in thomas jefferson had all female children except for that infants who died. randolph jefferson had six male children. the dna matched a male child. he just told me, what is more common sense, who was more logical as the father of a male child? randolph having six male children or thomas jefferson who had all female children and that kind of dawn on me, that was just one of the things that i learned from interviewing these people. before i even research this book, i really didn't know that thomas jefferson had a younger brother. he was 13 years younger and one historian describe him as a half wait. in fact, there is only one book has been written about his brother and that is called the, randolph jefferson -- thomas jefferson and his son and brother and is edited in by bernard mayo i believe and that is the one book about thomas jefferson and that i found the one letter from thomas jefferson to his brother inviting him to monticello the nine months before sally got pregnant. yes, ma'am did you have a question also scored. >> quite some time ago i was reading a

it was not thomas jefferson. there were at least 12 other jefferson in and around that area at the time, at least of childbearing age. again my research those in all likelihood, that eston most likely candidate was randolph. all the dna said that a male jefferson was a match to a male a sally hemings. yes, sir. >> as you know, the thomas memorial association has accepted professor reeves version of the paternity, would you care to speculate why they may have done not? and would you be willing to come or have you been invited by the memorial association to debate or faster read on the subject? >> i would be got to debate professor gordon read anywhere anytime. i think i have a chapter in my book about the political agenda that i think the official monticello had. i think we do have and had an official release an agenda to kind of promote this story from whatever purpose is to get more business, to raise our money, to have a higher prominence profile of monticello. but i really, really disagree with it. in fact, i t

thomas jefferson imposed a trade embargo that bankrupted the nation.d james madison declared war unnecessarily on britain. which had just signed a peace treaty. those three presidents left the nation still threatened on the north by british troops, threatened on the south by spanish troops. and threatened in the west as indian tribes slaughtered farmers. it took monroe to end those threats and leave that still-small, still poor, still-undeveloped nation to greatness. it took monroe to transform that little nation into an empire. now, along the way to greatness, monroe fell in love with and married the beautiful elizabeth courtwright an american heires and she could hold her own with the best educated men in america. theirs was the greatest love affair in white house history. i mean, you talk about passion. let me put it this way, the history book club put the monroe story on the front cover and the first two pages of its christmas catalog. it buried bill clinton and monica lewinski on the inside. the monroes adored each other. they were inseparatable t

-- the added had a 20 volume history of -- attic had a 20 volume history of thomas jefferson.ng this book, i was taking his vision of america up to today and i kept reading and found that in 1826, the supreme court ruled, under the 14th amendment, peopleh have to have,ood status. -- people need to have person hood status. the court had ruled that corporations have rights under the bill of rights. at that point, i was trying to do everything from an original resource. i was actually reading jefferson's stuff. i went down to the vermont supreme court law library which is a really old one. vermont was a nation before it turned to the united states. the librarian found an original book from 1889 and i read it. i discovered that in 1886, the supreme court actually did not rule that corporations or persons. in his commentary, it was opened and said that the corporations were people under the 14th amendment. i asked to the clerk of the court was. he was formerly the president of the new york rare. -- new york road. -- new york railroad. there was corruption on the supreme court. in f

there were great weather observers george washington, thomas jefferson. back on january 28th, 1772, probably still the greatest storm ever for washington, it was known as the washington and jefferson storm. 36 inches of snow, both george washington and thomas jefferson recorded. washington had a garden book that he kept, an account of the weather. so that was 36. and then the official weather records were actually kept after the civil war. but january 28th, 1772. it was snowy here this week. 36 inches from one storm. the famous washington and jefferson storm. nonetheless, the snowiest winter that we've ever had here in washington, several more hours of these bands of moderate to heavy snow with blowing and drifting continues. tomorrow morning, things will settle down. we've still got a few hours to go. >> bob, you've been at this a long time but you don't even remember tha one, do you? >> i do not. >> all right, thanks. >> both jefferson and washington kept a weather log and weather diaries. and they mentioned it was up to the breast of the horse trying t

thomas jefferson would never face anybody in argument. he would never talk back to anyone on the floor of the senate or the floor of the house of congress in philadelphia. he would never dispute anything with anyone to his face. he tried to avoid conflict, avoid pain, as he said he designed his only actual origin vention was the famous mold board plow, which was called the plow of least resistance to go through the heavy clays of virginia with the least resistance. in many ways, that's how he tried to go through life, avoiding trouble, avoiding pain, avoiding argument. adams concurrent -- adams couldn't understand that. furthermore he knew life was full of pain, full of tragedy. you can't erase it. jefferson erased -- destroyed every life she ever wrote to him and every letter he wrote to her and every letter written by her to someone else. it was as if he just wanted to blot out, obliterate her whole memory. we don't even know what she looked like. adams wanted to embrace life. he loved argument. he couldn't understand why anybody wouldn

official records began back in the civil war era, but the biggest snowstorm still recorded by thomas jefferson and george washington known as the washington and jefferson storms because they were avid weather watchers, 36 inches of snow here in washington. that is still the biggest. we now have had the snowiest winter ever. tomorrow the recovery process begins and continue for some time. back to you. >>> thanks, bob. >>> we invite you to stay with news 4. we are going to keep our coverage up on this blizzard of news4. >>> still ahead tonight, an unbelievable comeback for the capitols. can they win in overtime? >> continuing our coverage and making on the east coast, the storm making highways treacherous. >> a live report from new york city. >> even in the midst of a blizzard, hospitals have a rush of deliveries. >> this blizzard turned deadly in pennsylvania today. one person was killed, dozens injured. abou50 vehicles, most tractor trailers were involved. cars became trapped underneath some of those trucks. the governor of pennsylvania ordered several interstates to shut down because of the w

absolutely going back to thomas jefferson and the history of haiti.e. haiti became this orphan child of the caribbean. it lost france. it lost any kind of help. the u.s. wasn't interested in helping this island that wasn't near them at the time that the u.s. was still expanding and part of its own. they didn't really pay that much attention. accept that france eventually demanded to compensate them for the land lot of. haiti had to boor row money in order to pay france back. they were indebited to us and france in paying for their independence for the decade of generations. that led in many ways to haiti becoming much less developed it is striking when you go. i drove across and you drive through this amazingly lush land. all the way west through the dominican republic. it's green and beautiful and you get to the hatian border, it's like a dust goal. the difference is so striking. it's been completely did he forested. part of that is because the island is so undeveloped. it's really the poorest country. out of 9 million people, only 1 million people h

he studied law with thomas jefferson. they were close friends, former president jefferson came to dinner at governor tyler's home and it was young john in charge of the dinner preparing the dinner overseeing the preparation of the dinner so that no tyler i think was so influenced by his father and that generation grew up hearing stories about the revolution and i think it explains his ambition. he sees himself as part of the revolutionary generation as being one of the virginia dynasties of presidents, and i think that is fueled his ambition. >> thank you very much. great question. >> i'm sure i am one of the very many who are intrigued by the relationship between george herbert walker and his less prudent some. i've heard all be at third hand but credibly at least on one occasion he deplored the event of iraq, the invasion and perhaps others. can you give some insight as to that relationship and the week in which george herbert walker has dealt with the events of his sons presidency? >> and george bush lost both of his c

it's only printed once, 1909, thomas jefferson memorial association. his diaries, his personal letters, his private notes, i mean, it's just incredible. and in the middle of writing this book about jefferson, i was kind of taking jefferson's vision of america up till today. and i kept reading, i read in so many books that in 1886, the supreme court ruled that under the 14th amendment, because it says no person should be denied equal protection. there are natural persons you and me, and there's artificial persons corporations, governments, churches and they have to have some personhood status in order to pay taxes, own property, be sued or sue, things like that. and because the 14th amendment doesn't say natural persons it simply says person that the court had ruled, that therefore corporations had rights under the bill of rights. so i went down to -- so at that point i thought i was trying to do everything from original resources, i was actually reading jefferson's stuff. so i went down to vermont supreme court law library, which was a really old one.

you know, thomas jefferson and george washington made note of a 3-foot snowfall in 1771, 1776, 1777 was pretty miserable, i think as well. and it is starting to feel a bit like valley forge out here. this is one of the biggest challenges folks are going to face on thursday. you see all this snow piled up from the last storm and snow piled up on the side of 355 from this storm. it's taken away definitely a lane here and the traffic, you can imagine, is going to be absolutely miserable once people start getting out in this. joe, if you can safely just back up a little bit, i want to show you the driveway here at the montgomery shell. and this is what is left down on the driveway. if you don't plow. i mean, this was absolutely clear when the storm began and this is what is here now. if i dig in and get some of this powder, you can see how that is going. take a look at video tape that we shot in the neighborhoods. montgomery village, we were out on the road which felt very appropriate. they have a private plow operator and he was coming through and keeping it pretty clear and the canada gee

we suddenly had thomas jefferson pitted against john adams and they went at each other, just the namesious attack going on in 1800. the founding fathers had not anticipated this sort of a vibrant and some might even say mean-spirited two-party system. and they did not recognize how powerful the present and what ultimately become. obviously there is a hamiltonion influence, but at the end of the civil war when you see abraham lincoln being able to deliver the emancipation -- emancipation proclamation commercial power, often rising building of the transcontinental railroad, connecting east and west while north was fighting south, you see a build up of presidential executive power and the doors got blown open by theodore result -- rose about. he changed the name of the executive mansion to the white house. he said the president had to use the white house as a bully pulpit and he starts doing massive federal initiatives like building of the panama canal, reclamation axe all over the american west, meaning the building of dams, putting aside 234 million acres of wild america for conservatio

now thomas jefferson once said large initiatives should not be advanced on slender majorities -- majorities. a slender majority could only be how this large initiative of obamacare to use his term for it, has been advanced through the house by only a three-vote margin and only one republican and i think he's reconsidered if he had the chance to do it today voted for that bill. many voted against the bill, the margin was so utterly slender and narrow in its majority it can't be defined as anything else except exactly one of those things thomas jefferson warned against doing. when you go to the united states senate they wheeled and dealed in back rooms, happened here on the house side too, until they got down to the night before the announcement of the cloture vote and they made their last deal with ben nelson to exempt nebraska from the increases in medicaid cost. this is a word, mr. speaker, that everyone should be alarmed at when they see it show up in any legal document, in perpetuity. exempt nebraska from the increase in medicaid costs in perpetuity that deal, along with lowering the lan

we've been doing this for 200 years, since they came back, thomas jefferson surveyed the coast.sstially these are instruments that we have been using since then. a lot of different instruments that take different kinds of measurements that we use to create the maps. >> reporter: if you're impressed with the old stuff, wait until we show you the new stuff. >> so light detection in ranging is like sonar but with a laser so. this machine here basically since around. shoot out a laser beam and paints the entire place where you have it with the laser. and they bounce off whatever's there and figures out where the laser points are in space. >> reporter: what is this used for? >> one thing we do with this is airport runway survey. we bought this to help map airports. one thing we do is we do survey of airports to help pilots know where they are, where the obstructions are. we work with the, foraa to do that. that's an application of this. >> reporter: it's taking the picture and then come over to the computer and we can see the image displayed? >> that's correct. this is a real quick i

john waited until the morning of thomas jefferson's inauguration on march 4th. their final letters to one another were written during abigail's trip north. to the last she monitored his political decisions. >> president's house, washington, d.c., november 2nd, 1800. my dearest friend, we arrived here last night or rather yesterday at 1:00 and here we dined and slept. the building is in a state to be habitable and now we wish for your company. i shall say nothing of public affairs. i am very glad you consented to come on. it is fit and proper that you and i should retire together and not one before the other. before i end my letter, i pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. may none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof. washington, february 16th, 1801. my dearest friend, the election will be decided this day in favor of mr. jefferson as it is given out by good authority. the burden me in nominating judges counsels and other offices in delivering over furniture, in the ordinary business at th

we have a fabulous collection of so-called commonplace books in houghton, so thomas jefferson reads a book, he copies out a passage and then he uses that passage later with he's writing something else in his law practice, when he was a young man. books were often not read from cover to cover in the 17t 17th century. they were read for ammunition to be used in political battles and ideological warfare. so the history of reeding isn't this wonderful sort of paradise we have lost, but rather, a very uneven terrain in which there were lots of ups and downs. so who knows. maybe the -- our ability to do word searches now will open up a new kind of reading. but i share your worry. >> it was great to see you again after i'm not going to say how many years. my question has to do more with how, for example, a great library that you are in control of or working in at harvard, all the libraries, if they in any way relate to libraries in public schools and particularly kids like my grandkids are starting at earlier and earlier ages to be so adept on the internet, twitter and facebook and everythin

he and thomas jefferson had this in common. jefferson cannot be heard beyond the second row.recall that the state of the union address. jefferson dropped that custom, and it went out of fashion for 100 years. then there was a great orator. jefferson cannot be heard, and he did not like your deal of public speaking. washington was actually much like him. but his accent was what you'd recognize in that part of virginia today. host: ohio, democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you so very much. i am 82 years old and a veteran of world war ii. at the the president's and the 20th-century, president roosevelt and they got for social security. his successor, harry truman. thank god for the atomic bomb the said the lot of americans and japanese. going to kennedy, it going democratic right now. we got the trip to the moon and what have you. we're moving on into eisenhower as a republican. i think he was a pretty good president. a great general and a pretty good president. we can move on in. i am thinking about president obama now. this is great. i think he is going

he edmund randolph -- he was a close friend of thomas jefferson. o this gentleman. he is the former governor of virginia and is the man most responsible for virginia ratifying the constitution. it was his support that vote -- that brought that ratification about. the reason we selected this man is he was the first attorney general of the u.s. general ashcroft has carried on the tradition he started, because he was the first man to represent america when he came to the question of the constitution of the bill of rights. those freedoms he got for us in american courts has been carried on by general ashcroft in leading this country a wonderful set of freedoms it is hard for the other side to destroy. general ashcroft. [applause] >> attorney general john ashcroft, a defender of the constitution award. thank you very much. [applause] you are in for a great trait. this is a power panel of all power panels. the chief counsel for the american center of law and justice. an organization that focuses on constitutional law, several cases argued before the supre

we suddenly had thomas jefferson pitted against john adams and they went at each other, just the namesing called and ferocious attack going on in 1800. the founding fathers had not anticipated this sort of a vibrant and some might even say mean-spirited two-party system. and they did not recognize how powerful the present and what ultimately become. obviously there is a hamiltonion influence, but at the end of the civil war when you see abraham lincoln being able to deliver the emancipation -- emancipation proclamation commercial power, often rising building of the transcontinental railroad, connecting east and west while north was fighting south, you see a build up of presidential executive power and the doors got blown open by theodore result -- rose about. he changed the name of the executive mansion to the white house. he said the president had to use the white house as a bully pulpit and he starts doing massive federal initiatives like building of the panama canal, reclamation axe all over the american west, meaning the building of dams, putting aside 234 million acres of wild ame

i think thomas jefferson wanted the congress and the senate to get together every 20 years on a generationale constitution i think maybe to take care of problems like this if they were to ever arise. host: another viewer comment saying let's say democrats vow to turn down money from companies. this is a side show for a failing administration. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," author and historian, douglas brinkly compared the current administrationçó to pas presidents and theirñr administrations. and james allen fox, pickup policyñr professor at northeastern uokversity examines the violent crime rates nationwide, especially in cities. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> up next, it's "q & a" with dave bossey, after that, gordon brown with the british house of commons. we will follow that with a forum on the global industry outlook for 2010.

you know, thomas jefferson once advised that in matters of style, swim with the tide.k. we, house republicans, were standing firm, but obviously under siege and in need of help and you were there. many of you organized rallies, blogged, talked to your friends and neighbors, and generally stood at the vanguard of an emerging movement that at first helped restore the balance to the debate by emphasizing the point that big government spending means less economic freedom and could no way result in sustainable job creation. and as you know, you did not just restore balance to the debates. you won the debates, and for that, we thank you very, very much. [applause] >> but the fight is not over. the left has not conceded. and they've left us a heck of a mess to clean up. let me share with you some very troubling figures. according to the department of labor, today there are over four million more americans working for government than are working in the goods-producing segment of our economy. and these government jobs, they're pretty good jobs. as mark can tell you, most federa

thomas jefferson said, inform people and be trusted. he's right. most recently.cknowledged that. he said look, the tea party has accomplished a lot through education and informing people. keep it up. allow your members to make the voting decision. they will make the right decision in the end of the day. and you know, right now in terms of candidate endorsement it's a risky proposition. washington nbc. that's an interesting combination but nevertheless, here are the results. some of you might have seen that. the hypothetical tea party beats the republican and democrat. these are startling results. we're seeing a sea change. state of ohio i hear you're going to split the vote. we're not trying say, vote independent. we're going to leave it up to the people. district by district to make the decision. who is the best candidate after they've been vetted through candidate night and discussions with the citizenry. so - you know and we've seen with scott brown, who could have anticipated that. we're kind of at a moment to not trust the experts because they tell us, we kn

where you fort growth but you have to regulate somewhat because of the things we just saw like thomas jefferson said if men were angels there would be no need for government. also come on the one gentleman, mr. baker mentioned about another stimulus package. where are we getting this money? is that just seems to be building and building and building. >> host: amity shlaes would you like to address those concerns? >> guest: thank you for that question. the regulation of derivatives is important because there was a big what we would kindly call disingenuousness on the part of the market and regulators since derivatives fell between regulators they didn't have to be regulated and we have lived with the consequences of that but i would also save one reason we need to regulate derivatives is the too big to fail doctrine, and a better way to go about this is to let those who invest poorly in derivatives failed. then they want next time make the wrong that. if you overregulated and overregulated and then press ewind westy you have a postal system, very team, not susceptible to strong growth, makes the

thomas jefferson would be happy to hear what's going on in those states. we'll see what happens. bill: new details, in how president obama plans to deal with this number one priority, jobs. the president heading to nasua, new hampshire for a town hall meeting, to last six days, he'll promote a $30 billion small business lending initiative, that alwing community banks to give out small business loans to jump start the economy. we expect to see that later today, 2:15 eastern time. we'll see the latest then. martha: today we're getting a closer look at just what is in all those pages of that big budget that she showed you -- that we showed thaw was released yesterday and guess who will be the foog the bill for all the things in there? the white house is looking for more than a trillion dollars, a trillion dollars, in taxikes is what's going to pay for all this, nut hikes will of course hit the rich, that is, people who make over two # $50,000, and in some parts of this country, they might not consider themselves rich, and larger businesses as well. some of these taxes are also going

where you fort growth but you have to regulate somewhat because of the things we just saw like thomas jefferson said if men were angels there would be no need for government. also come on the one gentleman, mr. baker mentioned about another stimulus package. where are we getting this money? is that just seems to be building and building and building. >> host: amity shlaes would you like to address those concerns? >> guest: thank you for that question. the regulation of derivatives is important because there was a big what we would kindly call disingenuousness on the part of the market and regulators since derivatives fell between regulators they didn't have to be regulated and we have lived with the consequences of that but i would also save one reason we need to regulate derivatives is the too big to fail doctrine, and a better way to go about this is to let those who invest poorly in derivatives failed. then they want next time make the wrong that. if you overregulated and overregulated and then press ewind westy you have a postal system, very team, not susceptible to strong growth, makes the

, william pitt had read it already in college, the founders of the united states, especially thomas jefferson and james madison were very much influenced by it and were looking to it for guidance as they shaped this country and then by the time of the french revolution was extremely important in france and germany. so in a lot of ways, and it was to go to but if you wanted to figure out what government ouldo about the economy, but also what government should do in general. >> host: professor russell roberts, do you use adam smith's theories in teaching economics at george mason? >> guest: i do actually. his insights into the division of labor and specialization and trade effinger credibly timely. we are the only university i know that george mason is a field in smithian political economy. i hope to teach class and my colleagues. we take smith's quite seriously as a role model for a social science should be conducted here at >> host: what about you, professor fleischacker likes do you use pin in your classes? >> guest: i do but same story of political philosophy. an expected to teach some of t

juttqcaller: thomas jefferson's letters host: there you go. would have a high school district courts beginning in 1877, the end of reconstruction which is the beginning of progress ofism which prep them for college, liberal college in north carolina the actual question would be -- is there a good way to get the constitution taught starting in middle school and through high-school and make it mandatory for high- school graduation? they could even have supreme court course is to get people to let them know they actually control the government? guest: that is a great question. to back up a little bit, when you were talking about when this stuff should be taught, you will through judicial review -- you will through judicial review and other things and those will go over their heads. should they be starting to reside portions of the constitution in third grade? absolutely. how'd you get this done? it has to be through a good old- fashioned democratic mobilization. you have to put pressure on state legislators and governors to require this stuff. if

if so, then so were thomas jefferson and teddy roosevelt. so was martin luther king, and yet this gentleme could manage o hold -- gentle man could manage to hold his tongue when all around were losing theirs. how did he manage to hear them out without getting caught up in the argument? he said that he learned a lesson from the late speaker sam rayburn when they served together in the house of representatives. colby, they cannot get you for what you do not say. i learned from my hero that there were other moments when words would simply fail, times when we cannot make things happen, when nothing can be done, when hollow places cannot be built, and things must come to an end. sometimes when that happens, he told me, the only thing left to do is put your leg up on the wagon wheel and weep right along with them. when the celebration is over, when the songs have ended, the joy has subsided, the date slips into night, the sorrow and pain and the cry of suffering sink in, the only thing left to be done is to lean against the wagon wheel and weep. >

we're the party of thomas jefferson, who declared that all men are created equal. long and hard to ensure that those words meant something. we're the party of franklin roosevelt, who in the midst of depression, said all we had to fear was fear itself. we saved freedom and democracy from being extinguished on earth. that was hard because the impulse was to fear. we as a party helped to lead the country out of that fear. we're the party of john f. kennedy, who summoned up to serve and called us to pay any price, bear any burden. we're the party of edward m. kennedy, whose cause and doors, who said that here in the united states, the promise of health care should not be privilege but a fundamental right. that is who we are, a democrat. that is who we have got to be today, for all the stories we have heard, after all the campaigns, after all the promises we made, this is our best chance to deliver change that the american people need. if we do that, if we speak to the hopes of the american people instead of their fears, if we inspire them instead of divide them, if we

jut tqcaller: thomas jefferson's letters host: there you go. context of trying to write in the separation but that cut incorporated in our lot in a supreme court decision. . people confuse that. caller: i have a question and comment. north carolina is adopting a new high school studies program with the board of education, part of which would have a high school district courts beginning in 1877, the end of reconstruction which is the beginning of progress ofism which prep them for college, liberal college in north carolina the actual question would be -- is there a good way to get the constitution taught starting in middle school and through high-school and make it mandatory for high- school graduation? they could even have supreme court course is to get people to let them know they actually control the government? guest: that is a great question. to back up a little bit, when you were talking about when this stuff should be taught, you will through judicial review -- you will through judicial review and other things and those will go over their

i will quote thomas jefferson -- all tehrani needs to gain a foothold is for people of good consciencesilent. that is what is happening. it may sound scary. some people may call it conspiracy thinking. tyrranny is not just silencing people of good conscience but fully them with rhetoric. we are in a dark tunnel and we need to wake up and overhaul everybody that is in congress. be aware of globalism. god bless everybody. host: in "the washington post," george will writes about sarah palin. he will be a keynote speaker at xdthe conservative political action conference. sarah palin is not on the agenda. david keene is one of the top organizers of the sestak -- cpa c conference. i've been there for the 35 years? guest: i am old but not that old. host: how did you first get involved? guest: i was active in college -- young americans for freedom, an important group in the 1960's and 1970's, when to aco board and then mid-1980s became chairman. cpac started in the early 1970's. the first conference was in 1973. it drew 125 people and the speaker was a fellow named ronald reagan. this year we

you've proved thomas jefferson right. the people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberty.plause] >> because of you, because of you, the american people have been on the march to restore the timeless values that built this nation. a march that was first bugled by you right here in this room one year ago. the american people are on the march. and they're on the march to win back america. [applause] >> and they took that march of freedom to historic elections in virginia. [applause] >> in new jersey. [applause] >> and in the state formerly massachusetts. we have a republican in the united states senate because of you. [applause] >> as we say south of highway 40, who'd a thunk it. [laughter] >> facing overwhelming opposition. you stood firm. and you inspired a nation. because of you, the question of american renewal is no longer if. it's when. [applause] >> and your enthusiasm for freedom and limited government has been contagious. with your strong support, even republicans in congress have returned to the fight for fiscal discipline and limited government. [applause] >> i mea

, william pate had read it already in college, the founders of the united states, especially thomas jefferson and james madison were very much influenced by it and were looking to it for guidance as they shaped this country. and then by the time of the french revolution and was extremely important in france and germany. so in a lot of ways, it was the go to book if you wanted to figure out what gernment should do about the economy, but also with the governments should do in general. >> host: professor russell roberts, do you use adam smith's theories when teaching economics of george mason university? >> guest: i do actually. his insights into the specialization, labor and trade are timely. we are the only university i know what at george mason that has a field in smithian political economy. i hope to teach, my colleagues so we take smith quite seriously as a role model for how social science should be conducted. >> host: what about you, professor fleischacker, do you use adam smith in your class is? >> guest: i do but i should say as well as being a mortal and political philosopher i am expe

just as importantly, it would saddle our children and our children's children with what thomas jeffersond the moral canker of a staggering public debt. thank you for supporting me and our congressional delegation in fighting against this assault on our self-determination. [applause] >> that message is a desire for individuals and communities to have the freedom and the opportunity to live up to their own greatest potential. and that is a thread that ran throughout all of my capital for a day events this past year. the people of idaho need to know we are listening and their opinions and well-being are what really matters to us. i have been humbled time and again by the expression of thanks and surprise. i hear from citizens in communities throughout our great state. and when they get to stand and be heard, it's even more a blessing. sometimes they arive angry. many times they arrive frustrated, but they come away with a renewed belief in what government can and should be and renewed faith in their own ability to make a difference. the people of idaho are not looking for handouts or for go

, william pitt had read it already in college, the founders of the united states, especially thomas jefferson and james madison were very much influenced by it and were looking to it for guidance as they shaped this country and then by the time of the french revolution was extremely important in france and germany. so in a lot of ways, and it was to go to but if you wanted to figure out what government should do about the economy, but also what government should do in general. >> host: professor russell roberts, do you use adam smith's theories in teaching economics at george mason? >> guest: i do actually. his insights into the division of labor and specialization and trade effinger credibly timely. we are the only university i know that george mason is a field in smithian political economy. i hope to teach class and my colleagues. we take smith's quite seriously as a role model for a social science should be conducted here at >> host: what about you, professor fleischacker likes do you use pin in your classes? >> guest: i do but same story of political philosophy. an expected to teach some

speaker, and that is, thomas jefferson's quote whency he said, large initiatives should not be advanced on slender majorities. this is a large initiative. it should never be advanced on a slender majority. it should be something that's deliberated and debated and perfected in a legitimate prosessdz, not a partisan process. mr. akin: i don't know, this is my 22nd year, i hate to admit it, 22nd year in an elected office. and i've seen 22 years worth of bills, 12 in the missouri legislature and this is my 10th year here. i have never seen a bill like this that is going to affect so many different americans, profoundly, this is larger than anything we've dealt with before and i know there are a number of us that believe that if this bill were to pass, the way it stands now, not only would it destroy health care in america, it would destroy our budget and would be tremendously detrimental to the lives of americans from coast to coast. this is a very big deal and it is right for the american people to be very exercised about it. mr. king: reclaiming my time, i'll make another point of this th

i would remind the american people that thomas jefferson once said that large initiatives should notbe advanced on slender majorities. i don't know that jefferson was talking about bipartisan majorities being broader than slender, but he would have rejected the idea that very slender, exclusive party majorities are not conducive to the good future of our country. i would make another point with regard to these negotiations and discussions and that is the president of the united states has had kind words to say to some of the people we view as our enemy. one of them is ahmadinejad, who is the president of iran. and he said in his state of the union address, this is an interesting thing to come from the president. this is speaking almost directly to ahmadinejad and iran, standing back where your mr. speaker, to those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of defense, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. that was the state of the union address and no doubt he is speaking to ah

someone said he was a renegade, if so, then so were thomas jefferson and teddy roosevelt and jacob javits and feel hard. so was martin luther king. and yet this gentleman was hold his tongue when all around him were losing theirs. i once asked him after he me with a group of visitors who had managed strong opinions on an issue, how he managed to hear them out without getting caught up in the argument. senator mathias said he learned a lesson from the late speaker sam rayburn when they served together in the house of representatives. colby, he said, they can't get you for what you don't say. i also learned from my hero that there were other moments where words would simply fail. times when we just can't make things happen. when nothing can be done, when halla places cannot be filled, when things must come to an end. sometimes when that happens, senator mathias told me, the only thing left to do is to put your leg up on the wagon wheel and weep right along with them. when the celebration is over, when the songs have ended, the joy has subsided, the day slips into night, when the sorrow and

we're the party of thomas jefferson, who declared that all men are created equal. we had to work long and hard to ensure that those words meant something. we're the party of franklin roosevelt, who in the midst of depression, said all we had to fear was fear itself. we saved freedom and democracy from being extinguished on earth. that was hard because the impulse was to fear. we as a party helped to lead the country out of that fear. we're the party of john f. kennedy, who summoned up to serve and called us to pay any price, bear any burden. we're the party of edward m. kennedy, whose cause and doors, who said that here in the united states, the promise of health care should not be privilege but a fundamental right. that is who we are, a democrat. that is who we have got to be today, for all the stories we have heard, after all the campaigns, after all the promises we made, this is our best chance to deliver change that the american people need. if we do that, if we speak to the hopes of the american people instead of their fears, if we inspire them instead of divi

that's why in my district, thomas jefferson high school, ranked the number-one high school in the united states three years in a row, are turning out the innovators of tomorrow. i look forward to opportunities in this community and urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. mccaul: i rise to claim time in opposition to this amendment although i am not opposed to it. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccaul: first let me say how great this legislation is. i've encountered crimes against children and also as deputy attorney general for the state of texas we formed an internet crimes against children task force. the threat to children, both child pornography and online predators, as the gentleman knows, is very real and while the internet's a great tool for our youth, it also does prevent a vulnerability and a threat to them and that's why i'm so glad to see this amendment. it simply clarifies that we're promoting and educating people

you've proved thomas jefferson right. the people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberty. the timeless values that built this nation. a march that was first bugled by you right here in this room one year ago. the american people are on the march. and they're on the march to win back america. [applause] >> and they took that march of freedom to historic elections in virginia. [applause] >> in new jersey. [applause] >> and in the state formerly massachusetts. we have a republican in the united states senate because of you. [applause] >> as we say south of highway 40, who'd a thunk it. [laughter] >> facing overwhelming opposition. you stood firm. and you inspired a nation. because of you, the question of american renewal is no longer if. it's when. [applause] >> and your enthusiasm for freedom and limited government has been contagious. with your strong support, even republicans in congress have returned to the fight for fiscal discipline and limited government. [applause] >> i mean, really. three years ago republicans didn't just lose their majority. we lost our way. i mean,

institutions like georgetown university law center, columbia law, thomas jefferson school of law, yalecornell university school of industrial and labor relations. they wrote to me and urged speedy confirmation saying that tricia demonstrated the highest integrity and commitment to ethical standards. she is experienced, intelligent, thoughtful and energetic. we believe this is exactly what the u.s. department of labor needs in a solicitor. and once confirmed she will be among the best solicitor of labors that the department has known. and i will tell my colleagues that her support transcends party lines. former new york attorney general dennis fakle had this to say about his former employee. patricia smith has proven herself as one of the foremost experts in the nation in the realm of labor law which is why president obama saw fit to nominate her. she was an asset to the new york attorney general he's a office and i'm confident that she will be an asset to the department of labor. so tricia smith has bipartisan. and, madam president, as chair of the subcommittee on employment and work p

those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of god, wrote thomas jefferson.f he ever had a chosen people. our founding fathers believed our government should be there to help america's family farmers, not undermine them at every turn. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. burton of indiana. . mr. poe: i wish to claim mr. burton's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: we hear how great the stimulus bill was and howell it has worked. it has been one year or so, so let's see where some of that stimulus money got spent. in buffalo, new york, state university got about $400,000 to study the effects of drinking malt liquor while smoking pot. for three weeks, 100 people are paid $45 a day of taxpayer money to drink malt liquor and smoke a little marijuana. this is paid for by americans throughout the country. taxpayers are footing a bill for other parties like the one in boca ra ton, florida, but this one is not for people but for lab myself. that's right. atlantic university is getting $15,000 for two r

jut tqcaller: thomas jefferson's letters host: there you go. art of the constitution. jefferson was riding in the context of trying to write in the separation but that cut incorporated in our lot in a supreme court decision. . people confuse that. caller: i have a question and comment. north carolina is adopting a new high school studies program with the board of education, part of which would have a high school district courts beginning in 1877, the end of reconstruction which is the beginning of progress ofism which prep them for college, liberal college in north carolina the actual question would be -- is there a good way to get the constitution taught starting in middle school and through high-school and make it mandatory for high- school graduation? they could even have supreme court course is to get people to let them know they actually control the government? guest: that is a great question. to back up a little bit, when you were talking about when this stuff should be taught, you will through judicial review -- you will through judicial

we are the party of thomas jefferson who declared that all men are created equal. we had to work long and hard to ensure that those words meant something. we're the party of land -- the party of franklin roosevelt who said, in the midst of depression, all we have to fear is fear itself. he saved freedom and democracy from being extinguished. the natural impulse was to fear. as a party helped to lead the country. we are the party of john f. kennedy who called us to pay any price and bear any burden. we are the party of edward m. kennedy. he said that in the united states of america the promise of health care should not be a frivolous but a fundamental right. that is who we are, democrats. that is a we have to be today. [applause] after all the promises we have made, this is our best chance to deliver change that the american people need. if we do that and speak to the hopes instead of the fears, if we inspire them instead of divide them, if we respond to their challenges with the same sense of urgency they feel, we're not just going to win elections. elections will

thomas jefferson called for a wise and frugal government which shall leave men free to pursue industryl not take from the mouth the bread it has earned. he's right. citizens should empower their freedoms and not eroding them and encouraging dependency. the american people are fed up with government intruding into their lives. they want us to do something about it. my message is simple, to get america back we must restore our founder's principles of empowerment. i'm working on the empowerment agenda and will be here in the weeks to come of how we can advance empowerment and reduce entitlement. this has been an empowerment moment and there will be many more as we watch our administration continue to tax and spend money that we don't have and drive -- steal the future of our future generations by leaving them with a legacy of debt. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. pence: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pence: you know

with these simple words, a slave owner named thomas jefferson laid the cornerstone of the free america we know today, even if this noble sentiment was not realized for all americans until more than a century later. and although we have seen such injustice through our journeys toward freedom and equality is far from over, we can draw great strength from the promise that was woven into the fabric of our nation on the day we declared our independence. black history month is a time to remember those who have taken part in every step of that ongoing journey and to celebrate the legacy they have left behind for each of us. at every moment in our past, mr. president, african-americans have stood shoulder to shoulder with their countrymen, from all races, backgrounds and walks of life to help chart our course and define who we are to become. from the slaves who laid the very foundation of this capitol building to the businessmen and entrepreneurs who helped build our modern economy, from the king who dared to dream of an america he could never live to see, to the president who reached the moun