his suite was directly above herbert hoover's. hoover lived at the waldorf at the time. and truman and hoover had a sort of back and forth -- they had a complex relationship. truman kind of rehabilitated hoover's reputation after roosevelt died, they changed the name what was it boulder dam back to hoover dam and so they had become quite close but then in the election of 1952, truman again invoked the name of herbert hoover as comparing eisenhower to hoover. the democrats ran against hoover for 30 years and, you know, with some success so harry wasn't about to stop. so i think they had tiff at the time because there's no record the two saw each other while harry was upstairs and herbert was downstairs. and i always wonder how they managed the staff of the waldorf must have been pins on needles all week trying to keep these two apart not to mention doug mcarthur was six floors up. they ate at all the trendy restaurants and they went to the 21 club and shortly after they got there, another diner came in. it was the governor of new york thomas dewey. [laughter] >> which pre

like hoover, he is bound to fail. guest: frederick douglass says power is nothing without a struggle. this is very traumatic for a society to depart from the way it used to do things. hoover came up with this business when he was coming of age. he felt the conflict had to be avoided. he thought the reason why people would come up with a solution for society. a lot of the same process goes on in obama's mind. he can caress people into going along in doing what is right. i don't think that will happen. i think he ever met -- underestimated the forces lined up against him. host: we have a piece called obama's slip is showing. he is personally more popular than his policies. that's a question is unsustainable. something has to give. the first law of politics as you must eventually get an instant. guest: i would largely agree with that. a lot of his policies are too complex. he has not grabbed the narrative. what he needs to do was to grab that narrative and say what happened and what was going to happen. back in the new d

we still do traffic in those kind of labels. >> and it herbert hoover exploit al smith catholicism in 1920. >> not really. i think scholars and political people argued about why he lost. he was a county hall boss. he was a new york democrat which did not play well across the country. there were a lot of reasons he may have lost sort of in addition to this catholicism. i can't find any real record says herbert hoover exploited. >> how did the kennedy campaign to use his catholicism to make it an asset? >> they really were panicked through most of the campaign, but by labor day they had a pollster give people for free that showed that 23% of the american electorate by labor day in 1960 was undecided. and when you drill down among those undecided voters, the perception that he might be a victim of anti-catholic bigotry would actually drive him to the democratic column. so at that point the kennedy campaign changed its strategy which to that point had been to really kind of softened the catholicism. the truth is by labor day if you are against kennedy because he was a catholic you were go

edgar hoover looked the other when they broke up and raided -- there was a famous incident when marlon brando was packing arms for israel but vegetables and foodstuff and they were putting arms in the crates and the fbi busted a whole -- and hoover said let it go throughúu and looked the oth way. we're not going to stop them and we know it's illegal but let it go through. >> we'll have two more question questions. >> i believe eleanor roosevelt was very sympathetic to the jews and even tried to influence franklin roosevelt. did she have any role in this era with truman? >> she did. she was a u.n. delegate and one of two or three u.n. delegates who were against what was going on in the u.n. as ron described with the state department. so i would say that she did play a very important role and she was also close to truman. truman really did listen to her and was influenced by her. and her position was, if you want the new u.n. to succeed, how can you turn against partition when this is what the had voted for her. and she really did push this with truman. >> on the other hand, publicly she

he has a lot of prescriptive solutions and on the other side, a conservative economist at the hoover institution, tom sowell, we approached and said we'd like you to write a book about what is happening in the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about the housing crisis. in his opinion the housing crisis is what precipitated the entire economic boom/bust. we have some travel, the economy. >> and this book about science america. kelly about that. >> chris one is a science journalist. t. rowe book a couple years ago about the republican war on science which was a bestseller, now he has moved on to the idea that we have a problem with scientific literacy. when you read the front page of a big daily paper and you look at the problems this country faces, an enormous number of them are scientific problems, problems that have scientific solutions, and one of the things we're struggling with is that we don't have the capacity, the infrastructure to build scientists who can help solve these problems. this is an argument saying we need to increase the scientific literacy in thi

host: john taylor now with the hoover institution, formerly with the bush administration. blake is on the phone from georgia. the morning. -- good morning. caller: i am wondering if c-span could advertise at least a couple of days in advance to let the viewers pick out the subject matter so we can vote on it and determine what the subject matter is going to be for that day. host: you can send us an e-mail anytime you want at journal@c- span.org. i'm not sure we will have a vote but we will take into account what you are thinking, because this program is for all of you. do you have a question for john taylor? caller: the question i got is how do people ever believe what you are saying out there -- you guys were involved in the most disastrous economic system we have ever had. so, for a lot of us, you did not have any accreditation. host: how do you respond? guest: it seems a broad criticism, not quite sure how to react because it is not very specific. you know, what i have tried to do in this book and other books is to look back at what the decisions were and see if we can

edgar hoover look to the other way when they broke up, there's a famous incident marlon brando was packing arms for israel and crates marked oranges but decibels or fruits and they were putting arms in the crates and the fbi busted and hoover said let it go through. and looked the other way. we're not going to stop them. we know it is illegal but let them go through. >> i believe eleanor roosevelt was very sympathetic to the jews and even tried to influence franklin roosevelt. did she have any role in this era of with truman? >> she was a u.n. delegate and one of two or three delegates who were against what was going on in the u.n. is was described with the state department. i would say she did play a very important role and also was close to truman. he really did listen to her and was influenced by her. her position is if you want a new u.n. to succeed how can you turn against partition when that was what the world voted for? that was our position. >> on the other hand publicly she was supposed to be chairman, during this period that the state department is engineering a big conspiracy to

later, a look at the cover story in "harper's magazine," brock hoover obama, the best and brightest blow it again. -- barack hoover obama. >> people don't want to think that says as a policy as much of a passion. he put aside to under $40 million -- 240 million acres of wild america. now as people are talking about environmentalism, roosevelt is becoming the key figure to understand because he was the only politician of his day who absorbed darwin and understood biology and birds migratory patterns, and mating habits of deer and elk, and actually did something. >> sunday on "q&a, the first of two hours with douglas brinkley. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c- span, or listen on xm satellite radio. >> the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on june 16 to discuss the rates phone companies charge for text messaging. witnesses include representatives of verizon and at&t as well as consumer representatives. this hearing was chaired by the summer consumer rights subcommittee. it is -- chaired by the consumer rights subcommittee. it is just under 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. this hearing w

she is currently a fellow at the hoover institution. ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california hosted this event. for more information visit reagan library.com. >> this summer booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> i and several books, that i am reading and i intend to read over the next several weeks. but, right now i am just about completed with with wings of eagles i michael korda, which is the battle of britain actually from both sides of the english channel, the raf on one hand and the german lufafa on the other en

she's currently a fellow at the hoover institution. the reagan presidential library in simi valley, california, hosted this event. for more information, visit reaganlibrary.com. ♪ >> this summer, book tv is asking, what are you reading? >> what are you reading this summer? >> well, elmore leonard has a new novel out and george pelecanos has a new novel out so i'm reading some new novels. i'm listening on recorded books driving over here and will listen going back to the history of jacksonion called waking giant. >> there's predictions books might go the way of news and that is all digital. >> well, the kindles are out there. i tend to like a great thump and a feel of a book in my hand but then i am a fossil. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information, visit our website at booktv.org. z is the author branding new york how a city of crisis was sold to the world is the book. professor miriam greenberg, when you think of new york city of the '50s and '60s, what do you think of? >> well, i think that new york in the p

this house has just made the biggest economic mistake since the days of herbert hoover. two things are certain if this measure becomes law. first, our planet is going to continue to warm and cool as it has been doing for billions of years. and secondly, this house will have just delivered a staggering blow to our nation's economy wen our economy has been the most vulnerable. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. schiff of california. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. conaway: i ask to speak out of order for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. conaway: today is a bad day for america. we just witnessed the passing of a bill that will have dramatic impact on our lives for years to come should it ever see the president's signature. 33:09, the dem cat majority landed on the internet a amendment to the already bloated bill. the bragging of the thousands and thousands of work and hearings and processes that had gone into the development of the bill that was filed on monday left it a little short of the mark. in s

one of the things that undermined it hoover was say finance corp., which was an idea to pump money into failing banks, and railroads. it was used very well by the roosevelt administration during the new deal. a badly undermined -- by the people running it. they gave a huge amount of money to banks. there is a huge risk of both perception and reality with having the entire financial deregulation going on now, being done by these people with very close ties with people to wall street like geithner and sommers. there is a feeling that the deregulation does not have any teeth in it. these are not being properly addressed by regulations going on now. host: our guest is kevin baker, a contributing editor -- a contributing writer for harper's magazine. one person writes, i understand quite well and a comment that says you are 100% correct. obama has blown it. he had a mandate and retreated on every major issue that that matter to democrats. guest: it is to opaque for me, a lot of this stuff. i think it is unnecessarily complex. all of the stuff going on right now with health care, single payer

baker will discuss his recent cover story, brocarck ack hoover obama. ♪ host: a live view of the u.s.up -- u.s. capitol, this sunday morning. june 21, father's day. closely monitoring the developments in iran this weekend, clashes between protesters and police. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. time magazine, iran verses iran. that is the cover story. from the washington times, violence erupted in protest. from "the new york times," this story and photograph that has been getting a lot of attention over the last 24 hours. "mir hossein mousavi called for a general strike. if arrested, he said that he would be ready for bardem. opposition protesters swore to continue pressing claims of a stolen election. this has been called iran's worst crisis since 1979." from "the washington post," their focus on the media coverage and conflicting accounts coming out. suggesting that mr. mir hossein mousavi was taking a confrontational stance. waiting to hear from you on what is next from iran, the first person is joe on the republican line. m

she is writing the history of the hoover and years of fdr and the great depression. a forgotten man is the american taxpayer who is paying for all of the expense for building up the welfare state. it is a fascinating story to see how the american economy is taking a real parallel today in 2009 with the same course of action that was taken back in the great depression. members of congress right now. very pertinent to what we are doing. if we are going to apply the principles of big government intervention we see how it played out in the 1930's. prolonged. the forgotten. plus we have been able to here from her personally. we had her here. speaking at a luncheon. he had not yet written liberty and tyranny. but since the book there have been so much excitement in washington about that. and i am hopeful that he will come back and allow us to here from him personally. that is the number-one book that i am encouraging all americans to read. >> to read more summer reading lists visit our web site. >> guy mcpherson is a professor at the university of arizona and he is the aut

barack hoover obama, the best and brightest. that is on "washington journal." we begin at 7:00 a.m. eastern. thanks for joining us. we will see you tomorrow. .. .. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national >> then remarks from senator jeff sessions, a ranking member of the senate judiciary committee and democratic senator , dick durbin. later, charles evans, the president of the chicago federal reserve on the economy. >> today on american and the courts, a few commencement addresses at this year's graduation ceremonies given by supreme court justice, anthony kennedy. and georgia supreme court justice -- that is on 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> people do not want to think as the conservation as a policy as much as a passion. he put aside 240 million acres of wild america. now as people are talking about environmentalism and green movements, roosevelt is becoming the key figure to understand because he was the only politician of his day to absorb dar went and who understood biology and birds migratory patterns. -- to understand darwin and b

tom soul is a conservative economist at the hoover institution in california. widely respected. both of these men are enormously respected. we approach prof. stoll and said the the like you to read a book about what happened in the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about housing crisis because in his opinion housing crisis is what precipitated the entire economic boom bust. >> we have travel, the economy and this book by chris mooney about science in america. tommy about that. >> chris one is a child -- science journalist, he read the republican war on signs which was a best seller, he has moved on to the idea we have a problem with scientific literacy in this country. the argument he would make is when you read the front-page of the daily paper and look at the problems this country faces, an enormous number of them are scientific problems, problems that have scientific solutions, and one of the things we are in trouble with is we don't have the capacity or infrastructure, scientists who can help solve these problems. his argument is we need to increase scienti

later, a look at the cover story, barack hoover obama, the best and brightest blow it again. this week on c-span's "newsmakers." pete stark, chairman of the house at ways subcommittee on health discusses legislation working its way through congress. he talks about one proposal that will establish a public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. >> at the end of the day, if you choose to have competition, and you choose to have a plan that is dependable and affordable, you can't do it without having a public plan there. that creates the competition for the private. yes, there will be a public plan in the bill. will people vote for it? i don't know. who wants to go home and next year's primary and say, i voted against the plan that is going to provide 30,000 people in my district -- and most of whom are nonwhite, most of whom are poor, most of whom are working, i voted against giving them away to pay their doctors for medical care. i don't think that is a vote many people want to make. >> tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. >> people did n

and later, a look at the cover story in harper's magazine, "barack hoover obama, the best and brightest blow it again." this week on c-span's "newsmakers." pete stark discusses legislation working its way through congress.

the reserve got broad powers by herbert hoover to lend out money. that needs to be curtailed somewhat. will be working on that. we have to do this in a certain way. that is what we are working on. >> what about giving the fed is a much power? >> we need a systemic risk regulator. there is a strong and healthy debate for having the fed doing this. there are legitimate issues that have been ways as to whether an agency should do with monetary policy and can assume that responsibility without being biased to that discussion of what systemic risk is and how you enforce it. i appreciate the fact the administration has adopted the idea of a consulate on it. i am not embracing the collegial alternative to this idea. it is worthy of a thorough debate and discussion as to whether or not that is a better alternative. there is not a lot of confidence in the fed. i am stating the obvious over what has happened over the last few years. at this juncture, there has been no decision. there is a general consensus that systemic risk regulators -- >> can you find a ne

herbert hoover landed out money -- landed out money -- lended out money.w you have an effective agent on systemic risk regulation -- a structure that gives you assurance that is done in a kind of collegiate way. that is an issue we will be working on. >> is there concern giving the fed so much power? >> clearly the role for systemic risk, we need. my view is that there is a strong and healthy debate having the fed do this. this is a known quantity. they have the expertise there to do it. the primary function is to deal with monetary policy. they can assume that responsibility without bringing some bias to the discussion. i appreciate the fact that the administration has adopted the idea of the council and all this. it is a step in that direction. i am not embracing the collegial alternative, but i think it is worthy of a full debate and discussion as to whether or not as a better alternative. there is not a lot of confidence at this point. i hear that expressed by members of my committee, both democrats and republicans that are looking for an alternative.

edgar hoover that he wrote an open letter to howard which he released to the press which he called howard's charges baseless. this letter was the topic of editorials and nearly every black newspaper in the country which praised dr. howard and was a topic in virtually all the leading white newspapers in the south which condemned him. he was public enemy number one. 1956 dr. howard moved to chicago where he made his mark as a prominent surgeon on the south side. he had a ready medical practice from a lot of people he had known in mississippi and knew of him. played an important role in the emerging independent movement against the the daily machine. he was one of the organizers and donors to the chicago league of negro voters in the late 1950s. it wasn't always successful. he ran for congress as a republican in 1958 against dawson. and it did not turn out well for him but it was a campaign where a lot of people who were involved, later became quite prominent in the independent movement were involved in. continued to be -- play a role in civil rights in the 1960s. he was the chicago chair of a

edgar hoover invented it as a young man, the ictuent. everybody gets one page with their wanted picture and at the bottom, when they were captured. at the time that i was on the 10 most wanted list, angela davis, 2 young women, we had six of the ten most wanted, you go from bank robber to bank robber, then you have these students and young activists, then you go back to bank robbers. >> host: paul in princeton, new jersey, you are on with bernardine dohrn and bill ayers. >> defense spending is 19% of the federal budget, not 57%. but for mr. ayers, the bomb that went off in the town house, that was intended for for dicks, it was un mail bomb meant to go off at a dance at fort dix. why not come clean about it to dlly? leat did you have to do with that bomb? y wthe book discusses that's length. the fact is that the people who hatw the whistle on what they were up to in the town house was a loss and it was something we peod very hard to work away from. that was a terrible, terrible decision by the people who were there. fortunately it didn't

care and kevin baker, contributing editor for "harper's" magazine discusses his cover story "barack "hoover" obama." >> every weekend, "book tv" has the latest nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. on afterwords eduardo galeano recounts the creation of the world through a short story collection. "after words" also airs sunday night at 9:00 eastern. also sunday, books on the economy, former investment banker john talbot exposes myths about the recession and what it will take to recover and jay richards on why he thinks capitalism is the best way to ease problems. also this weekend, the end of overeating. david kessler talks about how americans, programmed by too much sugar, salt, and junk can control their eating habits. lots more coming up this weekend on book tv. our website has more information and great features including streaming video, searching, and sharing your favorite programs. that's booktv.org. >> a discussion now on iran, general motors, health care and other political news with syndicated columnist george will. he was a guest on "washington journal" for about an hour. >> on

this document happens to be in the hoover institution archives and was quoted in an earlier book. and it is also quoted in this book, hurts annelise-- "reagan's secret war." he says in 1963 in a speech, the only sure way to avoid for is to surrender without fighting. the other way is based on the belief that in an all-out race, our system is stronger and eventually the enemy gives up the race as a hopeless cause. then ennoble nation, believing in peace, extends the hand of friendship and says, there is room in the world for both of us. now, i think that in 1963 is what happened and what he accomplished. he had the vision of how the world might be. way back, before he even ran for governor or president. so, i think that is an interesting thing to understand, that he was his own strategist. these documents are then truly a great resource in addition to his letters and his speeches and his own diary. and, as we put them together in this book, we have realized that he is the only person who knows, not only what he is saying to the public which not everybody is hearing. 85% of its comm

several times it is called the forgotten man and is so timely because she is writing the history of the hoover years of fdr and the great depression and the forgot man is the american taxpayer who is paying for all of the expense so it is a fascinating story to see how the american economy is it a parallel today in 2009 with the same course of action taken during the great depression. it is very instructive to members of congress and pertinent because if we go with the principles of big government intervention recede however played out and prove to prolong the depression so the forgotten man is a great book. also i can hear from her personally. the doctor was in the year and he had not yet written liberty and tyranny but there has been so much excitement in washington about the bucket i am hopeful the doctor will come back and allow us to hear from him personally that is the number one but i am encouraging all americans to read the gritty and tyranny and the forgotten man. >> it is great to be with you and thanks for coming out today. my first shock on the book since it came out 24 hours ago y

edgar hoover invested it to the present and everybody gets one page with the wanted picture and at them it says when they were capturedded and at the time i was on the list, angela davis, h. rap brown, two young women from bran dies, and six of the ten most wanted so you go through bank robber, bank robber, thick-nicked guy and have all that's students and young activityists and then you go back to bank robber. >> host: paul in new jersey, your on with bernadine and bail bill ayers. >> caller: to straighten out, defense spending little 19% but not 57% of the federal budget. mr. aer, the bomb went went off, mail bomb meant to go off at a dance. come clean about it. what did you have to do with the book? >> guest: the question of coming clean. the book discusses that at length. >> guest: new morning discusses it. >> guest: the fact is that the people who blew the whistle on what they were up to in the townhouse was us. and it was something that we tried very hard to -- you know, to work away from. so, yes, that was a terrible, terrible decision by the people who were there. fortunately i

as i have listened to the debate it sounds like the ghost from the hoover republicans trying to stop franklin d. roosevelt from rebuilding this country and making it a great nation again and putting it in a position where it could fight and win world war ii. what he did was invest in the people and invest in the country and we did it and it worked. and i make no apologies for our attempt to invest in the children of the grand prairie in stuttgart, arkansas. so i rise today in support of the funding for the art center of the grand prairie. the art center is a nonprofit organization that provides after school and summer programs for troubled youth. while the art center provides valuable artistic instruction and activities, we don't need to turn this into an argument over whether the federal government should be a patron of the arts. we need to look at the real point of the program. engaging at-risk youth and preventing crime. this is the benefit the federal government and society as a whole will derive from this project. it is a worthwhile investment in our children. the funds for this

been on the other side you have tom sold to a conservative economist out of the hoover institution in california, a very widely respected. both of these men are enormously respected. we said we would like you to write a book on what's happening in the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about the housing crisis because in his opinion the housing crisis is what precipitated the entire economic boom bust. >> so we have some travel, we have the economy and we have this book by chris mooney about science in america. >> chris mooney is a science journalist and he wrote a book for us to couple years ago called the republican war on science. and now he has moved onto the idea that we have a problem with scientific literacy in this country. i think the argument he would make is that when you read the front page of a big daily paper and you look at the problems that this country faces, and enormous number of them are scientific problems or i should say they are problems that have scientific solutions. and one of the things that we are struggling with in this country is that we

meeting, and we'll be talking with john taylor who serve inside the bush administration now with the hoover institute out at stanford university in california to talk about his views on what the fed needs to be doing and may not be doing quite yet. front page of the "detroit free press", ford to get retooling aid. the story points out that the obama administration is set to announce retooling loans for ford motor company, nissan motor company and tesla motors, the first under a $25 million program to spur fuel-efficient vehicles in the u.s. we're asking the question about the economy and some of the headlines indicating there are some mixed signals. give us a call or -- >> washington journal is live every day at 7 a.m. eastern. we're going to leave this recorded segment as the u.s. senate's gaveling back in. possible this afternoon work on 2010 legislative branch spending. safety rapid response act of 2009. i do this in conjunction with my colleague from the state of minnesota, senator klobuchar. and i want to recognize her for strong leadership on this. she and i are both members on the se

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hoover building for the nation and modernization, $5 million. office of inspector general, $27 million. general provisions, department of commerce, including transfer of funds, section 101, appropriations and funds made available by this act shall be available for the activities specified in the act of october 26, 1949. section 102, appropriations made available to the department by this act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized. section 103, not to exceed 5% of any appropriation for the department, may be transferred between such appropriations but no such appropriations shall be increased by more than 10%. section 104, any costs incurred by a department resulting from personnel actions taken shall be absorbed within the budgetary resources available to such department. section 10 5, the requirements set forth by section 112 of division b of public law 110-161 are hereby adopted. section 106, the secretary may furnish services in order to support the operations that persons are authorize

and tomorrow, and we will talk to john taylor served in the budget ministration and now with the hoover institution out of stanford university, calif., to talk about his views about what the fed needs to be doing or may not be doing it. for it to get retooling aid. the story points out the obama administration is set to announce retooling loans for ford motor co., nissan motor co. nissantesla, the first under a $25 billion program to spur fuel efficient vehicle production in the u.s., according to people familiar with the decision beard we are asking questions about the economy and some indication that the mixed signals. give us a call or send an e- mail, journal@c-span.org, you can give us a sweet or give us a call. one of the photographs we want to show you is from inside "the n.y. daily news." secretary of state hillary clinton is back to work sporting what they call a big cast and a slang, following surgery or a broken arrow -- elbow. last week she slipped and had undergone surgery. the injury suffered last wednesday forcing hillary clinton to cancel plans to attend a series of inte

at stanford university, senior fellow at hoover institution and teaches economics at stanford. welcome to the program. caller: good morning to both of you. i have maybe three questions, if i could stay on the line. host: can we stay on the line? caller: do you know tim adams? guest: former colleague at the treasury? host: second question? caller: of the second question is, -- the second question is, what area were you undersecretary? guest: international affairs. caller: that is what tim was. here is my question. the bush administration was fundamentally established as a corporate model government, which did not sit well with me because governments and corporations are difference. the first treasury secretary, paul o'neill, i liked, -- the price of loyalty, what happens with him. john snow -- paul a came -- lcoa and john snow came from cs x, so they had business experience on the ground with employees. but then with henriette -- when henry paulson came in, he came from goldman sachs, and that seems to be a problem these days with respect to people on goldman sachs -- from goldm

madam speaker, when we talk about herbert hoover's mishandling of the recession of 1929, the very first thing that economists point to is the tariff tax that imposed new tariffs on over 20,000 imported products. i believe the waxman-markey bill is going to be looked back at our generation's smoot holly act. it imposes new taxes on a larger number of domestic products on a scale that you hadderly diverts smoot holly. at least you can say it made it more smoothly with imports. waxman-markey hurts domestic products. we, too, were promised an explosion of green jobs a few years ago. instead, california's unemployment rate has skyrocketed to one of the highest in the country. i believe that if this bill becomes law history guarantees you two things. number one, the planet will continue to warm and to cool as it's been doing for billions of years. and, two, congress will have just delivered a staggering blow to our nation's economy just at the time when it's most vulnerable. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mark

then on the other side you have tom sowell, a conservative economist at the hoover institution in california. very widely respected. both of these men are up respected and we approached professor sowell and said we would like you to read a book what has happened on the economy and he said without a doubt i need to write about the housing crisis because in his opinion the housing crisis is what is precipitated the entire economic boom and bust. >> so we have some trouble, we have the economy and in this book by chris mooney at of science in america. you want to tell about that? >> he is a science journalist and wrote a book a couple years ago which was a bestseller. now he's moved on to the idea that we have a problem with scientific literacy in this country and i think the argument he would make is when you read the front page of, you know, a daily paper and look at the problems the country faces an enormous number our scientific problems or i should say problems that have scientific solutions and one of the things we are struggling with in the country is we don't have the capacity or infras