they called me a buster it asked me if i want a dog for good i asked the lord to give mr franklin my kids' sake. the second time i walked three days. i stayed in the desert for two three days because they were our countries they didn't lead us through. equal and when we passed a car yard said to us who wants to go house to run but how else would i run when i didn't have food or anything else that's why i had said to myself and what can i do i miss my children so much. and you have to keep going whatever happens. already suffered a lot and sometimes i said to myself now stop. but i can't. we've been talking about this problem for nineteen years with all of our government people and. nothing's changed in rob was one of the first guys first ranchers that said if you don't do some somebody's going to get killed. and ironically he was the guy that got killed in. a bin. just invaded in the fact of every day and every night. before that you had a few people a month coming across but now you've got a few hundred a day coming across we've got people coming in that are illiterate we've got cri

mrs. roosevelt. one of the few areas where she could get some privacy. roosevelt was in hyde park and franklin roosevelt was in here, it was a given that they would sleep in the big house. if for some reason frankly was not in hyde park, mrs. roosevelt on her own we choose to spend your time and they'll kill -- valkill. in this direction we have a direction to sarah delano roosevelt's bedroom. mrs. roosevelt's bedroom is sandwiched between sarah and her husband franklin. the same as in her lifetime she was sandwiched between franklin and his mother, sarah. the involvement of mrs. roosevelt in the political career of frank and roosevelt is right from the beginning. she becomes much more active in whenole after 1921, franklin roosevelt contracted polio. she would encourage franklin roosevelt to continue with his political ambitions. and she would toyed forces with the political strategist. were laid out,s and it was important because roosevelt and mrs. did not have a close relationship until the polio came into the story and louis h owe was with franklin roosevelt sent 1910, when he started his

, the same as in their lifetime she was sandwiched between franklin and his mother, sarah. the involvement of mrs. roosevelt in the political career of franklin roosevelt is right from the beginning. but she becomes much more active in her role after 1921, when franklin roosevelt contracted polio. she would encourage franklin roosevelt to continue with his political ambitions and she would join forces with political strategist. this was the room where their strategies were laid out. it was important because lewis howell and mrs. roosevelt did not have a real close relationship until the polio came into the story. lewis howell was with franklin roosevelt since 1910, when he started his political career. itwould encourage franklin, in a sense against the wishes of franklin's mother, sarah. sarah felt as franklin contracted polio, thinking of the resources of the family, that franklin could very easily live his life out here at springwood in the role of the gentleman estate keeper. wouldoosevelt and howell encourage just the opposite and motivate franklin. louis howe would be a big influence because

mr. franklin, have you decided what will it be a monarchy, or will we have a republic?" he thought a minute, and he yelled back to the woman in the crowd, "ma'am, we will have a republic if we can keep it." that has been our charge for 200 and years, to keep this republic. there are only two ways to do it. one is to fight for it when you have to, and over a million americans have fought for it over these 220 years, and the other is to work at it every day. it is the responsibility of the members of congress of course to work at it, and as hard as it is to work at it these days, especially in times of polarization and reaching consensus, that challenge has hit new heights. it is the responsibility for us all. each of us in this room has responsibility. you know that, or you would not as a be here. i am glad you are. i hope you have had a good week, and i look forward to taking your questions. thank you all very much. and [applause] >> thank you so much for being here. my name is michael arthur. my question relates to gerrymandering. what reforms have been proposed, and wh

mr. franklin, have you decided what will it be a monarchy, or will we have a republic?" he thought a minute, and he yelled back to the woman in the crowd, "ma'am, we will have a republic if we can keep it." that has been our charge for 200 years, to keep this republic. there are only two ways to do it. one is to fight for it when you have to, and over a million americans have fought for it over these 220 years, and the other is to work at it every day. it is the responsibility of the members of congress of course to work at it, and as hard as it is to work at it these days, especially in times of polarization and reaching consensus, that challenge has hit new heights. it is the responsibility for us all. each of us in this room has responsibility. you know that, or you would not be here. i am glad you are. i hope you have had a good week, and i look forward to taking your questions. thank you all very much. [applause] >> thank you so much for being here. my name is michael arthur. my question relates to gerrymandering. what reforms have been proposed, and what do you thi

mr. franklin, have you decided what would be anarchy or will we have a republic. he yelled back to the woman and the crowd we will have the republic if we can keep it. that's been our charge for 200 years, to keep this republic. there's only two ways to do it. one is to go forth when you have to and over a million americans have fought for it over these 220 years. and the letter is to work out every day. it's the responsibility of members of congress of course to work at this and as hard as it is to work at it these days especially in times of polarization and reaching consensus, the challenge has hit new heights. but it's the responsibility for some. each of us in this room have the responsibility to work at that. you know it or you wouldn't be here. i hope you've had a good week and i look forward to taking your questions. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you for being here. my name is michael r. from stanford university. my question is on gerrymandering. what reforms have been proposed, and what you think would be an effective solution? >> that was a gr

mr. cannon's views in the opening statement. kind of reminded me of franklin roosevelt, you know, being against corporatism, especially fascism that seems to be rampant in today's government. and i'm just going to keep an open mind on his group and be interested to what they have to say. i just think that the republicans would be making a real good move in not being as mean and against so many things, and for an inclusive to as many people as possible. i think it's a tragedy that we lost a great senator like dick lugar. and it's time to come you know, get these key bill is out of office. i'll let it go from there. thank you so much for letting me speak. >> guest: i think one of the points that the caller was making, there is a frustration in the country with the idea the

mr. roosevelt" shows daniels and franklin standing on the balcony of the baby department later on called the executive office building and i think it now has eisenhower's name in front of it. nevertheless looking out from their balconies across from the white house a photographer from philadelphia public ledger came to take their pictures. he took a picture of the two of the standing at the balcony looking out, and roosevelt had a smile on his face, snapped the picture and daniel said i know what you are smiling at, you are looking over at the white house and thinking someday i am going to live there. this was pretty yearly in roosevelt's career for ambitions like that and i am not sure he had them but after all the did have uncle ted who was very proud of him. in fact when he ran for state senate theodore roosevelt got in touch with one of roosevelt's cousins and said i am not going to campaign in the district that franklin is running from. he was giving him his opportunity. that wasn't very happy circumstance for roosevelt's sons, theodore roosevelt had four sons, he was ambitious for

mr. speaker. famously franklin delano roosevelt we have nothing to fear but fear itself. that's not true here, and sadly the last speaker is entitled to his opinion but the facts did not bear out his conclusions. the truth is that actual interviews and depositions taken of the highest ranking people that helped develop this website, both public and private, shows there was no end-to-end testing. it did not meet the spirit of any definition of a secure website. in fact, the highest ranking person, theresa fryer, on september 20, was unwilling to recommend this site go active and said under oath that if it had been within her authority to stop it she would have. it is very clear, even from the white house's statements in the last few days, that they claim to have mitigated or have a plan to mitigate significant security risk. the american people need to understand a plan to mitigate means they have not mitigated security risk. this is the situation we're in in which no private sector company, including target, would go live with a system that has known failures and unknown

mr. speaker. famously franklin delano roosevelt we have nothing to fear but fear itself. that's not true here, and sadly the last speaker is entitled to his opinion but the facts did not bear out his conclusions. the truth is that actual interviews and depositions taken of the highest ranking people that helped develop this website, both public and private, shows there was no end-to-end testing. it did not meet the spirit of any definition of a secure website. in fact, the highest ranking person, theresa fryer, on september 20, was unwilling to recommend this site go active and said under oath that if it had been within her authority to stop it she would have. it is very clear, even from the white house's statements in the last few days, that they claim to have mitigated or have a plan to mitigate significant security risk. the american people need to understand a plan to mitigate means they have not mitigated security risk. this is the situation we're in in which no private sector company, including target, would go live with a system that has known failures and unknown

mr. gates did not serve. quote, probably the best politician as president since franklin roosevelt, unquote. george w. bush, committed. barack obama, courageous. >>> question, is secretary gates right about nixon? was he truly america's strangest president? or do you think that belongs to warren harding, who-- >> nothing strange about warren harding. he was right up front. but look, richard nixon, john, came back from the dead, created a new majority, won 49 states, extraordinarily talented, knowledgeable individual, had flaws and made mistakes. i wouldn't consider him strange. but he had some character flaws. >> i think it would have been -- it belongs to warren harding, the distinction. he used confiscated booze during prohibition to keep his white house poker parties fueled. only ran for president -- [ laughter ] >> only ran for president because his wife florence pushed him into it. and he got caught in a world class scandal, like the tea pot dome looting of oil reserves. >> i think he was also the one that said he wanted to vote for sufferrage because he was worried women would outlaw booze. [ la

franklin's mother, sarah. she operated this estate since the year 1900, when sarah's elderly husband, mr.ames roosevelt had passed away. home,e this was sarah's she made the decisions here. she also handled the finances of the family and was most definitely the matriarch of the family. this is where the family gathered for the daily mail, the activity of the room in porton because it reflects the interaction of the family. sara roosevelt sat at the head of the table, franklin roosevelt

franklin wrote in the voice of mrs. silence dogood a widow, a woman. she had to explain because she knew how to write how she came by her education. if you read any woman writing in 18th century the first thing she says is let me explain to how it is i can be a woman writer because it seems an impossibility. her story was that her father and mother had died and she had been given as a charge to a minister had very liberal views about education beauty and effort beauty and effort than i be instructed in that knowledge and tonight we no, schmidt that could possibly be obtained such as the work writing arithmetic and observing. he gave me the free use of his library. it was well chose to inform the understanding and great and noble ideas. silence dogood in explaining the story of her life said she'd spent her childhood but the best of company and books. think about this now. jini is 10 and then he is 16. he he breaks out of of the litter a stage and this is the thing that franklin is most famous for writing disguised as a woman whose girlhood was spent re

in this room, franklin roosevelt takes prime footage with the largest portrait in the room. mrs.velt's bed is somewhat interesting in its addiction and , and it showson how mrs. roosevelt referred her laundry to be delivered by household staff. folded and placed upon her bed. she would place it throughout the cottage. on close examination of the laundry, it reveals it is all monogrammed. we have mrs. roosevelt's monogram on the main towels. we also have nancy's monogram on some of the linens. some of the linens are jointly monogrammed with the initials e.m.n. elinor marion nancy. that was pretty consistent. when i look to this room, it just surprises me that a lady who was born into wealth, that married into wealth, and generated wealth in her lifetime would live in such a simple fashion. the bed is surely not an elaborate bed for a woman who was 5'11" tall. she had a simple lifestyle. it stands out. this is eleanor roosevelt's sleeping porch. it is a very important area here. this is where mrs. roosevelt would come in the evening at approximately 11:00 after saying good night to

mr. frank. i liken them to benjamin franklin who were questioned after the constitutional convention of 1787. the question was whether we have a monarchy in for a republic. his response was we have a republic if you can keep it. today we have a consumer financial protection he wrote. the question is can they keep their? my hope is that mr. dodd and mr. frank had done in requiring the semi annual reports will give us enough empirical evidence so as to convince the public and members of congress this agency is vital and important. with this agency having returned $3 billion to 9.7 million consumers, that speaks volumes. i would also add the question is whether or not we would have received this $3 billion place back in the hands of consumers if we did not have the consumer financial protection bureau. my suspicion is probably not. i'll ask the direct her to elaborate at a later time. we have it. the question is can they keep their? i yield back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. duffy for one minute. punic thank you, mr. chairman. i'm here with a hopeful heart to the direct

mrs. bush and her husband, the former president, hold the record for the longest married first couple in u.s. history, 69 years. barbara pierce bush, a descendant of president franklin pierce, married navy veteran george h.w. bush not knowing some day he would be known as 41. jimmy and rosalynn carter are in second place, celebrating their 68th anniversary in july. >>> if you're a 20-year-old in boston, the mayor, during your lifetime, has always been named tom menino until today. marty walsh has taken office as the 48th mayor of boston, kicking off what promises to be an era of sweeping change after two decades of mayor menino. as the boston globe put it today, nothing happened in boston without menino's approval. and about the future for boston, the paper went on to say, quote, a city long set in its ways may just let loose. >>> and some news on this network today with the announcement by "saturday night live" of a new addition to the cast. her name is sasheer zamata. she is the first black woman to join "snl" since maya rudolph departed in '07. the announcement comes after criticism last fall for lack of diversity among the cast members. she will make her snl deb

mr. in the opening statement. kind of reminded me of franklin roosevelt, you know? being against corporatism, especially spread tear that lism and fascism seems to be rampant in today's government. just going to keep an open mind on his group and be interested to what they have to say. think that the republicans would be making a not being as in mean and against so many things and inclusive to as many people as possible. we ink it's a tragedy that lost a great senator like dick you and it's time to, know, get these tea billies out of office. and i'll let it go from there. so much for letting me speak. >> mr. cannon? that one of the points that the caller was was that there is a frustration in the country with that the republicans to, or eem to be talking conservators, don't seem to be talking to working americans. a campaign and up creator" comes up more often in your commercials american, you know you have a slight problem in who speaking to. d i think that we've lost sight of the fact that when when who built the country, it's not only the the workingss, it's clas

mr. cannon's views in the opening statement. it reminded me of franklinoosevelt, being against corporatism and fascism that seems to be a rampant. i will keep an open mind on his group and be interested in what they have to say. areink that the republicans making a real good move and not being as mean and against so many things and for and inclusive to as many people as possible. i think it is a tragedy that we lost a great senator like dick luger. et these teab guest: i think one of the points making is that there is a frustration in the with the idea the be blicans don't seem to alking -- or conservatives -- don't seem to be talking to working americans. the you have a campaign and erm job creator comes up more often in your commercials than working american, you know you a slight problem in who you are speaking to. sight ofhat we've lost the fact that when we talk about notbuilt the country, it is only the industrial class, it is the working class that helped america the great country that it is and helped build the institutions, economic and jamaicit

mr. chairman, as a student of history, talk about the role of the president. during the great depression, we had franklinroosevelt doing fireside chats. explainer in chief. giving a sense of comfort in the chaos. do we have that in 2008? my sense is that the american people -- there is still confusion. we are paying the consequences even today. >> it was a big challenge to explain what was going on. know, at the federal reserve, we try to do it. we did not always succeed, i am sure. i give president bush a lot of credit. leeway to me of and to secretary paulson to do a we felt was right. he supported us throughout the process. i remember him going on television and giving a speech about the tarp. that must've been very difficult for him, given his political predilections and the cost of that from the political side. it was difficult. was a challenge throughout the process. i would not put it on the president or anyone else. all of us who are involved in role andymaking had a a responsibility to explain as best we could. , whenas a time -- i came i came to the fed, i was interested in increasing the trans

mr. chairman, as a student of history, talk about the role of the president during the great depression, we had franklinsevelt's fireside chats, explaining chief, making sense and comfort out of the chaos. if we had that in 2008, my sense is the american people, mean streets, wall street, a great deal of confusion and we are paying the consequences of it even today. >> it is a big challenge to explain what was going on. at the federal reserve we tried to do it. we didn't always succeed i am sure. president bush, and i give president bush a lot of credit, he gave a lot of leeway to me and secretary paulson to do what we thought was right, he supported us throughout the process. i remember him going on television and giving a speech about t.a.r.p. which must have been very difficult for him given his political predilections and the cost of that from the political side. it was difficult. it was difficult. communication was a challenge throughout this whole process but i wouldn't put it on the president or anyone else. all of us who were involved in the policymaking had a role and a responsibility to explai

financial predators' as ohio treasurer ann franklin county treasurer he led the state and county banking investment debt and financing activities early in his career. mr. cordray served as state representative for the thirty-third of ohio house district and was the third solicitor general in ohio history. some of the main not know that mr. cordray has argued seven cases before the united states supreme court boat for the clinton and bush justice departments. he is a graduate of michigan state university, oxford university, university of chicago law school. right after mr. cordray speaks we are going to do some q&a and i will be back for that at that time. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, tell me welcome director richard cordray. [applause] >> thank you for those remarks and i will try to address those points as we go through. thank you for being here today and i bring all of you good tidings and great joy for the new year. if you are like me change comes hard and i will find myself mistakenly riding 2013 on documents such as personal checks for another few weeks but there will be big differences between last year and this year in the mortgag

mr. chairman, as a student of history, talking about the role of the president. during the great depression we had franklin and comfort out of the chaos. did we have that in 2008? because my sense is the american people, main street, wall street, still a great deal of confusion, and i think we're paying the consequences of it even today. >> well, it was a big challenge to explain what was going on. and at the federal reserve we tried to do it. we didn't always succeed, i'm sure. president bush, i give president bush actually a lot of credit. he gave a lot of leeway to me and to secretary paulson to do what we thought was right. he supported us throughout the process. i remember him going on television and giving a speech about the t.a.r.p. which must have been very difficult for him given his political lechs and the cost of that from the political side. so it was difficult and it was difficult. mmuns a challenge throughout this whole process. but i wouldn't put it on the president or anyone else. i mean, i think all of us who are involved in the policy making had a role and had a responsibility to explain