and franklin roosevelt would sometimes encourage people to write in his fireside chats and eleanor roosevelt had a newspaper column, and the level, some 15 million letters that were preserved from the general public. this is a rate far, far higher than any other time in american history. >> how many did you go through? >> i want to about 15,000. it's a small percentage of the total but it was about all i could handle. i think is a very good sample and. >> you kept the vernacular, and so the spelling is captured, the same structure. how did you capture for modern readers such things as writing on paper bags and the like? >> well, i don't point that out for each individual letter like what it was written on or in pencil or pen or whatever. but i talking introduction about how many of them were written this way. >> did you change as a result of reading these letters? >> i think so. i am -- it's been five years now. >> i often think about what the things were that kind of shaped me. i mention my parents before. my mother, although she was not college educated, was a lover of history and constant

and even when you see franklin roosevelt coming in, in 1933, with a solid democratic congress house and senate you see america never moves into the league of nations. it wasn't just harding, coolidge, and hoover but it was also roosevelt who never went about that even though you came up with his league of nations 2.0, the united nations, in 1945. coolidge did favor u.s. participation in the world court. he avoided threat of war. there was a possibility of war with mexico. there was very bad feelings with that country at that point. he avoided that. and restored good relations with that. he withdrew u.s. troops from nicaragua and was the first president to personally attend the conference of inter-american states in havana. beyond that, there was a five-power naval treaty, very important the daws plan, who became his vice president for german reparations and there was the kellogg-brand act to outlaw war as an instrument of international foreign policy. so you see a lot of things going on there. he did -- he actually vetoed the mcnairy hoggin act which was for farm aid and i think he did

>> a former deputy chief speech writer for president bill clinton recalls franklin roosevelt's confrontation with the u.s. supreme court who objected to vital atlanta else of his new deal legislation. the new york historical society is the host of this event and lasts about an hour. >> greetings, fellow dead heads. so your favorite album is what? no. hello everyone. it's great to be here with my pal, jeff and his terrific book. i mean, like really great book. and you know, timing is everything in life. i'm going to not talk a lot, but i want to tell one little story. i went to college with a woman who later went to work for the "wall street journal," and then as far as we could tell, like disappeared from the face of the earth and she was supposedly writing this book and no one had heard from her, no one knew what she was going to do, you know, whether this book was ever going to come back. years passed, years passed. finally in the spring of 1990, this book comes out. the book comes out, the week anita hill testifies before the senate judiciary committee and my friend was susan falutey, and

at one point over the course of this fight, felix frankfurter advises franklin roosevelt to take the country to school. he wanted to educate the public about the court, about its power and the effects of its decisions. that's something that roosevelt very much took to heart. and i think it's something that really every president should take to heart. and i want to be clear, i wasn't implying that president obama shouldn't engage in a similar discussion. it's important that the staff members it's the kind of out and owl political brawl they have with john boehner or mitch mcconnell. this is a different thing and they need to proceed with caution and they should call attention to what the court is doing absolutely. >> i courage everyone to buy "supreme power" and i thank you. [applause] >> for more information visit westwingwriter.org. >> a history professor profiles the economic thinkers who champion the theory of supply-side economics and whose ideas were put into practice during the 1980s. this is a half hour event. >> now that the main course has been served, it's time to introduce

that this was, franklin roosevelt's idea. and that he convinced american military planners staff officers, secret war planners to go along with him. i learned, there's a chapter about this in this book, that this was not so, that the american military and staff planners thought the same thing. they did not have to be convinced by franklin roosevelt. and that was the right strategy, in spite of its relative unpopularity among the american people. jeremy had to be defeated first. the defeat of japan is going to come soon afterwards, consequently. but you see, as i told you, germany, they thought the very end, the germans fought seven or eight days even after berlin fell and hitler killed himself. i mean, this was an enormous thing. i repeat to you, 80 million people with resources, industrial resources, that were much smaller than that of the russian and the american and british empires combined. and it took six years. but what i'm always interested is not only what happens in the military or industrial field, but what people t

. >> well, i think that there's a sort of mixed idea about franklin roosevelt and his posture towards african-americans. i think on the one hand, in his heart, he was in the racial love and justice, but the policies he created and enforced have to be supported by high to be contingent in congress. and the real legislation, structural legislation would it change the political and economic as african-americans would never quite achieve. on the other hand, franklin roosevelt and certainly his wife, eleanor, were very conscience of the need to reach out to the african american community to embrace the democratic voters and to acknowledge that america had changed, certainly in terms of the quality and he made a democratic hearty. and eleanor, in particular, really to dishonestly caching project and a lot of franklin's ideas came from the suggestions of his wife and her connections as well. >> well, perhaps the answer is mixed, but let me ask you on the part of the president himself, how much a his support and endorsement of these programs reach out to african-americans was more on ethical

woodrow wilson and franklin roosevelt talked about the inch indications. but it's mckinley who walked us over the bridge to make us is 20th century global power that we were. >> we are here live at the "los angeles times" book festival. it's held on the grounds of ucla in the west l.a. area. and, in fact, the c-span bus is also here. and they are handing out book bags. so if you happen to be in the area, you want to come down and get a book bag, come on down and see us. next call for tim naftali comes from west hanover, new hampshire. good afternoon. >> good day, tim. it looks like you're enjoying yourselves. we've got a little rain here. a general comment and then a question for you there. first of all, i'm currently reading the chalmers johnson trilogy. he's position a lot of on research on militarism and his books are very well corroborated and documented and i understand well what you mean about having the documentation. but if you're really interested and questioning what's going on and his books are well documented. with regard to the presidential im

some of them were best sellers in the '50s and '60s if they disagree wrote history the way franklin roosevelt wanted it to have written. and i had endorsements from pat moynihan and it did get reviewed in "the new york times" and in "the washington post" who the '60s radicals have all the right ideas and we should have turned the country over and it never really accomplished much. one of the things i tried to do and the new deal narrative of the 1930's did not go the way the new deal historians would have us believe. if you go back to the public opinion poll from its infancy you find most americans were against the size of government and wanted it reduced and government regulations and taxes were choking off jobs and development that labor unions whiff about the second term of 39 was a day losing momentum as the data suggest that if there had not been the 1940 election held on domestic policy issues probably the republicans would have one which had given us a different set of five straight democratic victories, we would had had a more ordinary sequence had that not happen to if roosevelt was

franklin roosevelt, 1940. mr. president, i have chosen this line to open this new session of the united states senate because the wisdom in parts is as relevant today as it was 67 years ago -- this wisdom -- because the wisdom it in parts -- imparts is as relevant today as it was 67 years ago. people do not want more partisan rancor. we stand today at the cusp of a new congress, ready to write a new chapter in our country's great future. it is a time of hope and promise for our nation. the elections are over, and the next senate campaigns have yet to begin. today, we are not candidates. [gavel] >> please, let us have order in the senate. the majority leader is speaking, and he should be heard. thank you. majority leader? >> today, mr. president, we are not we we are united states senators. we 100 are from different states. we 100 represent different people. we 100 represent different political parties, but we share the same mission, keeping our country safe and providing a government that allows people to enjoy th

president franklin roosevelt once said that the only limit to our relationization of the world will be our dots of today. let us move forward with a strong and active faith. and i say let us work together with a strong and active faith in order to give our people the few ture days -- future days. thank you very much for your invitation. god bless america. viva, mexico. and applaud it. and that's all i have to say. host: here's akron, ohio. gus on your independent line. caller: jat called earlier saying this is an embarrassment to our country that we don't give states their proper representation and the fact that we have so many americans that are unemployed. host: thanks for the call. just as a reminder, if you don't turn your television, you will get a feedback. stockton, california, is next on our democrats' line. paul, hi, there. raul, sorry, go ahead. caller: i enjoyed the president from mexico. i thought he did a great job. i voted for obama and i still believe in him. i want to thank you guys for having the program. i enjoy it and i think the president did a good job, both presid

>> no, absolutely not accept i do have my campaign button franklin roosevelt for ex-president. >> thanks very much for your time. >> in his book, "appetite for america," a journalism professor stephen fried recounts the life of fred harvey, one of the earliest innovators of the american hospitality industry. mr. harvey was the propriety of 65 restaurants and lunch counters along the santa fe railraod and several hotels from chicago to los angeles. the union station in kansas city missouri is the host of this talk it's about 50 minutes. >> this is the whirlwind two days of the national archives last night and we are here in this building i must say i have spent a lot of time the last six years in my brain in writing about the history of said harvey while he himself lived in leavenworth and the harvey company was spread from its peak from cleveland all the way to california in the second floor of kansas city union station was the absolute hobaugh fred harvey business. everything they saw about america that they took to people was for the kansas city view and before this business in the dep

there was a story about franklin roosevelt -- a funeral procession was moving and a man fell to his kneesn grief and another gentleman helped them to the feet and he said, did you know the president, and the first man said, no, but he knew me. and i think in his first year, with all of his successes -- and there were many -- barack obama did not yet give the american people a sense that he knew them and really understood their problems. it caused a lot of problems early on. host: this is the book. bowi maryland. democrat. guest: yes. i aa real fan of yours. i have been watching you cannot. -- watching you a lot. guest: thanks. caller: i want to know if most of the republicans hate obama because he is very educated and smart and they are just afraid of him? and another thing i wanted to ask you -- do you think the tea party are racist act of the things rand paul said yesterday, that he don't bieve in the civil rights part of it? guest: first of all, no, i don't think you can say most republicans believe this or that are most democrats. i am very careful to avoid those kinds of generalizati

but let me read, if i might just a couple of excerpts of what then-president franklin delano rooseveltsaid about our country and about what was needed to be done. because it has, i think significant application to today. here's franklin delano roosevelt, march 12 of 1933. he says -- quote -- "we had a bad banking situation. some of our bankers had shown themselves either incompetent or dishonest in their handling of the people's funds. they abused the money entrusted to them in speculation and unwise loans." this was, of course, not true for the vast majority of the banks, but it was true in enough of them to shock the people for a time into a sense of insecurity and put them into a frame of mind where they did not differentiate but seemed to assume the acts of a comparative few tainted them all. it was the government's job to straighten out this situation and do it as quickly as possible. and the job is being performed." this again from president franklin roosevelt in 1933. after all -- i'm quoting. he says "after all there is an element in the readjustment of our financial system mor

there was a story about franklin roosevelt -- a funeral procession was moving and a man fell to his knees in grief and another gentleman helped em to the feet and he said, did you know the president, and the first man said, no, but he knew me. and i think in his first year, with all of his successes -- and there were many -- barack obama did not yet give the american people a sense that he knew them and really understood their problems. it caused a lot of problems early on. host: this is the book. bowie, maryland. democrat. guest: yes. i am a real fan of yours. i have been watching you cannot. -- watching you a lot. guest: thanks. caller: i want to know if most of the republicans hate obama because is very educated and smart and they are just afraid of him? and another thing i wanted to ask you -- do you think the tea party are racist act of the things rand paul said yesterday, that he don't believe in the civil rights part of it? guest: first of all, no, i don't think you can say most republicans believe this or that are most democrats. i am very careful to avoid those kinds of generaliz

there was a story about franklin roosevelt -- a funeral procession was moving and a man fell to his knees in grief and another gentleman helped them to the feet and he said, did you know the president, and the first man said, no, but he knew me. and i think in his first year, with all of his successes -- and there were many -- barack obama did not yet give the american people a sense that he knew them and really understood their problems. it caused a lot of problems early on. host: this is the book. bowie, maryland. democrat. guest: yes. i am a real fan of yours. i have been watching you cannot. -- watching you a lot. guest: thanks. caller: i want to know if most of the republicans hate obama because he is very educated and smart and they are just afraid of him? and another thing i wanted to ask you -- do you think the tea party are racist act of the things rand paul said yesterday, that he don't believe in the civil rights part of it? guest: first of all, no, i don't think you can say most republicans believe this or that are most democrats. i am very careful to avoid those kinds of gene

in view of the president franklin roosevelt's 998 press conferences, why has president obama help molyle white house press conference since last july? >> let me ask you this, can i ask you just one question? >> you can ask me as many as you wish. >> excellent. i'm just going to ask one. when the president took eight questions from the members of the white house press corps at the nuclear security summit at the washington convention center, what would you call that? >> that was not a press conference. >> what would you call it? >> it was a select few. >> select few what? >> a select few reporters. it was not a white house press conference. that was my question. >> well, can i ask another question? one different leedy think the president would have done at the summit in taking the eight questions from members of the white house press corps that might have been demoted -- my hat trick your definition of a press conference? >> would be a wonderful thing if he had allowed all the reporters -- just it would be wonderful if you would allow these front row to questions and then go all the way

this special relationship and whether it is as solid today as it was in the days of president franklin roosevelt and prime minister winston churchill, or in the days of president ronald reagan and prime minister margaret thatcher. i am indeed concerned that some members in each of the three major british political parties have asserted a need to re-evaluate our special relationship, citing their perception that the united states has already begun to back away from its close relationship toward the united kingdom. i believe, however, mr. speaker, that the special nature of our relationship is not solely dependent on the level of camaraderie between our political leaders at any given time. it is, instead, based on the bedrock ideals of democracy, of economic liberty, and respect for the rule of law that we both share. as with all close allies, it is incumbent upon both parties to continually work to improve and to strengthen the relationship. i think that there is something of substance in our two countries irelationship, something based on those shared principles and cultural connections that end

they said that franklin roosevelt, i'm talking about the critics now, that he had syphilis in the brain. abraham lincoln was a monkey. thomas jefferson, they were going after the sally heming thing in real time in the early 1800's. so politics has always been a contact sport. and i think it's important for supporters of the president not to blame all the criticism, even when it's fierce and oftentimes untrue, to blame that criticism on racism. as he said, at one point, he said, look, i was black before i was elected. and the american people elected me anyway. i asked him, you know, about this a little bit. and i found in talking to some other folks, one day in the oval office, when health care was really in trouble, and he is asked by rahm emanuel, are you still feeling lucky, and he said, yeah, i'm feeling lucky. my name's barack obama hussein obama. and i'm sitting here in the oval office. so he actually has a lot of faith in the american people to see beyond race, to see beyond the normal slings and arrows, get out of that bubble. people don't care as much about what everybody's argu

president franklin roosevelt once said that the only limit to our relationization of the wld will be our dots of today. let us move forward with a strong and active faith. and i say let us work together with a strong and active fah in order to ge our people the few ture days -- future days. thank you very much for your invitation. god blesamerica. viva, mexico. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] the >> tonight, remarks from the british house of commons speaker. will also hear from the new british prime minister, david cameron, and the acting labour party leader. then the chancellor of the exchequer gives his nature -- gets his first major speech on the british economy. he talks about cutting public spending and reducing the corporate tax rate. that is tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> it just weeks after the british election which produce a new prime minister and coalition government, if queen elizabeth ii will formally announce her government's legislative agenda for the new legislature preeiew travel

of 1929, that is, and the great depression that followed, a crisis that johnson credits franklin delano rooseveltsolving. and where to commemorate him? this is the fdr drive in downtown lower manhattan. >> so, fdr really changed fundamentally the infrastructure of this country-- both physical infrastructure and the financial infrastructure-- and did a really good job. the country had a very good 50 years, but the physical infrastructure got a little bit overwhelmed and it needs rebuilding, to some degree. so does the financial infrastructure. it's the same point-- nothing lasts forever. fdr did a great job. we now have to go out and do it again. >> reporter: what's the financial infrastructure that he built? >> well, he really created a modern framework... legal framework that reigned in the big powerhouses on wall street. so he got the securities... two securities acts, with the glass- steagall banking restrictions as part of that. specifically, it said there is something called commercial banking, which is basically handling payments around the economy and making very simple loans to consumers

back in 1941 when franklin roosevelt created the uso, that's what those six stars stand for the in the local. organizations were brought together under an umbrella. we would love to partner. we just have to connect. we would love to help. >> thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentleman, that includes the question and answers portion. i would like to call upon sloan gibson. >> i am going to introduce a very short video. before i do that, i want to follow-up on one question that was asked about the tours that these guys go out on. i smile when mayra veronica was talking about the tour. general cartwright is known for putting together a very arduous tour. this is no picnic at all. the last tour that i went on was with the chairman. we did nine shows in 5 days in five countries. in one day, we left baghdad early, flew to do another show, packed up, flew to the western part of iraq and did another show. we did not finish until of was already dark, then flew to k show that dida not start until after 1:00. when i opened up the door to my container unit, i took three steps and realized i coul

presidency already put him in the league as such consequential president as lyndon johnson and franklin roosevelt. we want to get your thoughts on those headlines. we want to put the phone numbers up on the screen for you. we will get to your calls and responses in just a few minutes. we want to speak in little bit about this a foreign president coming to the white house. the senior national correspondent is on the phone. what is at stake for each side in this meeting today? what they looking to take out of it at the white house? >> just about one month ago, there was a war going on between the white house and president cars ikar carsza -- karzai. the rest was threatening to withdraw the trip altogether. but we are seeing is an attempt by the white house. the president arrived. and we have seen a lot of praise of what he has done no and negative comments about corruption and i think what we will see is president obama trying to reach out to him and reassure him that he has the support of the obama administration. >> take as a little bit deeper into why this is so important. what issues in particu

president franklin roosevelt once said that the only limit to our relationization of the world will be our dots of today. let us move forward with a strong and active faith. and i say let us work together with a strong and active faith in order to give our people the few ture days -- future days. thank you very much for your invitation. god bless america. viva, mexico. >> now the swearing in of the newest member of the house of representatives, mark kris. crits. -- mark fritz. -- mark crits. will representative-elect critz please raise his right hand? do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear truth faith and allegiance to the sam that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? mr. critz: i do. the speaker: congratulations. you are now a member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pe

president franklin roosevelt once said that the only limit to our relationization of the world will beur dots of today. let us move forward with a strong and active faith. and i say let us work together with a strong and active faith in order to give our people the few ture days -- future days. thank you very much for your invitation. god bless america. viva, mexico. >> now the newest member of the house of representatives. he won a special collection tuesday to replace congressman jack murtha who died earlier this year . nancy pelosi administered the oath of office youto him. . . will all members please rise? will representative-elect critz please raise his right hand? do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear truth faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservations or purpose of evasioand that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? mr. cr

president franklin roosevelt imposed structural regulations on utilities in 1935.e courts split at&t into a group of regional bells. that worked for business. that worked for the country as a whole. in all these cases, size was detrimental to the marketplace. now these mega banks have grown so large they control the fate of our economy. the large banks have effectively become huge securities and derivatives trading operations drafted on top of commercial banks. now they're using thaeurl trading businesses, neglecting other businesses. ask people in hanover, ask people in mans field, ask people in throed or shelby -- in toledo or shelby, ohio and they'll tell you they can't get the credit they need, manufacturing and other kinds of small businesses. these large banks too often put a virtual freeze on lending to small businesses despite receiving a taxpayer bailout. three of the largest banks slashed their s.b.a. lending by 86% from 2008 to 2009. in ohio, s.b.a.-backed loans went from $4,200 in 2007 to $2,100 in 2009. i've heard from manufacturers and entrepreneurs f

thank two for an article i was reading years ago that had part of this "in it -- i quote from franklin roosevelt was campaigning for his first term as president. captures the attitude that i think needs to be adopted going into the period of health reform. the bottom line here is, but above all, try something. and i think we really need to keep that mine is we think about innovation payment and health-care delivery. it also contains an acknowledgement that needs to be borne in mind. we need to keep moving toward improved health care delivery. even if everything we do with that intent does not necessarily succeed the way we would like it. what other problems that we're facing? we have fragmented care, we of a lack of coordination, and health-care delivery, we have variable quality across parts of the country, across facilities, and we have high and rapidly growing costs. that is not a recipe that sounds very tasty to us, especially in this era of health reform. our goals are to create the right incentives to increase accountability for patient care at corms and resource use. to provide rewards fo

explained to the previous caller, the reason it never worked that way is because if you are franklin rooseveltn 1935 and hes in wanted to provide money right away to people, there is no fund. if you wanted to start the program right away, which said they did, you had to go with a pay-as-you-go program. fund.e just never was a after 1982 with the greenspan commission looking ahead and seeing that the baby boomers are coming, and that will cause a problem, because this long string of thing, this generational snake -- there is a pig in there and that will cause problems in the years when the baby boomers are heading towards retirement. so let's increase the social security tax so that we are building up a fund. they sort of the top -- they sort of built up a fund, but it was the government, at the same time and they were borrowing money. the social security fund lent the money to the government so that the government would not have to go out and borrow it from someone else. the government borrows it from the left pocket to put it in the right pocket. but it never went away. the iou is still there

. >> franklin delano roosevelt. he was the hero of our household while i was growing up.y parents were immigrants. times were very tough for our family in wichita, kansas. he pulled us out of the depression. that was on my mind when i voted for the stimulus package -- to avoid another 1929 depression. as president roosevelt took on the tough times, very much as i took on the tea party gang. i cover everyone in pennsylvania almost every year. when i started out last august, i was met with 1000 people, led by the tea party gang. one person approached me and said, got is going to stand before you. -- god is going to stand before you. i think it requires someone who is a stand-up guy to beat the former congressman. i beat him six years ago. i can beat him again. a very overarching issue in how you select the democratic nominee is who can beat that candidate? he has a lot of money. the tea party gang is energized. where was the congressman in august when i was out in town meetings facing the tea party gang? she had one town meeting at a friendly church -- he had one town meeti

explained to the previous caller, the reason it never worked that way is because if you are franklin roosevelt in 1935 and hes in wanted to provide money right away to people, there is no fund. if you wanted to start the program right away, which said they did, you had to go with a pay-as-you-go program. fund.just never was a after 1982 with the greenspan commission looking ahead and seeing tha the baby boomers are coming, and that will cause a problem, because this long string o thing, this generational snake -- there is a pig in there and that will cause problems in the years when the baby boomers are heading towards retirement. so let's increase the social security tax so that we are building up a fund. they sort of the top -- they sort of built up a fund, but it was the government, at the same time and they were borrowing money. the social security fund lent e money to the government so that the government would not have to go out and borrow it from someone else. the government borrows it from the left pocket to put it in the right pocket. but it never went away. the iou is still there. in

president franklin roosevelt once said that the only limit to our relationization of the world will be our dots of today. let us move forward with a strong and active faith. and i say let us work together with a strong and active faith in order to give our people the few ture days -- future days. thank you very much for your invitation. god bless america. viva, mexico. [crowd murmurs] >> now, and looked at your's stability and the effect of the debt crisis on the economy. this clip of this morning's "washington journal" is 35 minutes. we are joined by dan mccru, "financial for the times." thank you for joining us this morning. guest: thanks for having me on. host: let's start by talking about the euro bridgette could you give us a primer on which countries use the euro? guest: the row is just over a decade old. -- the eur is just over a decade old in 16 countries have joined the currency grid it is considered the crowning achievement of european integration. it is to bind the countries ever closer together. the corps members are france and germany, but two big economies in the middle.

franklin roosevelt did not destroy the stock market, he put in rules to regulate it. we see our job as doing the same thing, and that is what we hope to do agree with that, i will be glad to throw this open and respond to any questions and comments. [applause] >> thank you, congressman. i have a few question cards already. i want to ask the very first question. you had talked about treasury department having a plan to salvage lehman brothers in 2008, and then the british regulators essentially torpedoed it and put us in the mess we are in. i hope there are no british people in the audience. [laughter] with all that we are doing here, how much more does a the end of may coroneted global regulatory regime? >> the financial service authority told barclays bank that they should not do that. nothing in the world is more mobile and capital. it would be very unwise to try regulations.ateral set of i have spent more time in foreign policy than ever before. i met recently with the finance minister of canada. there is an ongoing effort that i believe will succeed to have simila

a quote from franklin roosevelt when he was campaigning for his first term as president, and that kindf captured the attitude that i think needs to be adopted going into the third of health reform. and the bottom line here is but above all, try something. and i think we need to really keep that in mind as we're thinking about innovation in payment of health care delivery. it also contains an acknowledgment that we may fail occasionally. and i think that's something that needs to be borne in mind too, because we need to keep moving toward improved health care delivery, even if everything we do doesn't necessarily succeed the way we like. so what are the problems that we are facing? well, we have fragmented care. we have a lack of coordination in health care delivery. we have across all of parts the country, across facilities. and we have high and rapidly growing costs. that's not a recipe that sounds very tasty to us, especially in this era. health reform. so our goals are to create the right incentives, to increase accountability for patient care outcomes and resource use. to provide r

and that is signed by franklin d. roosevelt. we all need to pray that god will continue to bless america. with that, i yield back the rest of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. gohmert: i didn't know if the speaker was looking for a motion. the speaker pro tempore: giving mr. king a few more seconds. request the gentleman to remain for another 30 seconds. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, for 60 minutes. mr. king: i appreciate the privilege to be recognized on the floor of the house and i appreciate my friend from texas holding the ground until i hold ground with him and i always stand on the aim ground as my friend judge gohmert. from cuba to climbing the mountains in himalayas. i came tonight, mr. speaker, to talk about a couple of subject matters and one of them is on the front of my mind is the tax situation here in the united states. we are watching and we watched as the two bush cuts were passed over the last

founded in 1938, by president franklin delano roosevelt to prevent polio.ay, the foundation works to improve the health of mothers, infants, and children. their research, community services, education, an advocacy. after three decades of increases in the rates of prematurity, the march of dimes is heartened by the news that the rate of preterm births has finally leveled off and has begun to decline. now was not the time to rest on our laurels. the life-threatening and lifelong consequences of prematurity can still be felt by more than half a million babies and their families. some 28,000 babies each year die before the first year of life due to preterm births. prematurity is also the number one cause -- contributed to infant mortality and it is responsible for lifelong disabilities. we have also learned that the complications of being born in the late preterm, just four-six weeks preterm, are also significant. since one-third of brain growth and development occurs in the last five weeks of pregnancy, infant born just four-six weeks early are more likely to

. >> i would choose franklin delano roosevelt.e was the hero of the specter household when i was growing up. but my parents were immigrants and the times were very tough for our family and the wichita, kansas. he pulled us out of the depression. that was in my mind when i voted for the stimulus package to avoid another 1929 depression. president roosevelt took on the tough guys, very much as i took on the tea party gained on the town meetings. a cover every one of pennsylvania's 67 counties almost every year. when i began last august to defend president obama in healthcare plan, i was met with 1000 people into nearby the tea party. one person approached me and said got will stand before you -- i think he got mixed up. i think it will require someone who is that kind of a stand-up guy in the rough and tumble of politics to beat the former congressman. i beat him in the election six years ago, and can beat him again. a very overarching issue and how you select the democratic nominee is to can be to toumie? it took on the job as pres

i do want to point out, however, that the both theodore roosevelt assistant cousin franklin were assistantthe navy. it was a pretty different place an organization from the navy have today. then the navy only had three commissioned forgets, the united states, the constellation, and the constitution still in service in the naval shipyard. we had a tiny navy and one which had never fought since the day of the revolution the navy had been pretty quiet. all you can make an argument the reason america changed from the articles of the confederation to the constitution that we have today was because we could not feel the national navy to deal with the powers and the was one of the impetus for getting together in '89. in 1798, then secretary of the navy benjamin stoddard had three ships very few squadrons of marines to say all the ships and he was a very decidedly regional and limited navy. today things have changed a little bit. some of the things allen talked about today we have 286 ships in the battle fleet. 3800 aircraft. over 900,000 people. 4.4 million acres 72,500 buildings. and budget nort

if franklin roosevelt was a democrat. john kennedy was a democrat. they told me i could not. when the congressman talks about senator jefferson, $200 billion was passed up for education. ahoy when we talk about the parties, i supported the stimulus package. -- when we talk about the parties, i supported the stimulus package. i was willing to take a key role to have the stimulus package. i provided the 60th vote. that is why president obama came to philadelphia. that is why the president has supported me. i was for the people. price that is your time. you have 90 seconds >> i have served this nation. when i came back from the afghanistan war, i was assigned. the chief of naval operations said i was courageous. he put me on the cross hairs during an -- the cross hairs. they do not say anything about me. down there in washington, you see too many career politicians. let's talk about things. the veterans committee and the senate, he actually permitted 1 million veterans to be kicked out. he voted against posttraumatic stress disorder, increasing funding for vets who came home fro

if it was prodding franklin roosevelt standing with truman to desegregate the troops were standing with or standing with lyndon johnson for the voter rights or challenging richard nixon on affirmative action are dealing with jimmy carter and gerald ford or standing with bill clinton against the forces that turn us around, she was there if you call the record of it and you get to the record dorothy height was always there. [applause] i must say this in closing. my last conversation with her demonstrates how she was always there. we met in january with president obama around the issue of black unemployment. she was scheduled to be one of the first. a blizzard hit washington that night before, and we somehow got down any way. the president said well, dr. height can't make it i understand. but she couldn't understand. she kept calling me at the hotel that morning trying every way she could to get out of the house to that meeting. finally, they had to take her by the wheelchair to the library building to show her the streets were blocked off. laughter, to convince her she couldn't make the m