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richard besser scusses robert f. kennedy, jr.'s secretary nomination and potential changes to public health policy. >> james bradley's biography of martin van buren is the first full-scale portrait of the eighth president in four decades. he is the coat editor of the martin verne buren papers and teaches the public history program at the state university of new york at albany. in his introduction he writes "as this biography will show reaching the nation's highest office was not been buren's greatest achievement. he built and designed the party system that decided how power was wielded in the united states. " martin van buren is known as the principal founder of the democratic party. >> james bradley with his book martin van buren: america's first politician. book notes plus is america -- book notes plus is available on the free c-span app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington, live and on-demand. keep up with the day's biggest events

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richard besser on some potential changes to public health policy. c-span's washington journal, join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern on thursday morning, c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> several dozen representatives are retiring at the end of the 118th congress. one of them is california democrat grace napolitano. here is her final floor speech. it is about five minutes. peaker, i rise to speak in this chamber one last time as the most humble representative of the first district of california. i am incredibly grateful to the people and the southeastern los angeles county for the trust they have placed in me for the last 26 years. it has been my distinct pleasure and honor to serve you, to work with you. i have worked since the age of 12 for everything i have achieved. i was not expected to succeed with only a high school diploma. i believed in myself. i have been extremely fortunate to have made too many dear friends in the house and it's been a great joy to serve alongside you. past colleagues, current one from all walks of life and enr