abraham lincoln did great things, greater than anything done by theodore roosevelt or franklin delano roosevelt. he freed the slaves and saved the union. and because he feeds the union he was able to free the slaves. beyond this however, our extraordinary interest in him and his team for him has to do with what he said and how he said it. and much of this had to do with the union, what it was and why it was worth the saving. he saved it by fighting and winning the war of course. but his initial step in this was the decision to go to war, not a popular decision and certainly not an easy one. his predecessor, the incompetent james buchanan, believed that the state had no right to succeed from the union but there was nothing he could do about it if they did. that, by the time lincoln took office, seven southern states have succeeded and nothing had been done about it. led by south carolina, they claim to be doing only what they and the other side done in 1776. to oppose them might bring on the war and buchanan had no stomach for this. lincoln knew that the time had come when the only way to save t

grace tully served as the personal secretary of presidents franklin delano roosevelt from june of 1941 to april of 1945. in her capacity as personal secretary to the president, ms. tully represerved an assortment of personal papers and other historical items that have come to form a historically significant collection. while the private owner of the collection would like to donate the materials this the -- to the franklin delano roosevelt library, the national archives has asserted a claim to a portion of the collection. the claim asserted by the national archives impacts whether the private owner may claim a tax deduction for the donation. nrd to -- in order to facilitate the donation of the archives, senate bill 692 waives the government's claims to the records and will allow the collection to be gifted to the roosevelt library. madam speaker, the grace tully archive represents an important part of american history through the passage of senate bill 692, we ill ensure that this collection will be properly preserved and made publicly available through the roosevelt library. i'd like t

had we had not some of safety net provisions in place that franklin delano roosevelt helped instituteight have been in a great recession or a great depression of the 21st century. dr. elmendorf, we'll be looking for your wise council over next several months as we formulate the budget for 2011 in this country. we look forward to working with you and appreciate your patience responding to some of my question. i see the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly is here, so i will turn to him for his questions. >> thank you congressman. >> here we go. thank you, mr. chairman. and, sorry i'm late, mr. elmendorf. i was at the oversight and government reform committee hearing, listening to secretary geithner, and, you should be glad you're here, not there. i'm going to ask just, some, series of questions, real quickly if i can. first of all, i worked in the senate from 1979 to 1989 for a committee and those were the gramm-rudman hollings days, because we were so concerned about the deficit, growing debt. in retrospect in your opinion, is there empirical evidence that gramm-rudma gramm-rudman-ho

president franklin delano roosevelt said a long time ago during the great depression, when my father and mother were young, that the best social policy ever devised, the best government program ever devised is a good job. and that is what we have to understand -- our mission this year is to revive our economy and put people back to work. we can do it in the state of illinois. i want to be the building governor. i want to build more things, more good things across our state than any other governor in state history. we have the wherewithal and the will to do it and the people to do it. we have the work ethic to do it. it is very important in illinois that we have work. we have to replace a culture of violence in some of our neighborhoods with a culture of work, and we must have work available to those who are ready and willing to do the job. i have laid out a jobs and economic growth plan for our state. i want to go over what we will be doing this year. we have more construction planned for illinois -- road construction, bridge repair, water investment, rail construction, helping build

in my lifetime, no non-q with the possible exception of franklin delano roosevelt had the same clout that martin luther king jr. had with my community. martin luther king sent a telegram to the commission. i need you tomorrow. i need you tomorrow. in st. augustine, florida. we need you tomorrow. because we are challenging segregation in public facilities. 17 people were on a plane first thing in the morning. i was one of them. we met martin luther king, and he answered the question that you just ask. what is this all about? it was not just about justice. it was something profound and spiritual and moral that went to the root of our beliefs as jews and he invoked the hebrew profits in a way that was amazing to everyone of us. -- the hebrew prophets in a way that was amazing to every one of us. within a few hours, we were in jail for the crime of sitting down and having lunch. that is what we were arrested for. sitting down and having lunch with fellow americans. and we were turned over to the tender mercies of a name that still sits in my head, osman is a -- hoss menucie. the chief of

during franklin delano -- franklin roosevelt's term, the german, 6 of the 8 was 42 days. think president bush thought it was going to be more military justice. host: our guest is joining us from new york. the book is available on-line at amazon. appreciate your time this sunday morning. tomorrow morning we will continue the conversation on health care with a round table of reporters to talk about what is next for the president's agenda. tomorrow on "washington journal", brian quinn will be joining us. he is the president of that this decision to talk about new forms of energy, including a fuel-cell vehicles. it gets under date -- underway at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. "newsmakers" is up next. our guest is the republican from texas, senator john cornyn. we want to share some of the comments from the new senator- elect from massachusetts and talked about what is next from massachusetts and republican party. >> i will work with the senate with the democrats and republicans to reform health care in an open and honest way. no more closed-door meetings, back room deals. [applause]

had we had not some of safety net provisions in place that franklin delano roosevelt helped institutee might have been in a great recession or a great depression of the 21st century. dr. elmendorf, we'll be looking for your wise council over next several months as we formulate the budget for 2011 in this country. we look forward to working with you and appreciate your patience responding to some of my question. i see the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly is here, so i will turn to him for his questions. >> thank you congressman. >> here we go. thank you, mr. chairman. and, sorry i'm late, mr. elmendorf. i was at the oversight and government reform committee hearing, listening to secretary geithner, and, you should be glad you're here, not there. i'm going to ask just, some, series of questions, real quickly if i can. first of all, i worked in the senate from 1979 to 1989 for a committee and those were the gramm-rudman hollings days, because we were so concerned about the deficit, growing debt. in retrospect in your opinion, is there empirical evidence that gramm-rudma gramm-rudman

this is a lesson out of franklin delano roosevelt he punished capital in the 30's, he had his new deal, he said it was a good deal, i said it was a horrible deal, the president said it would have been a better deal but he didn't spend enough money. f.d.r. new deal president on steroids, obecause marx he went to copenhagen, wanted to get the world fair in chicago, then he went to copen hague ton get a deal were cap and trade got a fig leaf but not a deal. then he went to virginia to try to win the governorship around there, about three stops over, we got govern -- governor mcdonald. then he went to new jersey and instead of governor corzine, we have governor christie, then he went to massachusetts, a place where you would never have to call the president of the united states to massachusetts for reinforcements, they couldn't imagine a situation like that. the president's reputation on the line, he was in a situation where he couldn't win, the race was already too close, this is worse than taking a black eye. this is a thumping. s that real thumping. it is a movement along the east coast

692, an act to provide that claims of the united states to certain documents relating to franklin delano roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i'm reminded of some of the tougher times in this nation. maybe it was the vietnam war when members had to vote their conscience. i was not in the congress at that time. it might have been even further back when l.b.j., lyndon baines johnson, had to lead on making a body of people in this nation equal in the 1965 voting rights act. i imagine it was difficult and i imagine there were people who said, this is the wrong way to go. we've often said on this floor, don't watch polling and politics, watch your heart and what is right for america. and i believe the issues dealing with job creation and good health care for america is good. and the latest polls and

had we had not some of safety net provisions in place that franklin delano roosevelt helped institute we might have been in a great recession or a great depression of the 21st century. dr. elmendorf, we'll be looking for your wise council over next several months as we formulate the budget for 2011 in this country. we look forward to working with you and appreciate your patience responding to some of my question. i see the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly is here, so i will turn to him for his questions. >> thank you congressman. >> here we go. thank you, mr. chairman. and, sorry i'm late, mr. elmendorf. i was at the oversight and government reform committee hearing, listening to secretary geithner, and, you should be glad you're here, not there. i'm going to ask just, some, series of questions, real quickly if i can. first of all, i worked in the senate from 1979 to 1989 for a committee and those were the gramm-rudman hollings days, because we were so concerned about the deficit, growing debt. in retrospect in your opinion, is there empirical evidence that gramm-rudma gramm-rudm