>> the continental congress issued a plea for soldiers and yeah -- throughout the war the continental congress was year after year making pleas for soldiers and offering different, more or less different contracts. as we read about joseph, he time and again would reenlist and would get reward for doing so, but some soldiers would re-enlist and then skip, jump their contract and kind of blend into the general public again and then find in another neighborhood another place and a place to re-enlist to get the benefit. some people are less scrupulous than others. >> i know after the failure of the articles of confederation that he decided to come back into power. what was the main decision that led him to come back? >> in 1785 george agreed to host a meeting at mount vernon so they could talk about navigations of the chesapeake and the delaware river and you had delegates from virginia, maryland and new jersey there and what they realized is they were talking about these navigation and trade issues. they realized that this was a much bigger question than just the three colonies. so that'

they have the continental congress or the articles of congress had convened. the galleries were full and what you see there in the background, that white haired lady, who is supposed to be? in the artist depiction it's supposed to be martha. martha wasn't there. she was back at mount vernon waiting for her has been to get back at christmas time. there were not throngs of women in the galleries. the building was near full but certainly marshall was not there. ultimately when washington arrived thomas mifflin the president of the articles of congress that year welcomed the general and he read a statement that had been drafted by thomas jefferson. but before mifflin read the statement, washington himself rose, having now finished the work assigned to me, i retire from the great theater of action and bidding an affectionate farewell to this body whose orders i have so long acted, i offer my commission and take my leave of all the employments of public life. within the rose and read his statement in which he said you've conducted the great military contest with wis

the reaction was, by the continental congress, passed the first whistleblower law in the united states, perhaps the first in the world where it was said by congress -- and i am paraphrasing what that statute said -- was that it is the duty for all persons within the service of the united states to report misconduct and fraud to congress at the earliest opportunity. the reason that is important is retoldnce that story was , it has resonated in the halls of congress for the last six years. the u.s. has passed resolutions and cited that whistleblower law. andy year, whistleblowers government officials gather to talk about that, on july 30, which is declared national whistleblower day. in this particular case, the inspector general, michael , henson has on his webpage has cited that continental from 1778 on his webpage. they have declared that that is the policy and the policies of today's laws will be carried out in that tradition. the same thing exists in the training materials for intelligence community employees when they get whistleblower training. lawn, a reference to that stating it

thank you, continental congress. the trick with this is they will serve at first six months to one year. they will sign a contract. these guys are regular army. all right. with all the benefits of being regular army. which means you're going to have to obey orders. which means you're going to have to outfit them, were it's uniform, whether it's musket, whether it's pay, which is a real challenge as far as our congress is concerned. and supplies, which is also a problem as far as our congress is concerned. we're going to have some mutinies here. but they have to stay. all right. that's one of the advantages of these guys. these folks come and go willy nily whichever way. >> these folks have to go to go where they're tomd. new york, valley forge, morristown, wherever you got to follow orders is part of this. they are much more disciplined and trained. now, adding to that this is new. again, statute starting from scratch. george has his work cut out for him. we don't have some you know major warehouse full of weaponry a

that's what the continental congress had said. stories not told. when the declaration said that -- known ples were rule of warfare was the all ages -- there wasn't an asterisk that said us.ept the ones helping the notion that all native peoples helped the british is not a myth. at the moment. those two were stories the and ots told over and over over again. but they didn't talk very much about delaware leaders like captain -- or john aboutk or captain pike or shawnee leader like corn stalk, who were the american's best friends in the ohio country. they didn't talk very much or loudly about the sacrifices to or others made while serving in the continental army. unless you were in the army or ou watched it march by your house would you have precious little idea how many native eoples actually fought for the united states. of course, they were there. very erican news media them. mentioned helping the army scour -- they newspapers, when a party of 50 in stockbridge attached to the continental army into a british ambush in kingsburg new york and 37 of t

. >> under the continental congress we're going to get george washington as commander in chief. he's going to say he's serving based on my country's honor and my own character, which is very different than the young washington we talked about in his early 20s where he actually resigns his commission and he says for his own honor and his country's well being. so it's a fundamental reversal of these roles and washington is saying i am taking this up for duty to the nation, enhancing civilian supremacy. he's saying i take my orders from congress. i don't function as sort of a military dictator. meanwhile, there's some opposition and a lot of it comes from this man, his name is charles lee. you may remember him from that two-second reference in the "hamilton" musical. he is a general. so charles lee, british trained, he had actually been all around europe trying to change his ranks, accumulate rank and he thought he would be one of the people named commander in chief. there are others as well. lee in a lot of respects is british trained. he does not think the americans could win fig

poor washington, he's forever sending petitions to congress to try and help out his continental army. congress is like, yeah, yeah, yeah. we'll get to it. someday. whatever. so you do run into this sort of thing as well. i mean, this is typical army. not everybody gets along. yes, you have the same objective. everybody has a different way they want to achieve that objective. everybody has got to throw their two cents in basically. this is sometimes a problem as well. all right. so what we're going to have are both of these forces in the field at the same time. good things and bad things about that, if you know how to do this right, you can use the advantages of both of these for these guys to do their thing as far as causing problems with the british, hitting this supply trains, or wreaking havoc as far as their supply lines are concerned and then relying on continental army to come in and clean up as far as the regular battle is concerned. it's going to take a long time for people to learn this. washington served with british soldiers with french and british war. he wants that tradit

francis the parents owning 74, is delivered at the continental congress. the guy who gave that prayer, the reverend jacob, was a trainer. he turned traitor. he actually wrote this letter to washington that we have condemning the continental congress and condemning the army telling washington that he should resend the declaration of independence and he fled to england. this is the traitor who gave america prayer as being cited in the supreme court cases positively. to me history is more malleable than anything. i actually have something coming out on this in the use of history in determining prayer at school board meetings. there will been another number of federal judges to sit there is a long history of prayer in eight different states i think is the number they like to say. if you've traced that quote back, if any goes to one particular the mixed breed, of the court brief, written by a right-wing mission nationalist outfit as a friend of the court. not by historian not by a legal scholar, and it's been cited time and time again. if you actually redone ci

and the continental army would be formed by -- [ inaudible ] >> under the continental congress we're going to get george washington as commander in chief and he's going to say he's serving based on my country's honor and my own character which is very different from young washington in his early 20s where he actually resigns his commission and he says for his own honor and it's's fundamental reversal and he says i am taking this up for the duty to the nation and it has the stability and the premise and i don't function as a sort of military dictator. meanwhile, there's some opposition and's lot of it comes from this man. the name is charles lee. you may remember him from the two-second reference and the musical. he's a general. so charles lee, british trained and he's actually been all around europe and trying to change his ranks and he thought he was one of the people named commander in chief and there are others, as well and we have a lot of respect and he does not think the americans could win, fighting in the traditional european style and he thinks the europeans should be using

the rights and the laws whistleblowing has a long history in our country dating back to the continental congress this is not surprising because as a nation we desire for good government therefore we must protect those who demonstrate courage to report alleged wrongdoing whether on the battlefield or in the workplace indeed at the start of ethics training of the executive branch each year we are reminded that public service is a public trust and as public servants we have a solemn responsibility to do what's right which includes reporting concerns of waste fraud and abuse and bringing such matters to the attention of congress under the intelligence community whistleblower protection act i applaud all employees who come forward under this act i am committed to ensuring that all whistleblower complaints are handled appropriately and to protecting the rights of whistleblowers in this case the complainant raised the matter with the intelligence community inspector general the inspector general is properly protecting the complainants identity and will not permit the complainant to be subject to any re

by midsummer 1776, john was eager to take leave of his position at the continental congress and he wrote, begging for a replacement. "send palmer or lincoln, if you will. somebody must send. come yourself, by all means. i should have mentioned you in the first place." james warren responded, "i know not how to fill your place. why do you fix yourselves down anyplace so unhealthy? is there no other continent to which he might adjourn the summer months?" meanwhile, warren turned down yet another appointment. this time to serve as major general and the massachusetts militia. all was not well in the warren household during the summer of 1776. james warren junior, their eldest son, a student at harvard suffered a nervous breakdown. mercy was terrified that his condition would recapitulate that of her brother, whose mental instability had grown quite serious. a sympathetic abigail wrote to john, "our friend has some family difficulties. a partner dear to him, beyond description, almost heartbroken by the situation of one dear to her, but do not mention the matter. tis a wound that cannot be to

whistleblowing has a long history in our country dating back to the continental congress. this is not surprising because as a nation we desire for good government. therefore we must protect those who demonstrate courage to report alleged wrongdoing weather on the battlefield or in the workplace. start of ethics training in the executive branch each year, we are reminded that public service is a public trust. haves public servants we the solemn responsibility to do what's right which includes reporting concerns of waste, fraud and abuse and bringing such matters to the attention of the intelligence community whistleblower protection act. i applaud all employees who come forward under this act. i am committed to ensuring that all whistleblower complaints are handled appropriately and to protecting the rights of whistleblowers. in this case, the complainant raised a matter with the intelligence community inspector general. the inspector general is properly protecting the complainant's identity and will not permit the complainant to be subject to any retaliation or averse cons

he remembered he had a letter in his jacket from the continental congress, another letter where the congress was promising the officer would be paid and would be given their land as promised. so he pulled that letter out. and he opened it up because he was going to read it to them. and then all of a sudden, he paused. and he quietly made the comment, i've already grown gray in the service of my country. now it seems i'm going blind. and all of a sudden, those icy stairs melted. what george had just done, he admitted his frailty. he admitted his weakness. he admitted his vulnerability that he had sacrificed so much for this cause that even his health was declining. and as he looked out over the crowd, many of those battle hardened soldiers had tears in their eyes. george simply folded up the letter, put it back in his coat, never read it and walked out of the meeting. the officers then voted unanimously to remain loyal to george and remain loyal to their government. >> you can watch this and other american history programs on our website where all our video is archived. that's c-span.org/hist

the most important document to come out of the continental congress was the declaration of independence. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. among which are life liberty and the pursuit of happyness. you may object. wait a minute, we know thomas jefferson it's not an orthodox christian. you would be accidentally correct that we need to understand that was actually a committee of five. and the draft was changed. they went through the entire cottonelle congress to change it again and this document has authority only because it comes from the congress. and most members were signing off on this, by nature his god or creator, they were thinking about the god of abraham isaac and jacob. and the god is certainly intervenes in human affairs. limit press on though again into another hard case. how about constitution, is it this a godless document. if you are familiar with the state constitutions in the era, stiffly is different. many have multiple references to god specifically. the constitution is basically. [silence] on this. the dateline in the year of our

whistleblower has a long history in our country dating back to the continental congress.is not surprising. as a nation, we desire for good government. >> dana: alex, a whistleblower identity not known. we might know it in the future. but so far has the support of the intelligence community. >> i think that's an appropriate presumption in this context. look, i think the dni did a good job today. was quite credible and powerful witness. what's interesting here, you've got this reference to, what if he put out the nuclear code? look, the fact that dni expressed support for the process of allowing whistleblowers to come forward, it's all the more remarkable that the speaker is out there saying he broke the law, first of all. apparently in her view, everyone broke the law. number two, we're having this conversation, they had a hearing today. the report the whistle blower report is actually out there, so i'm not sure how that's an issue, number one. number two, what i find really remarkable is the level of deference given to allegations, by theed a mig of the whistleblower, wer

. >> in june of 1775, the continental congress created a unified army our army manned the effort, ite ramparts, it took over the airports, based on the core principles of fairness and reciprocity. that's okay. >> they can name it whatever they can name it, peaches. >> and god bless the united states >> back with us tonight, two top political reporters covering the 2020 campaign, and i can't wait to hear what they have to say. our own nbc news correspondent, mike memo mike, and eliza collins. even though the word gaffes have been kind of retired when we saw what trump was doing was very next level, so it's only kind of a lazy journalism thing to use the word no matter how many missteps he thanks. >> i want to thank our friends at the trump campaign for including me a lot my friends and family who watch more fox news, have been reaching out if you remember the conversation we were having the night of the debate, this conversation about biden's gaffes, his performance on the trail has primarily been one that's quiet among his rivals for the most part it's been a delicate conversation an

in june of 1775, the continental congress created a unified army. our army manned -- it ran the ramparts it took over the airports. based on the core principals of fairness and reciprocity what it's okay. they could name it whatever they can name it peaches. and god bless the united states shates. >> back with us tonight, two top political reporters covering the 2020 campaign, and i can't wait to hear what they have to say. our own nbc news correspondent mike memly and eliza collins joins us once again, politics reporter for "the wall street journal. mike, how will the biden campaign respond to this latest attack that just, as i said, goes there on age even though the word gaffes have been kind of retired when we saw what trump was doing was very next-level so it's only kind of an f8 key lazy journalism thing to use the word no matter how many missteps he makes. >> first i want to thank our friends at the trump campaign for including me a lot of my friends and family who watch more fox news than msnbc have been reaching out if you remember that conv

the rights and the laws whistle blowing has a long history in our country dating back to the continental congress. this is not surprising because as a nation we desire for good government. therefore we must protect those who demonstrate courage to report alleged wrongdoing whether on the battlefield or in the workplace. indeed, at the start of ethics training in the executive branch each year we are reminded that public service is a public trust, and as public servants we have a solemn responsibility to do what's right which includes report concerns of waste, fraud and abuse and bringing such matters to the attention of congress under the intelligence community whistle-blower protection act. i applaud all employees who come forward under this act. i am committed to ensuring that all whistle-blower complaints are handled appropriately and to protecting the rights of whistle-blowers. in this case, the complain ent raised a matter with the intelligence community inspector general. the inspector general is properly protecting the complainant's identity and the complainant will not be subject to retal

whistle-blowering has a long history in our country dating back to the continental congress. this is not surprising, because as a nation we desire for good government. therefore, we must protect those who demonstrate courage to report alleged wrongdoing whether on the battlefield or in the workplace. indeed, at the start of ethics training the executive branch each year we are reminded that public service is a public trust. at public servants we have a solemn responsibility to do what's right reporting waste, fraud and aid bbuse and bringin congress under the protection act. i applaud all employees who come forward under this act and i upheld protecting the receipts receipts -- rights's whistle-blowers. in this case a matter raised with the inspector general. the inspector general is properly protecting the complainant's identity and not allow him to be subject to retaliation or adverse consequences for making the complaint. upholding integrity in the workforce is my number one priority. throughout my career i relied on the men and women of the intelligence community to do th

in june of 1775 the continental congress created a unified army.nned the effort, it rammed the ramparts. it took over the airports. based on the core principles of fairness, and reciprocity. what oh, it's okay. they could name it whatever they can name it, peaches and god bless the united states. >>> back with us tonight two top political reporters covering the 2020 campaign and i can't wait to hear what they have to say. our own nbc news correspondent, and eliza collins. how will the biden campaign respond to this latest attack that goes there on age, even though the word gaffes had been kind of retired when we saw what trump was doing was very next level. so it's only kind of an fa key lazy journalism thing. >> i want to thank our friends at the trump campaign -- >> for including you >> for including me. a lot of my friends and family who watch fox news have been reaching out if you remember our conversation we were having that night of the debate i also pointed out this conversation about biden's gaffes, his performance on the trail has primaril

whistle blowing has a history in our country dating back to the continental congress. this is not surprising, because as a nation, we desire for good government. therefore, we must protect those who demonstrate courage to report alleged wrongdoing whether on the battlefield or in the workplace. indeed, at the start of ethics training, the executive branch each year, we are reminded that public service is a public trust. as public servants, we have a responsibility to do what's right, which includes reporting concerns of waste, fraud and abuse and bringing such matters to the attention of congress under the intelligence community whistle-blower protection act. i applaud all employees who come forward under this act. i am committed to ensuring all whistle-blower complaints are handled appropriately and to protecting the rights of whistle-blowers. in this case, they race aised a matter with the instructor general. they will not permit the complainant to be subject to consequences for communicating the complaint. upholding the integrity of the intelligence community and wo

the super majority can he steroid the continental congress and is destroying the u.s. senate. packing of the courts is is dehsieh destroying the integrity of the court. a stolen seat on at the supreme court. oval office is -- incumbent destroying the reputation of the united states around the world. it's not just institutions it is principles at risk and that principle, ecall justice under law, those words are carved into facade of the supreme court. and that's a powerful idea, and if you asked me months ago i would have said my opinion will wait no for me mule are report. well when the muller report came out didn't come coupleth out, stain attorney general barr liked to american people. he said there's nothing it in. well, what was in it -- and went to floor and laid out all of this -- there's four cases of obstruction of justice, which he lays out there are three things you have to have to have a felony obstruction of justice. you have to have an obstructive act, a connection to a justice proceeding, and you have to have intent to obstruct. and he lays out all three of those

whistle blowing has a long history in our country, dating back to the continental congress. this is not surprising because as a nation we desire for good government. therefore we must protect those who demonstrate courage to report alleged wrongdoing, whether on the battlefield, or in the workplace. indeed, at the start of ethics training in the executive branch each year we are reminded that public service is a public trust and as public servants we have a solemn responsibility to do what's right which includes reporting concerns of waste, fraud and abuse and bringing such matters to the attention of congress under the intelligence community whistle-blower protection act. i applaud all employees who come forward under this act. i am committed to ensuring that all whistle-blower complaints are handled appropriately and to protecting the rights of whistle-blowers. in this case the complainant raised a matter with the intelligence community inspector general. the inspector general is properly protecting the complainant's identity and will not permit the complainant to be subje

ever since the continental congress, our system has depended on whistleblowers. grassley used to stand up for whistleblowers all the time. where is he now? is the so-called whistleblower caucus going to get engaged and get the facts? >> especially since president trump has already labeled them as partisan, which we don't know that he knows who the person is. >> we're not in ideal circumstances, the most of the obvious thing in the world. what i mean is, this whistleblower's identity, i'm not sure it can be protected now. it's not the press's fault, it's not anybody's fault, but the fact that the trump administration mishandled this thing the way it did. we don't know what the whistleblower thinks, but the reporting is they want to testify. >> wants to speak to congress. >> wants to speak to congress. does that person believe there's a way for that to happen and not have their identity known? if they think that, they're being a little nye eaivnaive. it is tragic but the trump administration in mishandling this, the acting dni, the president of the united statestat

comes together to produce the growing sense of outrage that leads to things like the first continental congress and leads the british government to respond with even sterner measures. so this is how you go in 10 or 12 years from a country full of happy, proud englishmen to a whole bunch of traders and rebels. not that, of course, everybody buys into these conspiracies. but enough do to produce the end result. now if you look back on it, you know a lot of this could be compromised, right? you could maybe have made the proclamation of 1763 quite not so severe. you could have said, look, relax about jury trials. everybody gets and accepts these smugglers who keep getting led off by juries. we're not after you. you could have maybe not put the troops in boston. you could have said to the anglican church, hey, you guys, it's too much trouble to have a bishop over there. we'll keep doing what we have been doing. you could compromise away almost all these disputes, except one. how do you get around the fact that the colonists are insisting we won't pay any taxes unless our local assemblies approve the

the reaction was, by the continental congress, passed the first whistleblower law in the united statesrhaps the first in the world where it was said by congress -- and i am paraphrasing what that statute said -- was that it is the duty for all persons within the service of the united states to report misconduct and fraud to congress at the earliest opportunity. the reason that is important is retoldnce that story was , it has resonated in the halls of congress for the last six years. the u.s. has passed resolutions and cited that whistleblower law. andy year, whistleblowers government officials gather to talk about that, on july 30, which is declared national whistleblower day. in this particular case, the inspector general, michael , henson has on his webpage has cited that continental from 1778 on his webpage. they have declared that that is the policy and the policies of today's laws will be carried out in that tradition. the same thing exists in the training materials for intelligence community employees when they get whistleblower training. lawn, a reference to that stating it is

the first united states whistleblower law which unanimously passed on july 30, 1778, by the continental congress, states, and i quote, that it is the duty of all persons in the service of the united states as well as all other inhabitants thereof to give the earliest information of wrongdoing to congress or other proper authority of any misconduct, fraud, or mismisdemeanors committed by any officers or persons in the service of the states which may come to their knowledge. end quote. the founding fathers understood the simple principle that it is the duty of all patriotic americans to not only come forward with allegations of wrongdoing but tone sure that there is a path that these allegations be brought to congress. mr. speaker, what have we learned. that these principles that our founding fathers fought so hard tone shrine in our democracy are in jeopardy. it is our responsibility. it is our duty to restore faith of the public in our elections. and oversight of all elected officials including and especially our president. we know that the memorandum that was released today is only a memorandum

until the continental congress met in philadelphia in 1774, more of its members had been to london than had been to philadelphia. it was great britain and its policies that created the colonists' sense of being americans. in fact the british officials were the ones who first defined the colonists as americans. until the last moment before independence, the colonists thought of themselves as english men. it was british tyranny expressed in the coercive acts of 1774 that made the colonists like patrick henry declare that they were not virginians or new englanders or new yorkers but americans. the long and bloody wear with great britain in which all parts of the country suffered at one time or another was a searing experience. more americans died in that war, in proportion to population, than in any other war in our history except of course for the civil war, where both sides were americans. no wonder the revolution bred an overwhelming sense of unity. the glorious cause of the revolution united all americans. the revolution and the beliefs and ideals that came out of it, liberty, equality

beset by rancor and division in that first meeting and later the continental congress and constitutionalonvention, the survival and progress of fridge and you and the u.s. would depend on finding ways to .vercome differences this balance, this calibration of principle and compromise was a feature of the early history of the commonwealth of virginia and the key to founding and ultimate success of our republic. bold and compelling statements of principle are found in document such as frigid his declaration of rights which informed america's declaration of independence and virginia's declaration of religious freedom which prefigured the establishment clause of the first amendment. but the core principles behind these declarations were turned into injuring structures of governance largely through deliberation and compromise. example,nia plan, for the compromise presented at the constitutional convention sought to balance the interest of small and large state in a eye camera legislature. another critical compromise with the agreement to tolerate slavery even though the slave trade would be --

by rancor ain the meetings, and later in the continental congress and the progress of virginia and subsequentlyhe united states would depend on finding ways to overcome differences. this balance, this calibration of principle and compromise was a feature of the early history of the commonwealth of virginia, and the key to founding and ultimately success of our republic. bold and compelling statements of principle are found in documents such as virginia's declaration of rights, which informed the america's declaration of independence. and pre figures the establishment clause of the first amendment. but the core principles behind these declarations were turned into enduring infrastructures of governance largely through deliberation and compromise. the virginia plan, for example, the compromise presented at the constitutional convention sought to balance the interests of small and large states in a bicameral legislature. and the agreement to sol tolerate slavery even though it would be by 1808. without that the southern states would never have agreed to ratify the constitution and there would have

the continental congress gave them ious.for years, they were able to use that to pay their taxes to the state of pennsylvania. and then this guy comes along, robert morris. and water describes him as a protcgc. alexander hamilton as a protcgc of robert morris. morris pioneers that people can no longer pay state taxes with these ious. because of that, these people are forced to sell this script for 2-15 percent on face value. friends of robert morris, he says, wind up owning about 50 percent of the outstanding script. and then shortly after that, alexander hamilton and robert morris, with this idea that the u.s. government will pay all of this script in full. with six percent interest in hard currency, gold or silver. and they will tax the very people, these veterans who were forced to pay, forced to sell their script in order to get currency. washington goes and puts down the rebellion. but in fact, it's an unsavory - - >> we are going to leave it there and hear from professor freeman. >> that's an excellent point and it bec

the continental congress gave them ious, gave them script, for years, they were able to use that to pay their taxes to the state of pennsylvania. and then this guy comes along, robert morris, and he -- woodard describes him as a protege of alexander hamilton, a protege of robert morris, robert morris engineers that people can no longer pay their state taxes with congressional script, with these ious. and because of that, these people are forced to sell this script for 2, 5, 10, 15 percent of face value. friends of robert morris, he says, own about -- wind up owning about 50% of the outstanding script, and then shortly after that, alexander hamilton and robert morris come up with this idea that the u.s. government is going to pay all of this script in full with 6% interest, paid in hard currency, gold or silver and they're going to tax the very people, these veterans who were forced to pay, forced to sell their script in order to get the currency. they rebel. washington goes and puts down the rebellion, but in fact, it is the unsavory -- >> john, we're going to leave it there and hear fr

soldiers who were from appalachian western pennsylvania there was no money to pay them the continental congressthem scripts for years they were able to use that to pay taxes to the state of pennsylvania and this guy comes along, robert morris and water describes him as a protcgc of alexander hamilton as a protcgc of robert moses. robert morris engineers that people can no longer pay their state taxes state taxes with the congressional script, the ious. these people are forced to sell this script for two, five, 15 percent on the state value. friends of robert morris and of what owning 15 percent of the script and then shortly after athat alexander hamilton and robert morris come up with this idea that the u.s. government is going to pay all of the script in full with six percent interest paid in hard currency gold or silver and they are going to tax the very people these veterans who were forced to pay and forced to sell their script in order to have the currency. there was a whiskey rebellion they rebelled and washington go down and puts the rebellion but in fact it's an unsavory and à >> john

the continental congress gave them ious. for years they were able to use scripts to pay their taxes to the state of pennsylvania. the sky comes along, robertt morris and he later described him as a protÉge of hamilton of robert morris. robert morris engineers the people can no longer pay their state taxes with congressional script. with these ious. because of the, these people are forced to sell this script for two or five or ten or 15 percent of face value. friends of robert morrison morris, says he owns about 60 percent of the outstanding script and then shortly after the, alexander hamilton and robert morris, come up with this idea the the us government is going to pay all of the script in full with 6 percent interest in pay in hard currency, gold or silver. and they are going to take the very people these veterans. who were forced to pay and forced to sell their script in order to get the currency. the rebuild, washington goes down and put down the rebellion. in fact, is the unsavory. >> were going to leave it there and

stand unified and this is the second oldest committee and the congress dating back to the continental congress. we do have article one constitutional oversight responsibilities it was one of the most tragic days in american history, and the aftermath of 9/11, counterterrorism and homeland security became our top priority. to militarily attacked abroad, that strategy included invading afghanistan, destroying al qaeda. since 2001, we have achieved many successes on the battlefield and through diplomacy. we killed osama bin laden and the rising leader from the battlefield and most importantly we've not allow afghanistan to be the staging ground for another devastating attack on the homeland. we've also helped implement many political and social reforms. millions in afghanistan have voted in democratic elections at all levels. and afghan women are not allowed to attend schools during the brutal reign of the taliban in the 1990s and have made significant gains in play was pleased to hear they were part of these negotiations. they've not been without great sacrifices. over 20,000 wounded we must nev

whistleblowing has a long history in our country leading back to the continental congress this is not surprising because as a nation we desire for good government. therefore we must protect those who demonstrate courage to report alleged wrongdoing whether on the battlefield or in the workplace. indeed at the executive branch each year we are reminded the public service is public trust greatest public servants we have a solemn responsibility to do what's right which includes reporting concerns of waste fraud and abuse in bringing such matters to the attention of congress under the intelligence community whistleblower protection act. i applaud all employees under this act. i'm committed to ensuring that all whistleblower complaints are are handled properly and to protect the rights of whistleblowers. in this case the complainant raised the matter to the intelligence committee inspector general. inspector general protected the complaint -- complaintants identity. upholding the integrity of the intelligence community and the workforce is my number one priority. throughout my career and r

and others saying this is the most proud american tradition, it goes all the way back to the continental congress. we heard none of that yesterday. instead we heard the president effectively threatening a witness. there's a criminal statute that makes it a crime to threat &en witness before congress. it's despicable and impeachable behavior and it's the last thing we should expect from the president of the united states. >> neil, we know you have to go. thank you very much for joining us on this big day. okay, so eli stoke he wiols are that we need more, but if you could give us some are actireac the room, but also i think we're at the point where the president says something and it's even flip. sure, i would take help from a foreign government if they give me the information, why not? that we might need to take it seriously. >> we know to take him literally and seriously. >> well, that's the whole, you know, problem with this whole trump administration and this president who their language is always, you know, you're always sort of mystified and then the president wants it to be sort of optional

whistle blowing has a long history in our country dating back to the continental congress. this is not surprising because as a nation we desire for good government. therefore, we must protect those who demonstrate courage to report alleged wrongdoing whether on the battlefield or in the workplace. indeed, at the start of ethics training the executive branch each year we're reminded that public service is a public trust. and as public servants we have a solemn responsibility to do what's right, which includes reporting concerns of waste, fraud, and abuse and bringing such matters to the attention of congress under the intelligence community whistle-blower protection act. i applaud all employees who come forward under this act. i am committed to insuring that all whistle-blower complaints are handled appropriately and to protecting the rights of whistleblowers. in this case, the complainant raised a matter with the intelligence community inspector general. the inspector general is properly protecting the complainant's identity and not permit the complainant to have adverse co