mr. jefferson in particular, that the states administer things that affected only the states. jefferson liked to say regularly if we would just follow the constitution and apply that standard to any problem, no matter how complicated, the knot will always untie itself. you're on the right track. governor abbott, let texas run texas. we'll take care of it. >> thank you. >> thank you, judge. >> i would like to have another round. there's three of us left so we're going to have another round. i'm going to start off. once again, a program it looks like you're about to eliminate which i have a lot of interest in, disaster preparedness consortium. my state is a state with a lot of big cities, but it's a great big place. we got more little towns than we got big cities. and the training center at texas a&m university trains our first responders. literally every small town in texas is blessed by that, being able to train. to say that we no longer are going to have that available is to say that two-thirds of my state is going to have both medical and fire fighting at a minimal level. i d

mr. jefferson and she said i don't trust this guy. you're right. you're right. i could sit here all day and regrettably, we're out of time, but as a last question, you have written and asked what would the founders do and that's what our mission and charge is here is trying to assess the legacy and what would george washington do? so if you could leave us with an insight in term was what is one of the great legacies and takeaways relative to us today? what would they do? >> they'd say you have to do what we did. i mean, we have our -- we had our principles which we stated. we devise said the best system of government we could think of, but it's not a perpetual motion machine. you have to maintain this, and we've done the best we can and we're not actually there anymore so you have to be the ones. you have to take care of this. you have to be as patriotic, as public spirited, and you have to be as smart as we were. so go do it. >> the constitution is a living document and it's a muse rather than an end, and we are in charge of continuing that. >> well, it is. the

mr. jefferson and she said, i don't trust this guy. i could sit here all day but regrettably we're out of time. as the last question, you have written and asked what would the founders do and that's kind of what our mission or our charge here is trying to assess the legacy and what would george washington do. if you could leave us with a tip, an insight in terms of what is one of the great legacies today? what would they do? >> they would say you have to do what we did. we've had our principles, which we stated. we deviced the best system of government we could think of. but it's not a perpetual motion machine. you have to maintain this. we're not actually there anymore. so you have to be the ones. you have to be as patriotic and as public spirited and you have to be as smart as we were. so go do it. >> the constitution as a living document, as a means rather than an end and we're charged with continuing that. >> well, it all is. the declaration of independence isn't something lincoln just read. he realized case for it had to be made i

mr. jefferson, slipping from third fourth or something like that. so, it's -- and yet, you go back to the 1930s when the new deal was such a influence on american scholars and that's when all the -- andrew jackson went soaring up because he was thought be the populist forerunner of franklin roosevelt. so if there's any part of the polling you don't like, wait 20 years. >> where do you think you -- you mentioned his domestic accomplishments, the environmental protection agency was created under nixon. when there was inflation, wage and price controls came into effect, which would be vigorous use of central government. where would he figure in today's fit -- fit in today's republican party? >> he wouldn't. one thing i was very leery of in riting the book whether there would be an odd gonzalez today's polarizes politics bus nixon was the vanished breed of northeast moderate republicanism, even though he came from california. when a president is elected they get to pick port tray portraits to hang and the ones he pick were dwight eisenhower, teddy roose

mr. jefferson, what french hink of the revolution now and jefferson esponds politely, he takes all this. he's so concerned for the comesonship that he never back with the same kind of razzing. says, he admits, you were right and i was wrong. foresee that there would be over a million casualties as a result of this it would end up with the dictator. you were right and i was wrong. says, oh, my god, that is the biggest concession you have ever made in my whole life. i'm telling everybody from now on that you changed your mind. metaphor for e them is that jefferson is standing in the center of the folded, his arms protecting himself from intrusion and adams is casing of him forth in front and grabbing him by the lapel and saying, now what do you that, okay. it is adams always raising and accident, the difficult questions and it is arguments, ho hates can't stand it. for adams, argument is the highest form of conversation. jefferson, it's dissident noise he can't stand. right. >> but there is a wonderful letter jefferson writes on the death, which where he says in the midst, he's more right

the founding fathers who influenced abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas paine and thomas jefferson. mr. brookhiser is the author of "founder's son, a life of abraham lincoln." this hour-long talk is part of a series on the founders hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida. >>> welcome to the second presentation t

the founding fathers who influenced abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas paine and thomas jefferson. mr. brookhiser is the author of "founder's son, a life of abraham lincoln." this hour-long talk is part of a series on the founders hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida. >>> welcome to the second presentation in this series on the legacies of the founding fathers. my name is david breneman and i serve as president of the society of the four arts. let me ask you to take just a moment if you have a cellphone with you and make sure it is silenced. thank you. we want to thank mrs. gay gaines behind the idea behind this series and for her help in recruiting the cellar group of speakers we have enjoyed this group and last. dr. joseph ellis served as an adviser to the perhaps for which we are most grateful. dr. robert watson has been a strong member of our planning committee, has served admirably as a discussion leader for all of the talk, and has helped us secure the presence of c-span in filming the talks. we are also grateful to the dunn foundation and mrs. rebecca d

mr. joseph surette, desiree cooper, margo jefferson, abca 12, abca tylan. thai -- tai allen. >> good afternoon. my name is joseph surette from african-american studies. it is my privilege to moderate this panel. just to give you a quick sense of what to expect our call to this roundtable gathering of waters to call for healing and introduce panelists in the order in which they open the conversation, they offer brief remarks, brief opening remarks and follow-up you and a among the panel and open up looking to engage all of you who are here in conversation. a call for healing, the mandate from the national black writers conference literature and poetry often served as a bomb where we are faced with personal and societal challenges, through creative storytelling and prose writers expressed ways of overcoming ideas for harnessing emotional strength and meditated on the elements that pertain to the well-being of families and communities, individually and collectively. during this discussion panelists discuss how literary narratives, nurturing and reflecting refl

mr. shaw, since the shooting, has been to church at jefferson street and he agreed to speak with you. what james is going to do is just tell you from his perspective, from his eyes, what he saw and what he did. then after james speaks, there will be other speakers, and at the end, we'll save the end for questions. james, come on up. >> how's it going, everybody? so last night i went out with my best friend. we went to a club out in the antioch area. we left the club at about 2:30ish. we actually went to the bell road waffle house first, but it was pretty packed in there, like two or three times what was in the murfreesboro road waffle house. so we left there, got some gas and then we went to the murfreesboro road waffle house. got there, i think, at about 3:17ish. when we got out of our vehicles, we both saw the gold silverado -- i actually saw the silhouette of his face, but you can't really just judge a person just off of that, so we proceeded in. we sat down at the high chairs, tabletops. i was sitting in, like, the first chair and my friend was sitting in, like, the third chair. w

jefferson davis? >> again somebody asked me mr.smarty-pants robert e lee did not think confederate statues he actually spoke to this before he died if anybody wants to ask the man he said no. but why are you trying he was a great general i don't know i'm sure we have good things and bad things but then you think they should take his name off of robert e the university? no. because the reason they named that is because he did something great university is a beautiful place it educates people he was not remembered for fighting as a general to destroy the united states of america that is not what they were for they were purposeful they were not put up about robert e lee at all i did not make this up. go to the research and go read the cornerstone speech given by the vice president of the confederacy who spoke to the very specific issue of the cause of the confederacy and why the monuments were put up so i do think as you get into the intricacy you do have to think about that. second come to recognize maybe it wasn't as sensitive as i

mr. speaker, i rise today to discuss the thomas jefferson public service act of 2018. a bill that will effectively put term limits in place without amending the constitution. the act will reduce the salary of an elected member of congress to $1 a year after they've served six consecutive terms in the house or two consecutive terms in the senate. and does not require a constitutional amendment. my home state of florida passed term limits with 76% approval. recent nationwide poll showed that over 82% of the american voters -- voters support term limits for congress. mr. rooney: is it possible that a disruptive, game-changing measure such as this could instill confidence in congress and set the stage for a wave of innovation and accomplishment? history is replete with examples of leaders who serve their country for a time and then return to private life or other public service. it's time to return to the concept of the citizen legislator. i yield. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman fro

mrs. mary, became her best friend, even though i don't know that she particularly liked her, and dolley may have felt that things have gotten way out of hand because jefferson's opponents took him to task, not only for his role in what was called the merry affair, that they also started fabricating stories that jefferson had had an affair with dolley, or was pimping dolley out to the diplomatic corps. [laughter] kat: seriously. ofley's understanding diplomacy went much deeper than mending fences. her approach of mending feminine behavior be a claim to be left interest into politics and she actually was. when she was in philadelphia for medical treatment, which was a very rare time she was separated from james, they were almost always in each other's back pockets. she wrote him a letter inquiring, "some information respecting the war with spain and disagreements with england, as it is generally expected here , but i amn a loss extremely anxious to hear on the subject. i believe you would not to say your wife to be the active "artisan, but,... for what itize it was. he replies the potential for war that respect did her intelligence and close with a statement of

mr. sumner, so long i can help to bring the piece of good will to men." this was highly provocative language. jefferson davis, the former president of the confederacy. bring the piece of gooder, loathed by confederates and had been for many years. this letter would get more provocative still. longstreet offered the self-evident proposition that the highest of human laws is the law that is established by appeal to arms. ehe then deduced since the sword decided in the favor of north, northern principal had become law. it was the duty of the defeated south to "abandon ideas that are obsolete." among the things that longstreet clashed as obsolete was the democratic party itself. [laughter] prof. varon: which was nothing more than a vehicle for old prejudice. his words. sounding a lot like a republican, longstreet described congress' reconstruction act as peace offerings which would give the south a fresh start. he directly address the issue of race relations. casting black suffrage in the south and arguing that the spirit of black voting should be extended to the north and fully tested, as he put it. a few

mr. speaker, on this day we remember a founding father, thomas jefferson, and all the contributions he made to this great nation. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. hultgren: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hultgren: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate the loyola chicago ramblers for their dance to the final four of men's basketball ncaa tournament. they showed great skill on the court and hard work studying off the court. no one can forget sister jean ho is a piece to the cinderella story. r love to the team gave them luck. at 98, she never tired. it was clear she was having the time of her life. loyola dead indicates men and and -- dedicates men women. it became the only illinois ncaa to win the tournament. i enjoyed cheering on the ramblers during this ride. i congratulate the men's basketball team and hope to see sister jean

jefferson and adams, ruth g'dayer gins berg and antonia scalia. nancy reagan and mr. t., kanye's friendship with donald trump seals to be too much for some to hand him. this morning the president weighing in on his budding romance with kanye west. >> i have known kanye a little bit. i get along with kanye. i get along with a lot of people. >> it comes after west's tweet storm with his admiration. calling the president my brother. claiming he and mr. trump are both dragon energy. even tweeting this photo of his own sign of make america great again hat. then 2kru6, himself, weighed if. thank you, kanye, very cool! and with that statement, the internet began melting down. one user saying donald trump and kanye speaking over twitter, welcome to 2018. others joking, what a time to be aline. some proposing a twump-west presidential ticket in 2020. a dave after the president was holding high profile meetings with the president of france the white house was fielding questions about kanye west. >> i know they've met during the transition. that itself the only meeting i'm aware of

mr. speaker, i take us all back to the declaration of independence. when thomas jefferson pened the words that the protection for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. the words that are in our declaration, a little bit different than john locke's life, liberty, and property. the life, liberty, and property is deeply entrenched in the literature that brought up to the declaration and constitution and that's enshrined in the 14th amendment. d so i assert that our founders understood and nearly a century later with the 14th amendment the framers of the 14th amendment understood that there were prioritized rights. they didn't get this wrong. they never put property, liberty, and life. or liberty, property, life. or any other combination that might be conceivable with the three rights that are oprotected. in every case that i can find in literature anywhere it's always life, liberty, and then it either says property or pursuit of happiness. as a matter of fact, mechanic, pursuit of happiness was understood by our founding fathers to be rooted in the is how d ueudamonia

jefferson be taught on campus because it just might offend them. and that's just the way it is. i'll yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. king, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. king: mr. speaker, so many people in this world are focused n what's in it for me. well, not police officer sean gannon. sean was a giver. his life was defined on helping and serving others. sean was taken from us last thursday in an act of violence that shocked our sensibilities and broke all of our hearts. in his early years he gave to his community in new bedford, his classmates at all saints school and then bishop stang high school and dartmouth. he gave to his collegemates as he prepared for his lifetime goal of becoming a police officer at west field state and mass maritime academy. he gave to the communities in preparation of this of west field and nantucket, working there as a police officer and began his real career at stone hill college working to support and help students there, keeping them safe, working with one of his m

mr. trump and because it's an economic boon. it has nothing to do with the parties. --i thomas jeffersonaid, it's like thomas jefferson said, "parties divide the people." senators are just jealous as hell. host: comments on the facebook page with a lot of you weighing in on facebook.com/c-span,' . fromays, "the party going primarily neocon run to populist nationalist. wake me up when the dnc schism ends." jack dunn says, "get the pro-fake more monsters and republican party. elect all anti-fake more candidates, even democrats independence." "get on the trump train or get off." michael says, it's always been trump's party and now they are no longer hiding how hateful they are. noel is joining us. welcome to the conversation. caller: that's correct. thanks for having me on. listen, donald trump had one job to do and that was to defeat hillary clinton. he did so. i don't care what goes on. i cannot stand the democrats and i love trump. this guy is doing exactly what he got voted in four. by the way, he won a landslide electorally. the democrats are just whiny people. host: what do you think

mr. speaker, i rise to discuss the dire need we have for term limits in the congress. 86% of americans agree, but it's possible that congress doesn't. i've introduced the thomas jefferson public service act of 2018 to create a limit of 12 years without amending the constitution. something which we all know will never happen. it's time for congress to fish or cut bait. to the argument that -- about the value of seniority, i would humbly suggest that we ask the 18 to 25-year-old millennials in our country, these folks here, who will be voting and taking over the work force. mr. rooney: as you can see here, they voted massively for democrats in 2016. that's the blue. and would have left an electoral college of 504 democrats, 23 republicans. across the business world where i come from, employers are responding to the millennials' lack of concern for seniority, refusal to wait their turn, and unquestioning -- and questioning deference to authority. i'm not making a value judgment. i'm telling you, that's the way they are and if you want employees and good people, you got to deal with their concerns. the digital age is different. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time

mr. speaker, today the house of representatives votes to protect future generations from our debilitating debt. thomas jefferson believed that, quote, the public debt is the greatest of dangers to be feared, end quote. he wished it were possible to obtain a single amendment to the constitution, taking from the federal government the power of borrowing, end quote. it is past time that we listened to jefferson's comments -- commonsense advice. american families balance their check books, states and local governments balance their budgets. so should the federal government. the last balanced budget occurred in the 1990's. the previous balanced budget was during the eisenhower administration. surely it is not too much to ask that we take a major step towards having a balanced budget in our future. mr. speaker, only a balanced budget amendment will guarantee that the federal government puts its fiscal house in order and keeps it that way. i'll yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nad