in one arm, and gilbert stuart, the painting that hangs today in the east room under the other arm, and she left, and the british soldiers came in, and there was food that had been prepared. they ate the food, and they torched the white house, and it was burning dramatically when the storm came, and it put the fire out. otherwise, we would not have a white house and they built this building. a handful of rooms which have been preserved, obviously. it is all restored. this is very poor and. downstairs is the majority leader. we cannot hear anything through the old fireplaces, as they say, and just opposite the fireplace is a picture of my grandfather who was honey fitzgerald. he was the first son of irish immigrants who was elected to the congress of the united states in 1896. and irish catholic democrat from new england, and my mother still remembered the names of the horses that brought them to the railroad station lack an old boy and big red, and they brought them to the railroad station, and he had three terms and the most important contribution, i think, was the actor that he saw th