at month monticello.it's my pleasure to invite nancy and andrew on their book "madison and jefferson." they are both his ton yours, and written on the early 19th century done two books on jefferson. "jefferson's secret" which was published in 2005, and "the inner jefferson" published in 1995. nancy earlier published on the origins of the women's rights movement in america in a book called "sex and the citizenship in america." andrew and nancy are old time friends of the thomas jefferson foundation. they are both former fellows and residents. they are known to many members of this audience. i'm delighted to welcome them back. please join me in welcoming andrew and nancy. [applause] [applause] >> within days of taking office of the fourth president of the united states, james madison received a letter from rebecca, a well educated philadelphiaian, one of the gent of folk of that city. he asked him to start with an act of kindness. to pardon someone living in london. he unloaded on a friend of madison. i des

having his governor, they ascended monticello in 1780. what kind of idiot would have stayed around to take on the army? that's what jefferson asked. we know the answer, it's the crazed mel gibson in "the patriot." [laughter] >> it was meaningful. this was how politics of the madisonian, jeffersonian and kind would be constructed. identifying friends and enemies, then molding opinions, building alliances, and forging plans and betters and finally presenting those well forced plans to large bodies. in general, it would be jefferson who issued the controlling statement while madison reshaped the strategy, when necessary taking a chisel to trim the excess. it was madison that knew congress. though it was jefferson who suggested that they pray devoutly for henry's death. he was forward in expressed distaste for his approval. in 1789, henry presented madison from becoming a u.s. senator. madison was the anti-henry. in his style of address as a legislator, his of the art of persuasion rather than the art of captivation. he took notes, fought thr

thomas jefferson used his architectural principles in his home at monticello and also in the design for the university of virginia. his work influenced 18th century architects when they designed the capitol where we meet today and other buildings around washington, d.c. palladio's influence goes beyond architecture. italians carry on the commitment to work ethic and excellence. we recognize the significant contributions he made to western architecture and the cultural heritage of the united states. i urge my colleagues to join us in supporting -- to join in supporting the adoption of this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california. ms. watson: i yield four minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, bill pascrell.screl. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pascrell: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of resolution honoring the life and work of andrea palladio. as co-chair of the italian-american caucus, i have had the privilege of honoring the contributions of explorers like c

stone of monticello, georgia, sergeant first class kenneth brooks of calhoun, georgia, staff sergeant william bookow, sergeant mathis, and christopherlow of savanna, georgia. receiving the army commendation medal was staff sergeant moore of noonan georgia and staff sergeant evans. a large numb of taliban had swrd the valley to reinforce insurgents there are there -- already there. at the start of their missions, u.s. forces took heavy fire from enemy forces from every direction. after a fellow captain was mortally wounded and the assisting soldier, specialistlow was wounded and incapacitated, they swung into action. captain stone was -- led a force to evacuate specialistlow and the fallen soldier. specialist evans treated specialistlow wounds while -- we's wounds while staving off enemy fire. e on scythe commander immediately assessed the situation and the course of action for evacuation. they soon realized the only way to retrieve the casualties was to immediately employ their men to lay down fire at a tree line that had been the source of the heaviest assault. once the men were in p