>> it's a challenging time to be a federal employee. i think -- i have two reactions to that question. on the one hand, i feel that the challenges our country faces have never been -- never been more critical and never been more important. when i go to sleep at night, you know, i think about the immense challenge that the federal workforce has before it and how important that work is and it's energizing and motivating that when you're serving your country by serving the federal government that that has real meaning and purpose, and it can be a truly motivating factor. at the same time, it's important that we, that we are investing in our people effectively and by doing that recognizing the great work that they're doing. recognizing the important role that they play, and -- you know, there are circumstances in which sometimes the federal employee can be the punching bag. >> well, let me just ask about that. i mean, do you think that an unrelenting verbal assault in the form of disparagement about the value of pun liblic servicet federal

we are much better off for having a launch federal government, federal budget that can stabilize the economy in this situation than we would be in we didn't have it. we didn't have it many the 1930s and our output fell by about 1/3. the overall decline was much less this time around that was because incomes were substantially stabilized by fiscal actions of the government. >> we've got a lot of food for thought. you've defined the crux of the con strast. thank you chairman, very much, i yield back. >> thank you. i now recognize the gentleman from arizona. >> forgive me blavrns sheet by acquiring so much u.s. solvent paper, so much marge backed mbs. at some point does it create a type of distortion in the market either by dramcally low interest rates over here and some some point it's a bond bubble. it's a cascade effect on on their own holdings itself. and is that just as right now we have the discussion about are we heading towards the student loan bubble because we're a trillion there. we're heading to $3 trillion on the fed balance sheet. it'sal little essteric. drrks, please, sha

but you can see over that road into this federal line. but if you stand here and look back, you cannot see those confederate troops standing down there on that deflated position. that is where's why marsh's men crumpled in heaps. they were able to maneuver, deliver massive volume of fire -- of volley fire into this federal front and actually cut this federal front down, and then with a rapid, rapid advance, pep trait it and cut right through it, forcing this federal line to fall back on its supports, and the thing continued to fall back all the way to jones field three-quarters of a mile north of us. by noon that's where the federal front is, three-quarters of a mile north of us. the confederates have entered this zone in a huge rush of this massive proportion of johnston's army. and we're a long ways away from places that people commonly associate with shiloh with iconic names like hornet's nest, the peach orchard, and bloody palm. we're here at the crossroads, and we're talking about half of grant's available force, and we're talking ab

we use the federal reserve note as the unit of account. there is no legal definition of a federal reserve note. and that's a pledge to pay something. so a note being something precise, and then you have to have management. and it doesn't work well, then we think, well, we just need more regulations and everything will work out smoothly. i have a lot of reservations about that because i think we have a lot of inflation. we have a lot of instability and prices. and even when the reports come out that the prices are rather stable, they seem to ignore the fact that the costs of living for many is going up significantly. the price of energy goes up. the price of medical care goes up. the price of education goes up. so even when the cpi and the ppi may not be revealing what is happening there is still a lot of the obstruction of the value of money. for this reason now, we've been in a decade or so where the real wages have not been able to keep up, which really is the bottom line, i believe. the unemployment factor, and keeping up with the -- ke

what it does do is delineate the federal position, a position the federals will hold from the earliest troops arriving under will wallace's command and occupy on the about 9:00 and be joined by remnants, the markers to the south note and prentiss goes into position about 10. prent advertise retreats through wallace and hirl and he will reorganize in the rear of the two divisions, 5,400 men he began to battle with and gets anywhere from 500 to 600 rally and had joined by the 23rd missouri, 575 souls, so come forward with about 1,200 men and take a position in the center of the union position. wallace's troops on the north to the right of prentiss and to the south and 6,200 men online and enough to constitute about 3,000 more. so there is a large number of troops on this sector. we know that two-thirds of the confederate army 11:00 to noon are engaged against the union right flank there at water oaks pond in the cross roads, and so you start just factoring out who is not present in that fight, and we know that throughout the course of the late morning and on into the early often johnson

we are much better off, actually, for having a large federal government, federal budget that can stabilize the economy in this situation than we would be if we didn't have it. we didn't have it in the 1930s and the, our output fell by about one-third. the overall decline was much less this time around, because incomes were substantially stabilized by the fiscal actions of the government. >> wow. we've gotality of food for thought there, doctor. you've defined the crux of the contrast between the two sides of this. and i realize i've run out of time. thank you chairman very much. i yield back. >> thank you. i now recognized gentleman from arizona mr. schweiger. >> thank you, mr. chairman. forgive me, but this is sort of an esoteric question, and no pointing and laughing, particularly for all of you with ph.d.s. we take a look back over the last 30 years at many of the different asset bubbles, whether it be real estate, or even certain commercial bubbles whether it be the internet bubble. it was often large amounts of resources going in, inflating value and beyond. is it theoretically possib

it gives -- this executive order would give unprecedented federal reach by the federal planning bodies to areas far inland to dictate activities that may affect the ocean and great lakes and this is one example of the incredible reach of this particular law -- this particular executive order. when you hear the words national ocean policy it sounds benign, but that is only a small part of the story. the scope and reach of this regulation is why we have the chamber of commerce, american farm bureau, timber, mining and fisheries groups weighing in against this executive order. it affects our whole nation and our whole economy. a drop of rain ta falls on your property could be subject to this law. now, the last thing we need in washington today is more bureaucracy and you can see this executive order creates a huge bureaucracy at a time when we are trying to grow our economy. this law, this policy has been debated in the last four congresses, and each time congress elected to do nothing. so congress explicitly do not intend for the oceans intend to be zoned. executive 13547 has no specific

, slash federal benefits and pay. is that what we do? how do we, and you as leaders, make sure the message gets out that all of the good things your agency does and the federal government is capable of is because of your people? >> one of the reasons for this week. these are the things that you fry to do. i mean that's what the partnership for public service's mission is to both, both -- reward people who do good work in the federal government. advertise the fact that they do good work in the federal government. but also to make the federal government better. >> is there anything, as department heads or agency heads that you folks are doing to make sure that your folks are recognized for the good work that they do. i know it is important, i would assume, having only worked in the senate, but i would assume it is important for your leaders. >> what do you see in the senate what do you see the attitude being on the subcommittee? >>> next question. i would honestly look to hear from agency heads. >> you know, sometimes i

frank, what do you think the federal reserve and congress could do? >> i think they have been very helpful. i think the policies in brady's bill would prohibit the future. we would have been worse off if it hadn't been for them. the interventions the fed has taken have been helpful to us. first of all, in helping to provide the funding that's helped our economy. secondly, and i think there's a real point of difference between the parties. i was surprised by it. i think the role of the federal reserve in working with europe, working with european central bank has been helpful in avoiding the kind of serious downturn in europe, which will be negative effects on us. i think the federal reserve -- >> excuse me. check on your mic. >> thank you. with the european central bank have been very helpful. to have prevented the federal reserve from that kind of cooperation, increasing the chances of trouble in europe, would have been, i think, a very grave error. secondly, as far as congress is concerned, we have the major activity. we should be following a two-st

unless it is in federal code. that has to be enforced by the attorney general. that is the california attorney general. so, again, the civil code requires local jurisdictions to apply certified specialists under the caps program, and it also states we have the responsibility, commencing on july 1, 2010, shall employ it for retain one building inspector who is a certified access specialist. we do have a certified access specialist on staff, and have had one on staff for several years dow -- now. his duties are to provide consultation to the local agency, permit applicants, and members of the public's on compliance with state-related construction accessibility standards. that is the key issue, construction-related. if they are doing construction or they are building a retail space, improving it, needing a permit for that, that is what our inspector does. help them make sure that they meet all of the state requirements in that plan check. again, commencing on january 1, 2014, we shall employed or retained a sufficien

of winning federal contracts. again, we're looking at nearly $16 trillion in debts. and we're to -- and when our construction industry still suffers and i can tell you that's the case in my district, from a 14 1/2% unemployment rate, we in congress should not be tying the hands of taxpayers and construction workers by making requirements with a thumb on the scale of the president of the united states that really disregards the will and the opportunity of states like michigan to make their own decisions here. i thank the speaker for the opportunity and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is -- gentlelady is reek nizzed for five minutes. ms. kaptur: i want to thank mr. grimm for offering this bipartisan amendment. last year, we saw the same effort to attack project labor agreements in the military appropriation construction bill and the house on a bipartisan bas

i sent them to uphold a federal court order. well, a federal court order about what? brown! that's what. and so ike would sometimes be cute -- too cute by half which was one reason why people looked at what he said publicly. sometimes they don't know where he's coming from because he'd be very politically cute about it. >> it is the first time that the troops were called in in this way. >> this was the first time -- first time that the federal troops were sent in to particularly a former confederate state since reconstruction after the civil war so this is not small potatoes. it's a big deal. but more important -- more important than the judicial appointments that lasted after little rock. >> all right. we've got some questions from the audience. these are good ones. i'm dr. carol anderson. i once heard you say when you visited simmons college when you spoke of president truman and the conflict underscored when the naacp leaders such as a. philip randolph wanted to go to the u.n. and file human rights violations against the u.s. and mrs. roosevelt, and mrs. roosevelt force t

the federal reserve may tailor the application of the enhanced standards to different companies on an individual basis or by category. working out the exact details of how enhanced prudential standards will apply will certainly require a thoughtful and iterative analysis of each designated company over time. the federal reserve is committed to thoroughly assessing the business model, capital structure, and risk profile of each designated company and tailoring the application of the enhanced standards to each company. with respect to the third prong, resolution, the dodd-frank act provides two important new regulatory tools, both of which extend to systemically important non-bank financial companies. first, each of the largest bank holding companies and each non-bank financial company designated by the council is required to prepare and provide to the fdic and federal reserve a resolution plan or living will for its rapid and orderly resolution under the u.s. bankruptcy code. second, title ii of the dodd-frank act provides for on orderly resolution process to be administered by the fdi

and other federal agencies when needed. thank you, sir, for the opportunity to share the department's efforts in this area and i'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> thank you very much. please proceed with your statement. >> thank you, chairman. i'm proud to sit before you along with my esteemed counterparts. i want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today and in particular for your continued support for the fbi's foreign language program and critical mission. the director of intelligence language services division is responsible for the organization's entire program. they support the fbi's mission by providing quality language services to the fbi and its partners. these services include foreign language recruitment, hiring, testing, training, translations, interpretations, and other foreign language related functions at the fbi. the language services section provides a centralized command and control structure to ensure our linguist resource base of over 1,400 linguists, an in

we don't do that for any other federal agency. we don't say that the people in the energy industry or we don't say that votes on labor policy are set by boards where unions are the predominant influence. the president appoints people. they're subject to senate con flir nation. they're not picked. half the votes don't come from groups that are dominated by labor unions. that's the analog to the fmoc votes from regional presidents. >> mr. frank, i still have a little time left. on this issue of mr. diversity on the board i talked about professional diversity. it seems like there's been a lack of ethnic and racial diversity, too. do you think that, you know, including more voices from consumers who are and from urban areas, rural areas, people whoef dealt with hard hit neighbors, neighborhoods with forclosure, do you think these kind of experiences -- >> i think that would be good on the board. but even with that, even if i picked the boards personally, i wouldn't want them voting on federal government policy. i do not think that pri

role for the federal government has been proved false by history. that's what this hearing was designed to do. i don't share the philosophy. the fact that you had a good experience in pennsylvania i don't believe can be extrapolated to the rest of the country. as you've indicated you don't have the expertise to say here at this table under oath that you are satisfied based on imperical evidence that all of the other states involved have similar robust regimes of regulatory regimes. dr. howard, you talked about methane, help us understand, what's wrong with methane. cows exhibit methane. >> at least 39% or methane pollution comes from fracking. >> why do we ka ir? >> it is an incredibly powerful greenhouse gas. it's a low hanging fruit to address global warming. if we get methane under control we are far better along than co 2. i can go into more detail on that. it is a major contributor to ground level ozone. i mentioned that in my statement. ground level ozone already causes 30,000 premature deaths in the united states every year. >> methane in and

the federal government's enabler, and that's part of our problem. it's difficult to use monetary policy to endlessly accommodate what we've taken on. >> yes, i agree with that. >> thank you, sir. dr. herbener? thank you. >> yes. i agree as well that it create a certain type of moral hazard to be able to appeal directly to a printing press or to some agency that would monetize debts that are issued. i would be profligate as well, anyone would, relative to not having that kind of accumulation. >> absolutely. dr. taylor, thank you. >> yes. i think if you hold out your shingle, say you're open for business, then people will come, and i think that's basically what has happened. the federal reserve has provided what you describe as an alternative to some actions. it bought 77% last fiscal year of the debt issued by the government.

what it does do is delinuate the federal position. a position from the troops will hold under will wallace's command. they'll occupy it around 9:00. prentice goes into position around 10:00. he will reorganize his command in the rear of these two divisions. at least 5400 men he began to battle with. he gets 500 to 600 of his men rallied. he'll be joined by the 23rd reserve, 575 souls. he will come forward with about 1200 men. he'll take the position in the center of the union position. wallace's troops on the north to the red of prentice and the other troops to the south. there's 6200 men online and enough troops in reserve to constitute about 3,000 more. there's a large number of troops on this sector. you start out, we know that throughout the course of the morning, and early afternoon jox is getting 1/3 of his command engamged at sar bell farm, the river road and the peach orchard sector. he starts saying that's almost the entire confederate army, what does that leave here in the center? that leaves piecemeal brigades. a repetitive

owned land and federally controlled land. would you comment and i know your first day on this particular set -- >> no, that's a very prolific region in terms of natural gas potential and development. and we've issued quite a few leases up there and quite a few apds. i think when it it comes to leasing federal land, we have other important responsibilities that we have to address in terms of biological, cultural considerations. so we go through a leasing process where we go into a full development process. we need to work with the operators and these jurisdictions will vary, depending on the sensitivity of these resources. i know between i think wyoming and utah, well, we have about 6800 apds that what we call front-logged that we have issued apds but the companies have not taken the action to activate those. i don't have the exact number. >> the testimony essentially, the thrust of the testimony from at least two of the state regulators or officials was we don't need no stinkin' federal government why not just let in this cas

i am a federal employee. i actually have 30 years in working for various branches. >> congratulations. >> yeah. >> good for you. >> there are many places i would no longer say i have had a full career in the federal service based on a lot of what we just heard. >> although the park service is the agency everybody loves. >> well, they do. it would be nice if they funded it better. >> there is that. >> but, we -- we, every day, face what you are facing today. and my question was, to talk about, the aging work force and how we are going to find creative ways to let people retire and still have a credible exit where they can contribute their knowledge to the next generation. i think i am going to change that to the press questions and the fact that even at my level which is relatively low, probably five levels away from the director of the park service. we face the same questions from the public. we don't know why in the press we don't see stories every day of what we did right. we spend too much of our limited t

the federal government must not be allowed to monetize its debt. our financial system should serve the interests of all americans, just of the interests of what washington and wall street. again i'd like to thank you, chairman, for your steadfast commitment to bring those issues to the forefront of the public debate. i'm pleased to testify on behalf of the sound dollar act. i want to thank the members of the subcommittee who have cosponsored this important legislation. mr. chote, mr. lucas, mr. liu meyer, and mr. garrett. the problem today is that according to some, 1800 was the bridget center. the 1900s was the american century, and the 2000s, 21st century may well be china's century. well, not so fast. but for america to continue its preeminence, global economy, it's important we get the role the federal reserve right. as we know the federal reserve -- that brought the great moderation of the 1980s, 1990s, and instead adoption interventionist approach, helped to inflate the incidental housing bubble and lead to a global economic crisis during the

a check up on the federal health law." one chapter is dedicated to the health care law's job killing medical device tax. it's a tax that multiple studies predict will negatively impact job creation and also incredibly important for people around this country, it will stifle medical innovation. as an orthopedic surgeon, i can tell you i have seen firsthand how cutting-edge medical technology saves lives and also supports jobs across the country. scientists that developed medical devices like pacemakers and defibrillators and artificial joints that have improved the quality of life for so many americans, but now today because of this health care law, the future of the medical device industry in america is under attack. in september of 2011, the manhattan institute issued a report showing the devastating impact of the president's device tax on industry. the manhattan institute's report shows that the medical device tax will eliminate at least 43,000 american jobs. this number represents more than one out of every ten jobs in

how does the federal reserve system measure up as an organization? are its objectives as mandated by current law achievable and appropriate for a government agency? are these objectives consistent with a healthy and growing economy? ised fed effectively managed, structured, and governed? do key sdecision makers make god decisions? my answers to these questions are very strongly negative. the fed has been given a task, managing the u.s. economy, that is impossible for any government planning board. the fed has vast authority and very little accountability. the fed can take actions that do enormous harm to the u.s. economy. since 2008 the fed has done exactly that. it has pumped money into the financial system at unprecedented rates. it has kept interest rates near zero, thus discouraging prudent behavior among consumers, entrepreneurs, and government actors while encouraging reckless spending and the accumulation of vast private and public debts. the fed has done everything it can to prevent the market adjustments needed for recovery from the financia

was very cautious, very concerned with making federalism work. as you know, if you followed the dealings with governor wallace on the dealings with the governor of mississippi, and getting the -- mr. greyhound to carry the bus to the next stage and seeing it through, and seeing the -- all the force of the federal government through. they did everything they could to get the local police and the local government to -- >> harris, why was the freedom rider that violent? why was that such -- >> it isn't just the freedom riders, it's all the sit-ins. it's the four little girls in birmingham being killed. it had an enormous impact. it's the fire hoses and the birmingham experience. all of that changed them from not having civil rights as a top priority. john kennedy's draft of the -- of his inaugural address, after this campaign, to the great disappointment of louie martin and me and many others, in the first draft that we saw two days before he gave it, had no reference to civil rights. now, we didn't notice then, because we were focused on civil righ

he sends harris over to staff him and put pressure on the federals and put pressure on the federals. other staff officers ride off and he's left alone. harris rides back. he finds the general now across the road where the monument stands. he's riding up to johnston. he says, sir, i've relaid your orders. they have people moving forward. he said he saw johnston reel in the saddle. he reached out and grabbed him. he said, sir, are you wounded? and johnston says, yes, i fear seriously, and that will be the last conscious thought from albert sidney johnston. so harris, assisted by another staff officer, brought johnston down into the ravine here, got him off his horse, laid him up against a tree, ripped open his coat, his shirt, looking for a wound. of course, they're imagining something up in the, you know, vital part of the body. from the backside around -- had entered just below his right knee into the top of the calf and clipped open a primary artery. he had a bleeder. hadn't done much damage to the leg itself in the sense it hadn't shattered the bone or anything. he was wearing high

in lieu of abolishing the federal reserve, let's audit the federal reserve. let's bring transparency to the federal reserve. [applause] the federal reserve away from their dual mandate of price stability and full employment, which, in my opinion, is a strong u.s. dollar and weak u.s. dollar and it does not work. we need to have strong dollar policy is coming from the federal reserve. we need to have competitive interest rates when it comes to the federal reserve. and right now, if the federal reserve board to make interest rates competitive, we would be in the midst of a monetary collapse. [applause] >> i agree with them and the fed. [applause] unfortunately, here we go again. i have stayed true to this throughout the whole campaign. i will not stand up here in front of my family and like you. [applause] i will not tell you something that i will do something that i cannot do. the president cannot abolish the fed. congress created it and it can take it up. but i would repeal all legal tender laws. [applause] we return competing currencies to the market. heartb

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according to federal law in the united states emergency of -- marijuana of any kind is illegal. 15 years after it was made legal in california cities and counties all across the state are trying to regulate or ban the clinic completely. we report on how this effects people on what is now a full blown industry. >> at the university of oakland, students take classes on subjects not typically found in a -- csu. self-employed handy man is here for his own education. >> this is my second class here. i came here last month for the beginning class. i'm back this month for the advanced class. >> students attend seminars and even learned firsthand how to grow. if students don't have a medical marijuana card they work with rose instead. some students are taking these classes to consider a new career. he used to arrest people for using the substance he's now studying. they have taught 15,000 students combined. however, people wanting a future in handling pot may find their profession is shrinking. medical marijuana clinics have been disappearing all over california and the same can be said for the

that was his context for saying that you have to obey the federal laws. and then -- and i wrote about this in my first book. i was sitting in the -- somewhere, you know, invisible, in the class, a room of maybe 200 or 300 students, and all of a sudden i heard -- bobby kennedy had talked about how the south had helped deliver his brother, and a few other things. i think i quoted part of the speech in my book. and then i heard him say, because i'm just sitting there saying, oh, this is very interesting, cold war, soviet union, communism, democracy, and then he said, the graduation of charlayne hunter and hamilton holmes from this university will be a major step in our war against communism and the soviet union and communism. and i said, excuse me? at which point i was no longer invisible, because everybody turned around and looked at me in the room. and then he went on to articulate in the clearest terms, i think, that any federal official at that level had done to say, that the primacy of federal law will be supreme in this country. and you're going to hav

guest: i love federalism. i am predicting there will be a federalism question on the frq's. it using the metaphor of marble cake. marble cake federalism really suggests the national state and local governments work together. a lot of times, we think of federalism as a layer cake. national government does this come state does this, local government does this. in our country, it is corporative. it is like a marble cake. all the responsibilities are melded together. take education policy, for instance. we might get a policy of congress that the states must enforce and local governments actually participate in. guest: we have been predicting a federalism question for a couple of years. how is federalism embodied in the elections in the u.s. versus things that the u.s. constitution requires? like suffrage for women in the 19th amendment versus what state and local governments require in terms of where you both. we have predicted one of those questions. at politco prep -- guest: watch the news and c- span. in the "new york times" they talked about initiating a voter identification

today we'll discuss ig vacancies at federal agencies. right now seven positions are vacant that require presidential nominations and senate confirmations. although the president has nominated several candidates who are waiting -- awaiting senate confirmation, he has yet to nominate others. in addition, an existing vacancy at the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction requires a presidential nomination but not a senate confirmation. we all agree that we should have highly qualified, dedicated professionals in place at every ig office across the federal government. personally i am most concerned that the administration has not nominated anyone to serve the state department ig. the last senate-confirmed state department ig was howard krumgard and he resigned after an investigation by this committee into his conflicts of interest and his failure to conduct sufficient oversight of agency operations. that position deserves to be filled as soon as possible. to be fair, the number of current vacancies is not necessarily unusual

>> correct, they are generally federally mandated programs. our welfare program for families in california, our federally required ha foster care program as well as a host of federal matching support services and other programs. supervisor chu: what constitutes the category that you call realignment? >> realignment 1 was crafted in 1991 that goes to support services, wages, foster care, aid payments predominantly. for the second realignment, that as child welfare services, that is the big realignment with the public protection realignment. so not only including what has been talked about a lot, the probation and county jail, the child welfare services was part of the public protection peace. again, we will reflect that, but it goes to pay for foster care payments, the staffing of workers and adoption assistance. from a policy point of view, it is good for us because it pulls child welfare services out of a state and the general fund debate every year. and it is obviously not subject to reductions by the legislature and the governor. in the bre

the american federation of government workers pointed to federal poultry inspectors who are making just $32,000 a year to protect us from e. coli contamination. but the survey also found a veterinarian who received a one- year, $62,000 bonus. >> i do agree that government people should get bonuses for a good job. but $62,000 is probably a little over board. >> reporter: a bit over board for a government worker, he says. but a whole lot less than some private ceo's have been getting. in d.c., bruce leshan, 9news now. >> a congressional budget office report this year suggested federal employees make about 2% more in total wages than private sector employees in comparable rolls. plenty of people disagree on both sides. tell us what you think. join the conversation on this story. go to our wusa9 facebook page. derek. >>> d.c. delegate is being denied the opportunity to testify at a hearing about abortions in the capital. the congresswoman wanted to speak tomorrow at a house subcommittee hearing on a bill that would ban the procedures after 20 weeks. the bill's sponsor said no. denying a req

the federal government does not. it seems to me that this argument is just choose your blame and go after the justice department. i hope the people who vote for this amendment if that's what they want to do, will vote for the amendment that restricts the federal government from enforcing state-enacted medical marijuana laws. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. speaker, the first coin minted in the republic of mexico contained the motto liberty and law. we understand in this country, there can be no liberty without law, fundamental to that is law enforcement. this is a law enforcement issue. it show house utterly out of touch the democrat minority is with the neigh's concern with the lack of law enforcement at our border. mr. culberson: my good friend from arizona, the county treasurer from maricopa county in arizona, pointed out you experienced costs to your local ta

was as our federal -- because as our federal government has grown larger and larger, albeit more powerful and more powerful, it's sucking up resources that are ultimately slowing down, if not killing our economy. and i don't know that our founding fathers ever envisioned the national economy that we have in the sense that so much of our revenues would be going to washington, but they designed the federalist system so there could be prosperity at the local levels knowing it wasn't going to be a product of what happened at the federal government. and today we have so much federal government seemingly feeling it is its duty, its deaths any to hire people, to guarantee jobs and to utilize resources so it can distribute them as it sees fit. i think it goes against our historical background, and i think we are on the cusp of seeing something that is going to be historical over the next few years. >> host: mr. mourdock s there anyone in the senate that you a admire the most? >> guest: absolutely, and there are several of them, but i certainly am a fan of senator jim demint be. someone i've come

he appointed ronald davies who is the presiding federal judge in little rock. we'll get back to that, and he appointed, of course, five men to the supreme court, earl warn, john marshall harlan, william brennan, potter stewart, charles evans whitaker, probably his weakest appointment, all five of them committed to the enforcement of brown. and william brennan, any of you know your supreme court history, was not a far right conservative in any way, shape or form. eisenhower actually nominated him when he was in the midst of an election campaign in the fall of '56, and he did that partly for political reasons, too. he wanted a catholic, so a catholic democrat, but eisenhower's judicial appointments lasted decades later, and felix frankfurter said that the supreme court during this era was the eisenhower court. we all know it as the warren court, but it was the eisenhower court, and i'll tell you one of the great myths was that eisenhower didn't know what earl warren stood for. that is factually incorrect. he knew him well. his attorney general brownell socialized