so, he met this man saw when -- solomon who was a polish jew was at 22 wall street which was already, new york city was a polyglot city at this time and solomon travel around europe and spoke feast for languages so he started trading currencies and he knew all the european laws so he made a lot of money and opened a shop where he traded every species of merchandise and every branch of business. well, solomon became friends with jefferson, madison, and a lot of people he agreed with politically. so, he would give them loans but these were loans he didn't want paid back and this is one of the greatest lost heroes of the american revolution because times solomon ended up finding much of the american revolution. the british are arrested him in new york and he escaped and made his way to philadelphia and in philadelphia he opened up essentially a stock market but it was in the back of a coffee shop. and so, kosciuszko met him in philadelphia and gave times solomon gave kosciuszko $142 which was most likely the mauney kosciuszko used to sail back to poland. and kosciuszko now and before fro

solomon ended up funding much of the american revolution.the british arrested him in new york and he escaped and he made his way to philadelphia and in philadelphia he opened up a bruje which was essentially a stock market but it was out of the back of a coffee shop. and so kosciuszko met him in philadelphia and he gave kosciuszko $142 which is most likely allowed him to sail back to poland and he understood the plight of the jews and he wrote to general green that, unfortunately, i'll be traveling around and i'll be, quote, in the situation of the israelites, perhaps i will be obliged to ramble on for two years or more and this is my misfortune. so obviously he's referring to the diaspora of the jews and he felt like he would be without a home. well, kosciuszko did make it back to poland. and when he made it back to poland, this is warsaw, he saw that the situation is even worse than it was before. the russians were controlling more and more things. and serfdom was even more brutal and kosciuszko wrote to his sister, serfdom is a word that

koh and others in yale's administration challenged the constitutionality of the solomon amendment. now, the solomon amendment is a statute that denies federal funds to educational institutions that block military recruiters. the supreme court unanimously ruled against mr. koh's positi position. mr. koh also led a lawsuit against department of justice lawyer john yu for doing what any government lawyer is expected to do: provide his legal opinions to the people that he worked for, to the policy-makers of the u.s. government. the supreme court has said in no uncertain terms that government lawyers need immunity from suit in order to avoid -- and i quote here -- "the deterrence of able citizens from acceptance of public office and the danger that fear of being sued will dampen the arter of public officials in the inflinching discharge of their duties." in other words, by encouraging this lawsuit, many koh was -- mr. koh was effectively deterring his students from doing precisely what yale otherwise recommends that they do: enter public service. elections have consequences. i understan

state of new hampshire was very proud 19 years ago when the former president bush nominated judge solomon your to the federal court position. -- judge silberman yousonia sote federal court position. i believe the president has made a thoughtful and outstanding choice in nominating judge sonia sotomayor. she has had a distingui

department of defense claiming the solomon amendment was unconstitutional. the supreme court rejected koh's arguments unanimously. that's a time when there were very few things that were unanimous in the united states supreme court. he was rejected unanimously. in writing for the court, chief skwrufrts roberts stated -- quote -- "nothing about recruiting suggests that law schools agree with any speech by recruiters and nothing in the solomon amendment restricts what the law schools may say about the military's policies." further, koh supports accession to the international criminal court, the united nations convention and the law of the sea treaty, the u.u. convention on the rights of the child, and the inter-american convention against illist sit manufacturing and trafficking of firearms. that's to thing sifta promoted by president obama. that is that we yield to an international group in terms of how we manufacture and distribute weapons in this country. all of these treaties will greatly impact the lives of everyday americans and will require the united s

the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi solomon schiff, greater miami jewish federation, miami beach, florida. the chaplain: heavenly creator, bestow the blessings upon those here who have accepted the sacred responsibility to legislate within these hallowed halls, to foster the noble ideals of our sanctified democracy. grant that these deliberations will be ruled by wisdom, purpose and dedication. the prophet malachi said, have we not all one father, have not one god created us all, why do we deal tresh russly one brother against another? help hunger and bib ottry. view us with a commitment to sew the seeds that will turn selfishness into civility, hate red into harmony, loathing into love and bigotry into blessing. help us always to work for the least, the last and the lonely. may we remain committed to work with renewed energy, to elevate the status and dignity of all of thy children so all can enjoy the blessings and benefits of our bountiful society. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedin

everyone in my home state of new hampshire was very proud whenthe former president bush nominated judge solomonour to -- justice souter to the supreme court. reinforced that pride. so when justice souter announced in early may that he intended to retire at the end of his term and return home to new hampshire, i took particular interest in choice in nominating judge sonia sotomayor. she has had a distinguished career as a federal judge. she has been widely noted -- as bring more federal judicial experience to the supreme court in any justice in 100 years. today david souter is the only member of the supreme court with court judge. sonia sotomayor would be the only justice with experience as a trial court judge. i happen to agree with this other senator. nine supreme court justices have that experience. trial judges must apply the legal principle enunciated in supreme court opinions. this nominee served five years at the -- as a local prosecutor and practice law for seven years at a private law firm. she will be ever mindful of the need to provide those in the courtroom with clear and practical d

judea and samaria are the places where abraham, isaac, and jacob, david, and solomon, uzziah -- isaiah, and jeremiah were. this is not an alien land. this is the land of our forefathers. [applause] the right of the jewish people to a state in the land of israel does not derive from the catastrophes that have plagued . true for 2000 years, the jewish people suffered expulsions, pogroms, blood rivals and massacres which culminated in a holocaust, a suffering that has no parallel in human history. there are those who say if holocaust had not occurred, the state of israel would have never been established. but i say that if the state of israel had been established in time, the holocaust would never have occurred. [applause] this tragic history of powerlessness explains why the jewish people need a sovereign power of self-defense. but our right to build our state, our sovereign state here, in the land of israel arises from one simple fact. this is the homeland of the jewish people. this is where our identity was forged. [applause] as israel's first prime minister proclaimed in israel and de

as a lawyer, you may never be as rich as bill gates or as wise as solomon. the official court of georgia may never recorder works. but you may insure that georgia, our state, becomes just and fair for everybody. if you can make one contribution to the law and the ideal of justice, one difference in the lives of just another person or mentor somebody coming up, if you can see to it that a long response to the helpless where appropriate, and you can be a voice for the voiceless, if you can do your share to strike a fair balance between the needs of society and the rights of the individual, if you can use your education and success to help those still trapped in cycles of violence and poverty, 20 years from now, you will be able to be proud georgia lawyer, and i will be proud of you, too. good luck to all of you. i thank you very, very much. good luck. [applause] >> you can watch all of the commencement addresses from this program or any other recent programs at c-span.org. just click on "america and the courts." and join us network -- next week for "america an

military recruiters are grudgingly permitted only because of the solomon amendment. now you also don't have rotc on campus. >> right. >> what is the similarity here? >> we do not have it, because we would love to have it -- you cannot have it without this title iv of the higher education act. the reason we do not have it is because we do not want all that mess. we regret that in regard to the military and the g.i. bill and all that stuff. that is why we do not have it. the article goes on to say that we produce a lot of kids for the military. i think right now, there might be -- i heard this yesterday one of our boys, and jack shannon, was commissioned on graduation day. he is a student of mine and i know him well. he reports back to quantico this week. so we have a lot. we have always had a lot go. it was mentioned in the video, we had a great contribution to the civil war. some really lovely things were done by hillsdale college students in that war, all for the union army. >> but you will allow recruiters? >> yes, there are very welcome. he quotes in the article,

america is the leader in medical technology to solomon and implementation. when people talk about a new truck coming to market is almost surely an american drug and when they talk about innovations on health affairs rated the top ten greatest innovations in the 20th century seven of them were invented within these borders. more mobile prizes for medicines but americans than nationals of any other country in fact combined. this is a country that exiles in medicine. we shouldn't forget that as we look at reform. >> my understanding is much of the long term care and nursing care is included in our costs for health care in the determination will we spend on health care and that's not the case in other nations. do you know that to be true? >> i'm not in experts on such comparisons but capital costs are not accounted for the same way. canadians spend less money per capita. >> but i would suggest it's not quite the huge gap that american experts might put forward. >> mr. chairman i would suggest the right to health care and other nations that have a -- single-payer

and his criticism of our first amendment right to freedom of speech, and his opposition to the solomon amendment which conditions federal funding to educational institutions on allowing military recruiting on campus. the state department legal advisor helps formulate and implement u.s. foreign policy, advises the justice department on cases with international implications, influences u.s. positions on issues considered by international bodies, and represents the u.s. at treaty negotiations and international conferences. in short, this position requires the utmost deference to the constitution of the united states. mr. koh is a proponent of transnationalism, the belief that americans should use foreign law a