dr. allan c. carlson is the distinguished fellow for family policy studies as the family research council, and that is in addition to his full-time job as founder and president of the howard center for family, religion and society in rockford, illinois. among the special roles he's played in his distinguished career, that of general secretary of the world congress of families, numbers one and two, which were held in prague and geneva respectively. dr. carlson received the ab degree from college and a ph.d. from ohio university. now, the biosheet i was getting ready to read from this morning said she was the author of four books. actually, dr. carlson's been very prolific in his publishing. he informed me that his newest book is actually his seventh, and he's also, of course, written numerous journal articles. but today we celebrate the publication of his new book "the american way," family and community in the shaping of the american identity. published by isi books. copies of the book will be available a

dr. carlson once again. >>> next week on "history bookshelf," iris chang discusses her book "the chinese in america, a narrative history". the book con cells chinese-americans involvement from the building of the transcontinental railroad to modern day contributions. "history bookshelf" airs on american history tv every saturday at noon. starting monday, the supreme court is scheduled to hear oral argument on the current health care law. next on american history tv, an excerpt of first lady hillary rodham clinton's 1993 testimony before the house energy and commerce committee on president clinton's health care proposal. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to thank you and the members of this committee for giving me this opportunity, but more than that, i want to thank you for the time that you have spent with me over the last months, as we have worked through a lot of the issues that will effect the future health care well-being of our country. i would also particularly like to thank the chairman for the good counsel that he has given to me, as i have p