our nation's economy wen our economy has been the most vulnerable. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. schiff of california. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. conaway: i ask to speak out of order for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. conaway: today is a bad day for america. we just witnessed the passing of a bill that will have dramatic impact on our lives for years to come should it ever see the president's signature. 33:09, the dem cat majority landed on the internet a amendment to the already bloated bill. the bragging of the thousands and thousands of work and hearings and processes that had gone into the development of the bill that was filed on monday left it a little short of the mark. in s

ask for the committee to consider the nomination of herbert allison to be the assistant secretary for financial security within the department of treasury. all those in favor, reporting out the no, ma'am nays signify by saying aye. those oppose no. the ayes have it. i ask further the committee consider the nominatifb of mercedes marquez.. mercedes marquez to be the assistant

herbert hoover in the last century referred to the volste

madam speaker, when we talk about herbert hoover's mishandling of the recession of 1929, the very first thing that economists point to is the tariff tax that imposed new tariffs on over 20,000 imported products. i believe the waxman-markey bill is going to be looked back at our generation's smoot holly act. it imposes new taxes on a larger number of domestic products on a scale that you hadderly diverts smoot holly. at least you can say it made it more smoothly with imports. waxman-markey hurts domestic products. we, too, were promised an explosion of green jobs a few years ago. instead, california's unemployment rate has skyrocketed to one of the highest in the country. i believe that if this bill becomes law history guarantees you two things. number one, the planet will continue to warm and to cool as it's been doing for billions of years. and, two, congress will have just delivered a staggering blow to our nation's economy just at the time when it's most vulnerable. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mark

in 1990, president george herbert walker bush signed the national service act a network of national service programs that engage americans in intensive service to meet the nation's vital needs in education, public safety, health and the environment. in 1993, president bill clinton signed the national community service trust act which established the corporation for national community service and brought the full range of domestic community service programs under the umbrella of one central organization. finally, just a few months ago, president obama signed the latest re-authorization of the corporation for national community service a bill that was developed and passed in a strong bipartisan fashion in both chambers. this legislation builds on the reforms to the corporation started by the previous administration to ensure additional accountability and national service programs this most recent legislation will also help smaller organizations participate in national service and ensure that the unique skills of america's veterans are well utilized. americorps offers 75,000 opportunities for

roosevelt as president had a reverent herbert k. job from connecticut who was a photographer and roosevelt wrote an introduction to his book called "wild wings" this guy filmed birds up close being born and theodore roosevelt saved key west. he saved the dry tortugas. this guy took photographs and roosevelt would write an introduction to this book believing that nothing about imagery and birds and wildlife photography was going to make people feel about preserving nature. you can't just talk about the nature. now to see it on the internet, back then, the photograph of wildlife photography 100 years ago was just beginning as an art form. roosevelt championed all of these photographers back then. >> why should the american people want to pay this kind of price nationwide setting aside, how much land has been set aside nationwide? >> roosevelt put aside 240 million acres. the figures change from t.r.'s reserves sum because sometimes gets declassified, erosion. i'll pick one but there are many. the britton islands in louisiana, the barr

the clerk: herbert c. hoover building for the nation and modernization, $5 million. office of inspector general, $27 million. general provisions, department of commerce, including transfer of funds, section 101, appropriations and funds made available by this act shall be available for the activities specified in the act of october 26, 1949. section 102, appropriations made available to the department by this act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized. section 103, not to exceed 5% of any appropriation for the department, may be transferred between such appropriations but no such appropriations shall be increased by more than 10%. section 104, any costs incurred by a department resulting from personnel actions taken shall be absorbed within the budgetary resources available to such department. section 10 5, the requirements set forth by section 112 of division b of public law 110-161 are hereby adopted. section 106, the secretary may furnish services in order to support the operations that persons are authorize

she was first selected to serve on the federal court, the district court, by president george herbert walker bush and she was then promoted by president bicycle becom bill:toe circuit court, so she has more experience than any judge in 100 years, and she is a woman with an extraordinary life story having grown up in the bronx in public housing. her father died when she was nine and her mother raised her and her younger brother who became a doctor, incidentally, and she was encouraged to apply to princeton, a world she knew nothing about as a young latina but she applied and was accepted and at the end of the four-year-period she graduated second in her class at princeton. i don't believe princeton university is an easy assignment, but she was up to the challenge and she graduated from yale law school and involved in prosecution, she was involved in working in private law practice. she really has an amazing background in law and i think she would be an 1k3r50rd member of the -- an exprord member of the suprem -- an extraordinarym. senator sessions 13resed his philosophy and i didn't ha

herbert as our superintendent of schools had chosen bill ayers in that position, what kind of initiatives or what kind of policies would you have and administer erred and promoted to reach the goal you have of teaching children, teaching people to be effective in a democracy? >> guest: wow. that's a great intelligent question. i think that i can think of -- i can probably think of a top ten quick of what i think the leaders should do. we should demill tarrize the public schools. i don't think we should create military academies, create recruitment mills for the military and the schools are a civilian, not a military undertaking so that would be one thing. i would do away with any remnants of abstinence only education which i humiliating, and 96% of texas schools do abstinence only education. it has the third highest team pregnancy rate in the country. it's a proven failure. it's predict louse. we ought to have healthy and sane sex education for kids. that would be the second thing. i would rebuild the educational infrastructure of i had the resources, and frankly, i think arnie duncan doe

george herbert, the english clergyman and poet, made this statement hundreds of years ago but it still rings true today. the presence of a father is one of the most important factors in a child's life. in fact, research has consistently shown that the presence of two committed involved parents directly contributes to better academic performance, reduce substance abuse, less crime and delink wednesdayy, fewer emotional and other behavioral problems, less risk of abuse or neglect and lower risk of teen suicide. research conducted by the national fatherhood initiative shows that 24 million children do not live with their biological father. nearly 20 million live in single parent households and about 40% of children in father-absent homes have not seen their father at all in the past year. 26% of absent fathers live in a different state than their children and 50% of children living absent their father have never set foot in their father's home. these figures are sobering. and serve to remind us all of the importance of promoting fatherhood in the country, our communities churches and fami