governor allen as president of george rollin llc whose mission is to advocate positive ideas for american jobs, economic prosperity and increase freedom opportunity in competition and the development of america's vast resources. what many may not know is that mr. allen is an avid sports fan has politician. his new book what washington can learn from the world of sports from the perspective of sports. he became a huge fan of your father. george allen hall of fame to the washington redskins. i've gone to support the redskins and now it's true sports to represents hard work, selflessness and fair play on and off the field. the same idea governor allen displayed through the country. ladies and gentlemen, george allen. [applause] >> thank you so much for the kind introduction. i'm glad your father is a redskins fan and it's great to be with so many great folks here on capitol hill and many of you i know there's some from michigan and new york and virginia and maryland and i know many other states. thank you for your service working here on capitol hill with members in a variety of fronts and e

george -- john marshall. that carries over into the west conference room with more modern justices. wwlliam howard taft on one wall and charles allener the fireplace looking at one another over time. >> a light to go in a quiet night to the conference room, because the portraits on the wall are all my predecessors as chief justice's. to some extent, you looked up at them ith a degree of all an appreciation for what they went through. they're looking down at you with amusement or mazement. each of them have a special story to tell, not only personally in the institution of the court. you look up at marshall and appreciate the importance of having tte courts function as a court, moving the court from where it eech justice wrote their own opinion, to having the opinion of the court, establishing the court and its present form. right next to him is chief justice taney, the most unfortunate. you understand that he saw this great problem offslavery and he was going to solve it. it was a tremendously misguided and enter the court for centuries to come. that helps to form how you look it to run job. you walk down further and see more some