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everything he did with the foundations of the country, i told you this week i was in federal court where they were hearing a case over the challenge to the healthare law, and jam madison's voice came up, his name came up, and the judge wanted to know what he said at the philadelphia convention, what he thought about the constitution as it came together, and he's woven everywhere. >> he is, and i think sometimes people believe that because the constitution is more than 200 years old, that madison's voice isn't as important, but there was an argument before the supreme court just a few days ago about whether your cell phone can be searched when you're stopped for a traffic offense. and the justices will recur to the fourth amendment about unreasonable search and seizure, which is an amendment that madison wrote. he wrote the bill of rights. when they make their decision, so i don't think there's another president, another of the founders who has left such an impression on our daily civic life. >> why do you think he doesn't get as much credit as some of the other founders? >> he wasn't quite as histrionic, i think that's a good word. alexander ha

remarks to the new america foundation on our website, c-span.org history senate veterans affairs committee hearing with the va secretary eric shinseki on the state of health care for veterans. he hopes to have a provide a report in three weeks regarding allegations of personal now misconduct at the facilities around the country. there are reports up to 40 veterans may have died while waiting for treatment of the phoenix va center. leading officials from the organizations from the acting inspector general and health care director at the government accountability office also testified. robert, the veterans department undersecretary of health who testifies along with secretary shin seki resigned today thank you all for coming and i want to thank the panelists for what is going to be a very important hearing and i will make opening remarks in defending statements. vendors will have three minutes because it is good to be a long hearing and then we will go to secretary shin seki. we have an excellent second panel and we look forward to hearing from them. it's going to be a long hearing and where india through it. let me begin by making a few basic points. serio

hear from the department of energy, dr. collins from the national institutes of health, well-known to so many of us, dr. cordova, our new head of the national science foundation, a small agency, but one that has really been so much a power house and was actually initiated under the eisenhower a ministration. and we're again in our country defense plays an important role in developing not only weapons of war, but also weapons against disease and other innovative things, to relieve the creation of the internet. we look forward to hearing what your views are, and we will be taking -- our colleagues will then participate. the way i would like to suggest it is rather than long winded, fancy introductions let's get right to you. why don't we start and then just work down. >> well, thank you. chairman, ranking member, members of the committee, it's a pleasure to be discussed with you the importance of federal investments and research development and innovation for our nation's future. president obama continues to place high priority on science, technology, and innovation. his 2015 budget proposes a balanced portfolio of r&d investments to meet the full range of nati