with a name like roosevelt i thought he had inherited roosevelt money but i learned that franklin delanooosevelt's father was a farmer up in the hudson, well off but not wealthy, not wealthy enough to support the lifestyle of franklin delano roosevelt, a town houses in manhattan and yachts and whatever. where did this money come from? i learned in china of that it was the delano fortune that supported franklin delano roosevelt who. the dylan of fortune that was made entirely in china. it turns out that grandpa adela no, warren delano was the american opium king of china. it turns out that franklin, the fortune that sustain the life of franklin delano roosevelt was made through illegal drug deals in china. you can't make it up. but this was the hidden history that i was finding out there on this imperial cruise. folks, if you read this book and you are surprised by what you find, i mean, i am with you because i didn't realize there was this much out there that we didn't know that was still left to be discovered, and i was writing the buck. i wondered why and you might wonder the same thin

franklin roosevelt had a different vision. he thought that if workers throughout their work life paid a little bit of money each week into a fund, they could be insured that there would be a check waiting for them at retirement that would allow them independence and dignity. he prevailed and senators stood up in that era of the 1930's and gave him the votes that were needed to change our nation when it came to the way we treat the elderly. those on the other side of the aisle, the republicans, were skeptical, they were fearful of government, fearful of a new program. they argued that we were headed down a path we would regret, echoes of many arguments we are hearing today in opposition to health care reform. and when their time came later, even as recently as a few years ago, they tried to dramatically change and rewrite the social security program. they called for privatizing it, saying we would be much better off if the social security trust fund were actually in the stock market. thank goodness the wisdom of america rejecte

franklin roosevelt, who was president for 12 years and passed away at the beginning of his fourth terme was at his high." for about 500 days. people tend to forget this. in not only wenth home to hyde park more than president bush went to his ranch in texas, he also went to warm springs, ga. which is the retreat he went to for the treatment of polio. if you put that in the number, those records are difficult to pin down, franklin rest of both -- franklin roosevelt was a way more than any other president. host: does he get the kind of criticism other presidents have gotten. he went away during wartime. the second world war and he is going off to warm springs and hyde park. diddy get the kind of criticism that other presidents have gotten? guest: he got some of a bid not nearly as much as today. people in those days gave support to the president because of the endless world crises, particularly in the war years. it was not the same media scrutiny. present roosevelt could get away from the white house with having -- without having an entourage reporters. he was out on a yacht or a boat or

franklin roosevelt's polio gave him a different degree. >> i have always felt that his embassy was naturalbecause like so many -- his empathy was natural. he knew what it was like to be damaged. he had tremendous identification of sympathy and a desire to improve the lives of those who had been damaged. do you agree with that? >> absolutely. he tells interesting stories about lbj and the fact that lbj had offered -- or bobby had offered to go and negotiate the vietnamese situation for lbj. had he done that, teddy says he would have then been so caught up in the peacemaking process that he would not have run for the primaries. he would not have been killed, possibly. on the other hand, he gives lbj much more credit than one would have imagined he would have for the extraordinary domestic achievements. he said it closest to fdr is lbj. lbj always like teddy. he understood him. the one thing that is fun, even though he has nice things to say about lbj and even reagan, and clinton had magnetism, carter does not expecescape. he says that carter baffled me. in 1976, he claimed that he won withou

franklin roosevelt's polio gave him a different degree. >> i have always felt that his embassy was naturalbecause like so many -- his empathy was natural. he knew what it was like to be damaged. he had tremendous identification of sympathy and a desire to improve the lives of those who had been damaged. do you agree with that? >> absolutely. he tells interesting stories about lbj and the fact that lbj had offered -- or bobby had offered to go and negotiate the vietnamese situation for lbj. had he done that, teddy says he would have then been so caught up in the peacemaking process that he would not have run for the primaries. he would not have been killed, possibly. on the other hand, he gives lbj much more credit than one would have imagined he would have for the extraordinary domestic achievements. he said it closest to fdr is lbj. lbj always like teddy. he understood him. the one thing that is fun, even though he has nice things to say about lbj and even reagan, and clinton had magnetism, carter does not expecescape. he says that carter baffled me. in 1976, he claimed that he won withou

again, franklin roosevelt, 1935. 1943. president hoover and the joint state -- in a joint statement with former first ladies, mrs. coolidge, mrs. roosevelt, mrs. taft, mrs. harrison and mrs. cleveland gave this statement, quote, the whole inspiration for our civiluation springs from the teachings of christ and the lessons of the prophets. to read the bible for these fundamentals is a necessity of american life. harry truman, our 33rd president, 1952, said this, quote, the basis of our pill of rights comes from the teachings we get from exodus and st. matthew from isaiah and st. paul. i don't think we emphasize that enough these days. if we don't have a proper fundamental moral background we will end up with a government that does mot believe in rights for anyone but the state. profound. that was harry truman, 1952. charles malic was our ambassador to the united nations from lebanon and the president of the u.n. general assembly in 1958, made this statement, 1958, whoever tries to concede the american word without taking ful

and the 20th century president who was most like jackson's rival, henry clay, was franklin roosevelt.they were both great patriots. they hated each other, but loved america. they had nothing but the greatest designs for america's future. clay believes in the concentration of power in washington. whereas jackson believes the power should beÑi spread out amg the people as much as possible. in those days they would talk about strict construction. all the democrats were in favor of strict constitution. that is a republican phrase today. small government is a government phrase. >> we should really throw out the labels. what was the moment that led you to write a book about james polk? >> i love that question because it gives me an opportunity to note that this was not my idea. the idea came from my editorçó o is legendary in publishing circles as someone who loves and narrative history and his passion for american history. he asked me during a discussion i was having comment she said we will come up something -- what do you know about this mexican war? i said i love politics. give me a cou

franklin roosevelt, who was president for 12 years and passed away at the beginning of his fourth termwas at his high." for about 500 days. people tend to forget this. in not only wenth home to hyde park more than president bush went to his ranch in texas, he also went to warm springs, ga. which is the retreat he went to for the treatment of polio. if you put that in the number, those records are difficult to pin down, franklin rest of both -- franklin roosevelt was a way more than any other president. host: does he get the kind of criticism other presidents have gotten. he went away during wartime. the second world war and he is going off to warm springs and hyde park. diddy get the kind of criticism that other presidents have gotten? guest: he got some of a bid not nearly as much as today. people in those days gave support to the president because of the endless world crises, particularly in the war years. it was not the same media scrutiny. present roosevelt could get away from the white house with having -- without having an entourage reporters. he was out on a yacht or a boat or a

franklin roosevelt came into office with huge majorities. he had huge majorities in the senate and the house and the court was not in a popular position. it was blocking all of his reforms. he came up with the court packing plan that allowed him to appoint new justices on the court in order to get a court that would rule in his favor. even with his popularity, the country rose up against it and the plan did not get off the ground. the importance of having the court as an independent check of the other branches. >> today, with all of the visibility of the two other branches, the court is less known by the public than the other two branches. i would like to have you talk a bit about what people should understand about the will of this court -- the boalt -- the role of this court. >> they do not elect us. if they do not like what we are doing, it is more or less to bad totoo bad. the need to understand that when we reach a decision, it is based on the law and not a policy preference. if we reach an environmental decision that comes out in favor

his identifying with people who had suffered and who were locked out, almost in the way that franklin roosevelt's polio gave him a different degree. >> i have always felt that his embassy was natural, because like so many -- his empathy was natural. he knew what it was like to be damaged. he had tremendous identification of sympathy and a desire to improve the lives of those who had been damaged. do you agree with that? >> absolutely. he tells interesting stories about lbj and the fact that lbj had offered -- or bobby had offered to go and negotiate the vietnamese situation for lbj. had he done that, teddy says he would have then been so caught up in the peacemaking process that he would not have run for the primaries. he would not have been killed, possibly. on the other hand, he gives lbj much more credit than one would have imagined he would have for the extraordinary domestic achievements. he said it closest to fdr is lbj. lbj always like teddy. he understood him. the one thing that is fun, even though he has nice things to say about lbj and even reagan, and clinton had magnetism, carter does

franklin d. roosevelt, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. america's ideals and the world's ideas.not only in the heart and minds of our countrymen, but in the hearts and minds of millions of the world's people, in both free and oppressed who look to us for leadership. obama's ideals for a large extent with the ideals that underpin the activities of the nobel committee throughout 108 year history. to strengthen international institutions as much as possible. to reduce the importance of arms and open a the nuclear armaments altogether. to promote dialogue and negotiation, and in the last few years, take protective measures to meet the climate threat. looking at the history of the nobel peace prize, we have several examples of awards to persons or institutions that have achieved from the mental agreements or are the result that have stood the test of history. we will find at least as many efforts that have gone to those that tried to bring about from the changes in international politics, but the result was still unclear at the time when they received their awards. the prize game whe

when franklin roosevelt did the s.e.c. and the investments acts, those were good things. a lack rf regulation did cause these problems. we get to the bailout issue because the judiciary committee, frankly, copied the republican bill by saying you should choose chapter 11. the republican bill talks about chapter 14, the equivalent of chapter 11. here's what the judiciary language is subject to. s is subject to -- we're talking about the fund. yes. somebody could be put into chapter 11. but none of the money could be spent that's in the fund, raised not by taxpayers but by an assessment on page 399. the fund shall be available to the corporation to use with respect to the dissolution of a covered financial company to recover the costs incurred by the corporation. the fund shall not be used in any manner to benefit any officer or director of such company. it also then says on page 397, here's the fund,s the purpose of the fund. to facilitate and provide for the orderly and complete dissolution of any failed financial company or companies that pose a systemic threat to the ma

the 20th century president most like jackson's main rival was franklin roosevelt. both great patriots -- clay and jackson. they hated each other and loved america. they had nothing but the greatest designs for america's future. clay believe in the concentration of power in washington. whereas jackson believes that power should be diffuse and spread out among the people as much as possible. that would talk about street construction -- all the democrats were in favor of strict construction of the constitution does the republican race today. or small government, that is a to republican -- that is a republican phrase today. >> what was the moment that led you to write a book about james polk? >> it is an opportunity to note that this was not my idea. the idea came from my editor, simon and schuster, legendary publishing circles as someone who loves american history. she asked me during the discussion we were having, what i was coming up with some ideas for books which she was not particularly enamored of, she says, we will come up with something. what do you know about

that was not because franklin roosevelt convince them isolationism was bad. it was because they could see the policy was an abject failure. i think people who have not made up their minds about something, the debate can change, so what is the virtue of a free press. the virtue is that democracy is a very messy system, and the free press is a part of that system, and the system would be worse off if we did not contribute to it, but it is very difficult to say that we have made things better in a very specific way, and to the question about bias earlier, the problem with bias in my view is not that there is more of it, because there obviously is in the blogs and whatever, but most of that is harmless in the following sense. people know this is bias. nobody pretends that they are moderates, so most of the biases of front. it is like going to the grocery store and buying something with sugar or not. you can read it. there -- when people read it, it is the unconscious bias in what we decide. those are the most dangerous, and i think my view of of the danger of for

since the days of franklin roosevelt and our grandparents and great grandparents, our country has borne a special burden in global affairs. we have this bill american blood in many countries on multiple continents. -- we have spilled american blood in many countries on multiple continent. we spent our money to develop other countries. we have joined in the architecture of institutions from the united nations to nato to the world bank that provide for the common security and prosperity of human beings. we have not always been thanked for these efforts. and we have, at times, made mistakes. but more than any other nation, the united states of america has underwritten global security for over six decades, a time that for all its problems has seen walls come down and markets open and billions lifted from property, unparalleled of scientific progress and advancing frontiers of human liberty. for unlike the great powers of old, we have not sought world domination. our union was founded in resistance to oppression. we do not seek to occupy other nations. we will not claim another nation's reso

i recently listened to a wonderful lecture on the book on franklin roosevelt.bout changes in the news media. everything is moving to talk tv. fox news is just talk, talk, talk. in this nbc is talk, talk, talk. -- msnbc is talk, talk, talk. talk is cheap, investigative reporting is expensive. >> thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call the number on your screen. for free transcripts or give us comments on the program, visit us at qanda.org. >> next on c-span, the portrait unveiling for former senator trent lott and the u.s. capitol. at 8:00 eastern, interviews with supreme court justices antonin scalia and ruth later ginsburg -- bader ginsburg. >> later on c-span, a look ahead at the future with vladimir prudent and his call-in show. -- putin and his call-in show. the creator avi segway and co- creator of guitar hero. >> mr. lott was joined by former president bill clinton, former house speaker newt gingrich, and senate majority le

years ago roosevelt called them malifactors of great wealth and franklin d. roosevelt called them the economic royalists that have enslaved america. franklin and teddy roosevelt backed up their words with deeds. what obama needs to do is to demand anti-trust laws be applied to the biggest banks and they be broken up so no bank is too big to fail and also the glass stiegle act be rez recollected. that separated investment banking from commercial banking and it should be resurrected. >> larry, britain has announced 50% tax on bank bonuses over 25,000 pounds. think we ought to do something like that? >> of course not. we ought not be meddling into what private businesses pay their executives any more than we should be in the housing business. micromanagement by government that can't even run a lemonade stand that got us into this problem in the first place. you know, secretary reich suggests that it's a good thing that we somehow not let banks be a certain size. when something gets to be a certain size and becomes awkward and unmanageable it's going to collapse o

and it is that last freedom that franklin roosevelt talked about in december of 1941.deserving of our attention at these closing minutes. because whatever else one may argue about the specifics of this bill, it is that fear that some of our fellow citizens have of whether or not they will be confined with a health care crisis and have the resources to address it and the ability to have a doctor, a physician, a health care provider, hospital, to provide them with that kind of health when they need it. that there is not just for those who are without health care, even for those who have health care, insurance. that fear persists. and so this evening more than anything else, beyond the specifics of the legislation in front of us, is our desire to address that freedom, that freedom from fear, that was addressed so eloquently almost 70 years ago. so this evening, we attempt anyway to begin that journey of eliminating those fears that summary of our fellow citizens have over the walls of the inability of acquired a kind of health insurance or the ability to have a doctor. on

it is that last freedom that franklin roosevelt talked about in december of 1941 that is deserving of our attention at these closing minutes. whatever else one may argue about the specifics of this bill it is that fear that so many of our fellow citizens have over whether or not they will be confronted with a health care crisis and have the resources to address it and the ability to have a doctor, a physician, a health care provider, a hospital to provide them with that kind of help when they need it. that fear is not just for those who are without health care, even for those who have health care insurance. that fear persists. this evening, more than anything else, beyond the specifics of the legislation in front of us is our desire to address that freedom, that freedom from fear that was addressed so eloquently almost 70 years ago. so this evening we attempt anyway to begin that journey of eliminating those fears that so many of our fellow citizens have over the loss or the inability to acquire the kind of health insurance or the ability to have a doctor. so we're poised to make a mo

reagan, and the 20th century president who was most like jackson's great rival, henry clay, was franklin roosevelt. they were both great patriots, you know, clay and jackson -- they hated each other but they loved america. and they had nothing but the greatest designs for american, america's future. but clay believed in the concentration of power in washington on behalf of all those aims and goals, whereas jackson believed that power should be diffuse and spread out among the people as much as possible, so that in those days they would talk about strict construction. all the democrats in those days were in favor of a strict construction of the constitution. that's a republican phrase today, or small government, that's a republican phrase. >> so we should really throw out the labels and try to compare them. >> start over, yes, yes. >> what was the moment that led you to write a book about james knox polk? >> well, i love that question because it gives me an opportunity to note that this was not my idea. the idea came from my editor at simon & schuster, alice mayhew, who is legendary in publishing c

norman talks about a social compact as if we did not have one prior to franklin roosevelt when fact we. it is called the constitution. it includes the 10th amendment which says all power is not specifically given did not given specifically to the federal government are given to the people. the healthcare bill is a nuclear bomb for that. secondly, i am fascinated when i hear people like norman say, the frame progressive policies as positive. it is not positive, norman, to give the american people less freedom. freedom. @@@@ and have tens of thousands of them dying every year through lack of health care, so we heard that argument again so security, unemployment insurance, medicare, medicaid, about the 10th amendment and states preserving rights not specifically given by the federal government. but in point of fact, we take for granted now some of the things people fought for and against what fdr called the economic royalists and the conservatives of the day. it is not really a matter of left versus right. one of the good things is that we can talk about more than two sides to an argument

caller: good morning. çiñ2ipt%9-:uz need to do what franklin roosevelt did.amendment that is going up against this legislation that was passed in regards to regulation. they want to restore a glass stiegel, the banking act of 1933 when we separated commercial banking and investment banking. basically, these too big to fail institutions wouldn't have gotten that way if we had not ignore that policy and repealed in 1999. larry summers was the chief lobbyist to get that done and he is obama economic adviser. obama need to act like' true democrat like franklin roosevelt in the banking crisis. host:Ñi you think that is a more effective route and was passed yesterday? caller: definitely. caller: these people are supposed to help the economy and not enrich themselves ridiculously. Ñihost: what do you mean it does not go far enough? 5(kcaller: the need to put thee people in a situation where the making reasonable amount of money. considering how much they actually do, they said around and said buy and sell and they do not do something that takes a great they go to

what comes to mind is joe kennedy who said the reason that franklin roosevelt picked him is because het on the lecture circuit is because he has adopted top issues already. [laughter] -- dodged enough shoes already. i think he has done a great regard in the economy. guest: obama has worked at it very hard. that is what counts. i don't think the other guy worked as should as he shhave. when you look at the expense of these two guys, they are not dissimilar. george bush was a governor for a state for a while and obama has been a center for a short time they are really very much the same peri. george bush had his father's example to follow. there were some notions that got him into problems. host: during binocular -- during the inauguration address, he talked about policies. >> this is the journey we continue to de. we remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on earth rid our workers are less productive than when this crisis began. our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services are no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. our capacity remains undimin

this month, 69 years ago, franklin roosevelt outlined freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedomand the freedom from fear. one of the great fears americans have lived with for generations is the fear that their child or a loved one will be hit with an illness for which they cannot receive treatment because they cannot afford it, and cannot see a doctor because they cannot afford it. this bill does not guarantee will not get sick. it does not guarantee you will not die. all it guarantees is if you are a fellow citizen of ours who is ill, you will never again have a fear that you'll end up losing your home, your job, your retirement, or the savings. that rational freedom all americans have. the bill frees americans from the fear that if they lose their job, they will not be denied insurance. freeze americans from the fear that if they get sick, they will not be able to afford treatment. it frees american from the fear that one accident will cost him everything. as a nation founded on freedom and sustained by prosperity, this bill is long overdue and critically important. this cause

norman talks about a social compact as if we did not have one prior to franklin roosevelt when fact we. it is called the constitution. it includes the 10th amendment which says all power is not specifically given did not given specifically to the federal government are given to the people. the healthcare bill is a nuclear bomb for that. secondly, i am fascinated when i hear people like norman say, the frame progressive policies as positive. it is not positive, norman, to give the american people less freedom. this country is about freedom. you guys on the left keep taking it away from us. guest: it is not really positive to have children in emergency rooms right now around the country will die without health care. is not positive to have 45 million people in the country without any health insurance whatsoever. we heard that argument against social security and unemployment insurance. medicare and medicaid. about the 10th amendment and states reserving rights. but in one of fact we take for granted now some of the things people fought for against what fdr called the economics royalists

and in the 20th century america, especially after the ascension of franklin delano roosevelt, the closest counterpart to these forces was the democratic party. conversely, the political right seemed to represent an american version of a conservative forces in europe which had always opposed equal rights for jews. it made perfect sense then for jews to align themselves with the left and to keep their distance from the right, where they were in any case unwelcome. but then something momentous happened. that began to rub his political commitments to the sense they had always made. this momentous event was the six day war of 1967. to be sure, even before 1967, and the decades following the end of world war ii, jews are themselves getting more and more out of political step with the other white members of the roosevelt coalition. the attachments of these non-jewish ethnic religious groups to the democrats were steadily declining in direct proportion to the improvement in the economic and social conditions. but not the jews your the substantial majority of whom kept on voting for the democratic

some think that i'm talking about franklin roosevelt, i'm talking about theodore roosevelt. the filibuster we have seen here now and it's been going on for weeks it about defenders of the status quo. each must make a choice in this body, fear or hope. stick with the broken status quo or embrace bold change with all of its uncertainties. now the other side's saying, well, what about this? and what's going to happe happe? you know, mr. president, i keep talking about this bill we're as iaswe'repassing. it's not like the 10 commandments written in stone. so there are uncertainties in the future. the future is uncertain. but what we can do is lay down a good start towards bringing people into a health insurance system. stopping some of the most horrible practices of the health insurance industry. moving us towards a more health care system rather than a sick care system. so, yeah, there are uncertainties. but we know one thing, the certainty of the status quo leads to too many people not having any kind of health care whatsoever. leads to people dying younger than they should be

it goes back to when president franklin roosevelt sent the dollar a llama, who was a little boy at theow the phases of the moon. it was a wonderful gift of friendship and his holiness to the swatch with them when he left of that in 1959, and he told us earlier this morning that he had his watch, and it was a pocket watch, and he had it in his the equivalent of a pocket when he received the congressional gold a little. he received the medal from president bush. so from one president to another, bipartisan, over the generations, the bonds of the united states and the bonds of friendship between the united states and his holiness and the tibetan people are strong and durable as ever. u.s. presidents, members of congress, and the american people continue to be inspired by his holiness' message of peace, not violence, human rights, and religious understanding. we can all learn from him. when we had a delegation that visited him in india last year and we were being particularly stirred up about our concerns about what is happening in tibet, his holiness advised them, particularly me, to rid

spinnaker when to paraphrase franklin delano roosevelt -- [booing] [laughter] [inaudible] >> you only have one thing to fear, nancy pelosi and harry reid. [cheers and applause] what an unbelievable process over the last few weeks, a display of true evidence, blatant disregard for what the american people want. ladies and gentlemen, we see you as the calvary. [cheers and applause] we see this movement around the country of the american people saying enough is enough. [cheers and applause] the reality is this isn't about health care and truly. it's really not about budgets. it's about power. and nancy pelosi and harry reid want all the power consolidated in this building. in this town, in their hands and not in your hands. [booing] this issue, healthcare, happens to be the opportunity for the american people to take power back in their hands. to make sure every parent, that every parent in america has the opportunity for their children to inherit from them an opportunity to succeed. ladies and gentlemen if we continue to spend money, if we continue to borrow money, if we continue to run

it is that last freedom that franklin roosevelt talked about in december of 1941 that is deserving ofion at these closing minutes. whatever else one may argue about the specifics of this bill it is that fear that so many of our fellow citizens have over whether or not they will be confronted with a health care crisis and have the resources to address it and the ability to have a doctor, a physician, a health care provider, a hospital to provide them with that kind of help when they need it. that fear is not just for those who are without health care, even for those who have health care insurance. that fear persists. this evening, more than anything else, beyond the specifics of the legislation in front of us is our desire to address that freedom, that freedom from fear that was addressed so eloquently almost 70 years ago. so this evening we attempt anyway to begin that journey of eliminating those fears that so many of our fellow citizens have over the loss or the inability to acquire the kind of health insurance or the ability to have a doctor. so we're poised to make a monumental vo

the fact is that this wasn't easy for franklin roosevelt when he tried to do it, mr. president. it wasn't easy for harry truman when he tried to do it. it wasn't easy for bill clinton when he tried to do it, and some of us were here and tried with him, and we understand how difficult it is. but you don't sound retreat. you don't ignore history and say we're going to be better off by giving in to 40 people who are trying to destroy a presidency and simply can't stand the fact that there are 60 votes here and there's a president who's got an agenda to fix these things, so the best thing they can do is try to stand up and stop it. some of our progressive friends have said we, you know, because it doesn't have the public option, we ought to do that. you know what it does have, even though it doesn't have a public option? it has a not-for-profit structure that has the ability to be able to drive some competition. we don't have that today. is that not worth fighting for here on the senate floor and putting into this bill? again, i say, my friend howard dean wrote in "the washington po

when you talk about socialism, these are the same arguments that were held when franklin roosevelt and members of this same body on the democratic side of the aisle came forward to respond to the crisis in that generation and there's no difference here today. oftentimes when we have had great debates and people get heated in the call of the debates, when there is no other point, you can always rely on socialism or communism. no, what this is is good old americanism. this is the most severe financial crisis since the depression. and it requires this congress to step forward with the intelligence and the sobermindedness to respond. this isn't socialism. this is good old-fashioned, free-enterprise americanism. let me talk about one of the major issues, that this is not an end to bailout. this is an end to taxpayer bailout, to protect the american economy and american taxpayers from ever, ever again having to pay for a bailout. we don't know what the future holds in terms of ups and downs. this is not a socialist system. this is a free enterprise system. and that means we're going to be go

franklin roosevelt came in and said the reason we have a stock market crash is because there were no referees. and under his leadership we created a lot of referees. very frankly, for 60 or 70 years they kept this country pretty much on track. we got way off track. and very frankly, my friends, when you wring your hands about the cost of this referee, called the consumer financial protection agency, this referee i don't accept the cost that you use, but let's say there is a significant cost, let's say it's a couple of billion dollars. you say $4 billion. let's say for the sake of argument, a couple billion. pales into incision in the $1.5 trillion that we have borrowed to get this country out of the deep, deep, deep hole caused by the failure to regulate properly. . and it wasn't the rich guys on wall street that paid that price, it was every one of our taxpayers that paid that price. so when you talk about cost, the cost of doing nothing, the cost of not having a referee on the field, skews the game so badly that the little guys, the guys who sent us here, the guys who asked to us p

the march was canceled after president franklin roosevelt issued order 8802 which called for an end to discrimination. mr. randolph's nonviolent efforts led to the signing of another executive order on july 26, 1948, signed by president truman to ban discrimination in the armed forces. in addition to these accomplishments, mr. randolph was an active participant in a number of organizations and causes, including the leadership conference on civil rights and the workman's circle. he also frmed -- formed the a. philip randolph institute to study the causes of poverty. mr. randolph has been called the towering civil rights figure of the period in which he lived. the dean of american civil rights leaders and among the first leadership of the labor movement he fought for more than a half century on behalf of the poor and deprived, securing rights not just for black workers but for employees of all races and nationalities. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolutionened i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman fro

god of peace and justice, 68 years ago today from this chamber, president franklin roosevelt asked congress for the permission to respond to terror inflicted on our country in pearl harbor the previous day. sadly, lord god, terror continues today. individuals, groups of individuals and even some nation states imagine terror, prepare for terror and conspire for terror. however, the necessity to protect innocent people, the right of communities to live in peace, the expectation that people can live with differences and in harmony remain deep desires for americans and for many others of good will. guide our nation with right judgment and courage, encourage all who labor for an end to terror. we shall never see seeking your inspiration and our endeavors to work for peace and justice. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, congressman sestak. mr. sestak: i ask

you know, it was in the 1930's when visionary political leaders like franklin delano roosevelt said, there is no reason why rural america should be in the dark. rural like that, an idea conceived when the united states was in a depression. now, some people who think that bold action can only be taken when things are good economically, they have to contend with the fact that bold action was taken when we had a depression in the 1930's. bold action like rural electric try fix. it brightened up rural communities all over the united states. we had put up the telephone lines all across this country so that you can turn on and flick on a light in rural america. what it did is absolutely improve the economic viability of rural america. people no longer had to move into the crowded city when they could do their business in the rural areas. this is important to bear in mind. it is critical to bear in mind that critical jobs and infrastructure have been built in america even during times of economic downturn. very important. community infrastructure programs creating over one million jobs at t

norman talks about a social compact as if we did not have one prior to franklin roosevelt when fact weed the constitution. it includes the 10th amendment which says all power is not specifically given did not given specifically to the federal government are given to the people. the healthcare bill is a nuclear bomb for that. secondly, i am fascinated when i hear people like norman say, the frame progressive policies as positive. it is not positive, norman, to give the american people less freedom. this country is about freedom. you guys on the left keep taking it away from us. guest: it is not really positive to have children in emergency rooms right now around the country will die without health care. is not positive to have 45 million people in the country without any health insurance whatsoever. we heard that argument against social security and unemployment insurance. medicare and medicaid. about the 10th amendment and states reserving rights. but in one of fact we take for granted now some of the things people fought for against what fdr called the economics royalists of the day.

his identifying with people who had suffered and who were locked out, almost in the way that franklin roosevelt's polio gave him a different degree. >> i have always felt that his embassy was natural, because like so many -- his empathy was natural. he knew what it was like to be damaged. he had tremendous identification of sympathy and a desire to improve the lives of those who had been damaged. do you agree with that? >> absolutely. he tells interesting stories about lbj and the fact that lbj had offered -- or bobby had offered to go and negotiate the vietnamese situation for lbj. had he done that, teddy says he would have then been so caught up in the peacemaking process that he would not have run for the primaries. he would not have been killed, possibly. on the other hand, he gives lbj much more credit than one would have imagined he would have for the extraordinary domestic achievements. he said it closest to fdr is lbj. lbj always like teddy. he understood him. the one thing that is fun, even though he has nice things to say about lbj and even reagan, and clinton had magnetism, carter does

obviously, no matter where you might stand on the political spectrum, people would say well franklin roosevelt had a tough hand. but they probably agree at the end of the day. he was a great president. ronald reagan was handed a difficult hand. and people would say he was a great president. do you see -- do you see barack obama as being a great president, an average president, or a poor president? let's go around. john? >> poor. >> ok. >> average. >> great. >> great. >> average. >> well, like every other president, only history can determine that. >> i know. i recognize that, but you're just -- you're projecting out on the basis of what you've seen -- >> average -- >> no, but i mean, you're projecting, you know, how -- what? he'll be an average president. >> i would have to say average. average. >> great, i hope. >> ok. >> average. >> great. >> i'd say great. >> ok. >> and the reason the people who say he's going to be a great president, why? >> he's trying. >> what? >> he's trying. >> he's not sitting down. he's putting his blood, sweat and tears into everything. he's not being arrogant about

since the days of franklin roosevelt, and the service and sacrifice of our grandparents and great grandparents, our country has bourn a special burden. we have spilled american blood on many countries in multiple continents. we have spent our revenues to help others rebuild. we have joined with others to develop an architecture of institutions from the united nations to nato to the world bank for the prosperity of human beings. we have not always been thanked for these efforts. and we have at times made mistakes. but more than any other nation, the united states of america has underwritten global security for over six decades. a time that for all of its problem has seen walls come down, and markets open, and billions lifted from poverty, unparalleled scientific progress in advancing frontiers of human liberty. for unlike the great powers of old, we have not sought world domination. own union was founded in resistance to oppression. we do not seek to occupy other nations. we will not claim another nations resources, or target other peoples because their faith or ethnicity is different from ours

we need to be inspired by the past history that spoke to us, the years of franklin roosevelt when a c.c.c. and a works program a w.p.a., were developed and they built this nation and it responded infrastructure wise to the needs of communities across this country, coast-to-coast. we have a pioneer spirit of which i spoke that was centered in the milltowns along the stretch of the erie canal that gave a west ward movement that brought itself first to ohio, our neighbors to the west, then inspired an entire world. we created product designs and invention and innovation that drove a wonderful agenda. so our hearts are full of a pioneer spirit. it's the american way to solve problems. that's truly the american spirit and we can do it with a great agenda here. representative sutton, it's been wonderful to be able to join you this evening and work with you side by side on the task force for creating jobs. we have a voice that will resonate on behalf of working families in this nation and we'll talk about taking that curve and swinging it upward so it's not a flat line in the lives of people. wh

read what they say when franklin roosevelt set up the s.e.c. we believe there should be regulation.we were told to leave it to the markets. leave it to a.i.g. to sell whatever credit default swaps. leave it to people unregulated to sell subprime mortgages to people who shouldn't have them, leave it to the rating agencies to say, hey, those are great deals or buy them or insure them. do nothing about executive compensation. do nothing about a salary structure that incentivizes excessive risk don't let the share holders have a say. one of my colleagues say, there is a bailout fund. he talks about it as if there was a reality. there was the tarp bill in october, which the bush administration said -- as a result of the lack of regulation, we were in a terrible crisis. we in this bill end those. the authority that the federal reserve, george bush's appointees to the federal reserve, to give money to a.i.g., that's abottle issued in our bill. it will no longer allow them to do what they did what bear stearns, but allow a facility to set up to provide for some liquidity for some solvent in

i do believe that those who established the social security program, franklin roosevelt, distinguished members of congress, including sam rayburn, francis perkins at the secretary of labor, that that generation would be appalleded by how we use -- appall by how we use social security funds in this -- aballed by how we use social security -- appalled by how we use social security funds. mr. coffman: thank you, congresswoman lummis. i think there is a fear of the american people as well as some of us in congress that are here tonight discussing this issue and that is that the health reform bill that is past the house and they're debating iterations of it over in the united states senate, that both versions, the one that's being debated in the senate that we're aware of, and that which was passed in the how it's, plants the seeds for -- house, plants the seeds for new entitlements. so i think the american people are distrust. they know what government promised in terms of what the impact of social security would be. they can remember what the impact of what medicare would be and how explo

it goes back to when president franklin roosevelt sent the dollar a llama, who was a little boy at the -- sent the dollar and obama, who was a little boy at the time, a watch live show the phases of the moon. it was a wonderful gift of friendship and his holiness to the swatch with them when he left of that in 1959, and he told us earlier this morning that he had his watch, and it was a pocket watch, and he had it in his the equivalent of a pocket when he received the congressional gold a little. he received the medal from president bush. so from one president to another, bipartisan, over the generations, the bonds of the united states and the bonds of friendship between the united states and his holiness and the tibetan people are strong and durable as ever. u.s. presidents, members of congress, and the american people continue to be inspired by his holiness' message of peace, not violence, human rights, and religious understanding. we can all learn from him. when we had a delegation that visited him in india last year and we were being particularly stirred up about our concerns about

it was the right thing for franklin delano he roosevelt. -- franklin delano roosevelt.it's the right thing. it's always been the right thing. a war is a war. a war is not a crime. and you don't bring your enemies to a courthouse. [applause] >> come away from this with one thing today. the people who made this decision are not your rulers. the people who made this decision are your representatives. the justice department isn't eric holder's. the american government isn't barack obama's. the government and that courthouse belong to you. [cheers and applause] >> this decision doesn't have to stand. but we'll have to be strong to change it. and that means we have to light a fire under congress 'cause guess what? they work for you, too. congress is the master of the jurisdiction of the federal courts. if they don't want this trial to happen, if they vote against this trial happening, it can happen. but they won't change unless they hear you. are they going to hear you? thank you so much for coming out under these conditions. it's an honor to be here with you. and let's get t

franklin roosevelt came in and said the reason we have a stock market crash is because there were no referees. and under his leadership we created a lot of referees. very frankly, for 60 or 70 years they kept this country pretty much on track. we got way off track. and very frankly, my friends, when you wring your hands about the cost of this referee, called the consumer financial protection agency, this referee i don't accept the cost that you use, but let's say there is a significant cost, let's say it's a couple of billion dollars. you say $4 billion. let's say for the sake of argument, a couple billion. pales into incision in the $1.5 trillion that we have borrowed to get this country out of the deep, deep, deep hole caused by the failure to regulate properly. . and it wasn't the rich guys on wall street that paid that price, it was every one of our taxpayers that paid that price. so when you talk about cost, the cost of doing nothing, the cost of not having a referee on the field, skews the game so badly that the little guys, the guys who sent us here, the guys who asked to us p

since the days of franklin roosevelt and our grandparents and great grandparents, our country has borne a special burden in global affairs. we have this bill american blood in many countries on multiple continents. -- we have spilled american blood in many countries on multiple continent. we spent our money to develop other countries. we have joined in the architecture of institutions from the united nations to nato to the world bank that provide for the common security and prosperity of human beings. we have not always been thanked for these efforts. and we have, at times, made mistakes. but more than any other nation, the united states of america has underwritten global security for over six decades, a time that for all its problems has seen walls come down and markets open and billions lifted from property, unparalleled of scientific progress and advancing frontiers of human liberty. for unlike the great powers of old, we have not sought world domination. our union was founded in resistance to oppression. we do not seek to occupy other nations. we will not claim another nation's reso