caused that belief to build. >> before all of the tragedy, what kind of life did they lead here at ashland? >> it -- i think it's a fairly normal life for the upper class of the society. clay loved having his children around him. one son, he built a home just to the east of here. in fact, it was on the edge of the property. they would come up and have dinner once a week with the family. the younger sons, another -- a daughter bought a home to the southwest of here. the sons would ride over to see her and she became as much of surrogate mother as the other children and grandchildren to take care of. ann would be the big sister to her brothers. they had slaves at that point in time who took care of the children, who made sure they didn't get into trouble. they were pretty free to ride and romp as play as they would. you can imagine in the house, it's a large home. but for five or six or seven children at any one time, they get small quickly. they were out and about doing things. >> and when did the tragedy begin? when did it all go down hill? >> within a year of their marriage. their first d

-- all six of her daughter, she had about six or seven grandchildren that she was raising her at ashlandand, you know, she just did not have the time to go to washington. she had other responsibilities. when she was in washington, she basically supported his career and was hardly the recluse that historians have painted her as being. the sons had their problems. there is a strain of mood disorder that is evident in the early generations of the family. all five of his sons suffered from melancholy or depression, to use -- melancholy was the 19th century term. but they also all became with one exception, they all became successful businessmen. one served in the house of representatives, one served in the state legislature. one was -- two of them were tremendous horsemen. they, they contributed significantly to the horse industry in kentucky. so they were more than historians have described them as. and i began to see this and thought the story needed to be told. >> what exactly were they doing that people thought that they were a burden just because she doesn't like washington? >> well, sh

at this time i yield a minute to my very good friend from ashland, wisconsin, mr. duffy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. mr. duffy: thank you, mr. speaker. i had a chance to watch this floor debate over the last week or so. to say the least you can say our tempers have flared. there has been a lot of rhetoric on both sides. as we come together today, the proposal that's been negotiated with both sides, with speaker boehner, the president, harry reid. it's a deal that not everyone is pleased with. it's a deal that doesn't have in everything that i want, and i'm sure it doesn't have everything in the deal that my friends across the aisle would want. and that's why i think so many of us are hearing from our constituents. a lot on the far right and a lot on the far left sang we don't like it. but the bottom line is i think this is one of the great moments of the house where two sides come together and figure out how they are going to find a sotion that doesn't work for their parties. it's a solution at works for the american

ashland, give us a sense what it means to go through a weekend, this murderous and bloody for our soldiers? >> i think whether you served or not, just an americans you look at it and everyone's devastated by it and as you pointed out in your introduction, it's another reminder of every time we get these reports back of cashalty, that have been going on for ten years and there's no real daylight or end in sight. i think a lot of people are wondering what is the exit strategy and the end game and how much more is this going to cost both in money and in troops, and what are we achieving at at what price? >> your thoughts and emotions, listening to ashwin, tony, but digesting the news? >> it's horrific by the fact, as you said, there is no end in sight. i was stunned three weeks ago when i was asked to sit in on some hearings, congress asked me to sit in and listen to lieutenant general david barno and retired general keen, both talk in sworn testimony about the progress made in afghanistan, and get this, and you and i talked about this a number of times. general keen actually said they have m

at this time i yield a minute to my very good friend from ashland, wisconsin, mr. duffy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. mr. duffy: thank you, mr. speaker. i had a chance to watch this floor debate over the last week or so. to say the least you can say our tempers have flared. there has been a lot of rhetoric on both sides. as we come together today, the proposal that's been negotiated with both sides, with speaker boehner, the president, harry reid. it's a deal that not everyone is pleased with. it's a deal that doesn't have in everything that i want, and i'm sure it doesn't have everything in the deal that my friends across the aisle would want. and that's why i think so many of us are hearing from our constituents. a lot on the far right and a lot on the far left saying we don't like it. but the bottom line is i think this is one of the great moments of the house where two sides come together and figure out how they are going to find a solution that doesn't work for their parties. it's a solution that works for the am

ashland chemical company is here. astrazeneca is based here.m jpmorgan chase, bank of america, citigroup, barclays, ing, discover, bank of america, they're all here, and then we've got really exciting new things. we've got a gm plant that was closed. a new company that's making a plug-in hybrid there. we expect a new fuel cell company to be building a factory in newark and we have a big refinery that was closed and is just reopened. but, of course, as in most places, it's really small businesses, the primary economic engine for us. >> and small business, as in a lot of other states? have they been hurt, obviously, by the economic downturn? >> oh, it's been a very difficult time for businesses throughout the country, including right here in delaware. and so what we do is we really try to focus and put ourselves into the shoes of the people who create jobs and focus in on the things that they care most about. the schools, workforce, reasonable taxes, the like. >> as you go around the state, in your role as governor, who are people most angry at?

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at this time i yield a minute to my very good friend from ashland, wisconsin, mr. duffy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. mr. duffy: thank you, mr. speaker. i had a chance to watch this floor debate over the last week or so. to say the least you can say our tempers have flared. there has been a lot of rhetoric on both sides. as we come together today, the proposal that's been negotiated with both sides, with speaker boehner, the president, harry reid. it's a deal that not everyone is pleased with. it's a deal that doesn't have in everything that i want, and i'm sure it doesn't have everything in the deal that my friends across the aisle would want. and that's why i think so many of us are hearing from our constituents. a lot on the far right and a lot on the far left saying we don't like it. but the bottom line is i think this is one of the great moments of the house where two sides come together and figure out how they are going to find a solution that doesn't work for their parties. it's a solution that works for the am