it's abc 7's carolyn johnson. >> this is the type that got us all started. >> if arceologist, she's certainly fascinating by it. she spent tracing the earliest use of the people of california and the pacific coast. >> tobacco in the united states was present 8,000 or 10,000 years ago and hunter gatherers probably figured out the special properties of the plant quite eay. >> she says the clues were burned into ancient pipes and some found in nearly pristine conditions during digs at the swiss river basin near the oregon border and another undisclosed site here in the bay area first to document what was being smoked and when. her colleagues at uc davis used test pipes to plant different species. th were able to compare it to the residue still in stone pipes. >> the residue inside the spaces will preserve over thousands of years, relatively unchanged. >> so when we started obtaining positive results, it was a very exciting thing. >> still, for more accuracy, the microscopic samples were analyzed using advanced technology including glass tomography and glass spectrometers. allen runs the lab at t

carolyn from texas, and it is not just us. this president, among his riches will not be his love of -- among his riches will not be his love of congressional relations. lyndon johnson love you going to congress and getting in people's faces and getting them to do stuff. it's not a president who loves -- this is not a president loves doing that. it is not a criticism, it is an observation really. but if you end up with a republican congress, both the congress and the president will , either 2 years of gridlock and no voters will be happy, or you try to find some sort of modus vivendi and at minimum, discrete issues of public policy both domestic and foreign realms for more you can move the ball forward incrementally and maybe even more. guest: if i can add, we agree on the point that president obama could do a better job on congressional relations, but it takes two to tango, and i did raise a number of issues that i think there is a certain strand -- a little bit and the democrat party but more increasingly in -- thatblican party doesn't want to support trees and things that are fairly benign. this consensus on internationalism that needs to be rebuilt. whatever hap

working with senators tim johnson and mark kirk, i convened an all hands on deck hearing with these agencies. social security immediately responded under carolyn's leadership to make sure that the va gets on a biweekly basis -- am i correct? for the information that it needs, so that the veterans administration can deal with its backlog. she's got her own backlog with the disability benefits, this techno boondoggle, once again, before she took over, no one in charge. everybody in charge. everybody ditherring and moving their microchips around. you know that deal. and we saw it in the health exchange, we see it over here. but i think she's the person to fix it. so, mr. chairman, and senator hatch, i really hope, as you can see my enthusiasm for her, and if you want william donald shaffer smiling on you today, the do it now and do it right, confirm carolyn colvin. >> that is some sort of sendoff. thank you, chairman mikulski. your commitment to these programs is renowned. and i especially appreciate your bringing up mr. shaffer. because i remember meeting him, and i saw how you could have a head and a heart, that you could focus on making sure you