mr. lincoln. i think george washington could have been king of this country if you wish, i think he had the army to back him. that show me a lot of character. john: thanks for the call. alan is next, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. pick fan of the washington journal, longtime viewer, fantastic show. i believe the only nonpartisan -- in regards to what people call in and say. a couple thoughts into question. one, i think you should have a sign in the back with a quote from hm lincoln. he said, no one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the american public. said, there is a sucker born every minute. the second part i want to bring say then people republican party is the party of lincoln. was more of a, liberal than a conservative. democrats at that time were conservatives, they switched ideas around the turn of the 20th century. lastly, the question i would like to ask, i hate to put you on the spot. presidency,on the mitch mcconnell made a statement on behalf of the re

mrs. lincoln.husband cross, he thought she spent too much money. >> people tended to underestimate her intelligence, which was considerable. the whole historic preservation movement in this country owes a great debt of gratitude to her. >> the dictatorship of fidel castro -- >> three months into the presidency, the kennedy administration suffers its first major setback. the cia-backed invasion of cuba ends in disaster. >> reality really bit both kennedys. it was a humiliation. kennedy had been too influenced by advisers. >> he came back over to the white house, to his bedroom, and he started to cry. just with me. just put his head in his hands and sort of wept. >> it brought home to him that he had to be more self-reliant and more reliant on his partner. as jackie said, in the white house, the only two people you really have are each other. th'. try mr. clean magic eraser. just wet, squeeze and erase tough messes like bathtub soap scum... and caked-on grease from oven doors. now mr. clean magic era

mr. lincoln we strive to alignour statemenr principles.hat is just meaningless speak for every government seeks to align its action with his principal. so the second great strength ofames that our leadership holds the ability to mobilize others to make a difference. according to him, america acting alone counts for nothing. we are only important if we can only mobilize others. we didn't win the cold war with troops or money, recently mobilize others. the protesters in hong kong didn't wave american flags because they believe and are ideal of freedom, they were just happy that we have other countries on speed dial, apparently. but what if other countries refused to be mobilized? what if heaven forbid they put their interest ahead of ours? >> for decades, the same tired voicespo propose the same failed solutions for pursuing global ambitions at the expense of their own people. but only when you take care of your own citizens will you find a true basis for cooperation. >> laura: for example, what if mr. blinken asked the europeans for help on

a very powerful executive order by president lincoln. but, mr. speaker, lincoln's emancipation proclamation was monumental. it proclaimed that slaves residing in the states that went on rebellion against the union were free. military union forces descended upon southern states to quiet the rebellion and to bring freedom to the slaves. but, mr. speaker, there was great dispute, great dispute among the legal scholars of that day as to the legal effect of the emancipation proclamation. lincoln took the position that as commander in chief, he possessed the authority to enter orders that would deprive the enemy of any instruments that would aid them in winning the war. the slaves were a major asset to the slave holders who were in rebellion. and so, lincoln took the position that he possessed the power, the absolute power as commanderer in chief to free the slaves -- commander in chief to free the slaves. but some scholars argued that the legal effect of the proclamation was doubtful. it was a singular act of the president, they said, without congressi

with lincoln they are in the east room at the big reception in the white house and lincoln called him over and asked him, mrs, what did you think of my speech? and that is when douglas said to lincoln face-to-face, mr. president, that was a sacred act. this is asking for the best in us. it is asking for this american ideal that we can fight like hell over policy, we can really disagree over even visions of government, visions of the future, even our most divisive issues. name them however you want, name your top five and we got plenty of them. but in the end, we accept defeat and victory in elections. we accept democratic results. well, sometimes we don't. and the biggest danger to american democracy now, and no one needs visit tell them, is that we got millions of people , wherever they are getting their information, who do not believe the results of the selection. ro believe it was somehow stolen, that is the favorite word, and that the process of the selection should not be trusted. we've got millions more, a majority, certainly, it appears, that believe it can be trusted. but the deep, deep danger in ,

mr. lincoln came into power administering the constitution like an honest man and loving my country. i determine to sustain him. as he called for men to defend the constitution of laws he's been announced as an you as you werer and despot. if he not called on you when the country was in peril, had not the same armies been raised this south. what sort of government would you have today, not a military despotism? you complain of the great wrong he has done of arrests, et cetera, habeas corpus, military commanders arresting civilians. he says it's not president lincoln has not done more to crush the rebellion. it's not that abraham was using the military to make arrests, it's that he wasn't making more arrests, suspending the writ of habeas corpus more. here's the person who's the defender of the constitution, which gets even a little harder to think of when in 1866, have you seen this -- you're laughing at the -- zach's laughing because this is for the andrew johnson historic site, this is their -- one of their major images, especially for the movie. we'll be seeing this again later to

mr. lincoln came into power administrating the constitution like an honest man and living my country.i determined to sustain him. because he called for meant to defend the constitution and the laws, he has been denounced as a super usurper and despots. if he had not called on you when your country was in peril would not the same armies have been raised by the south. and the revelations are not. what kind of government you have today would not be a military dispose depth despotism. he says you complain of the great wrong he has done, and that's a heaviest corpus, military commanders arresting civilians, he said if i had any complaint to make, it is that president lincoln, has not been more thrust for rebellion. so saying if he has any more complaint, it's not for abraham lincoln, because he was using the military to make arrests, that was hibiscus, it that he wasn't making more arrests. he wasn't suspending the writ of heaviest corpus more. and here is the person who is the founder of the constitution. would gets a little harder to think of, when early in 1866, and are you laughing at

mr. lincoln came into power -- like an honest man and loving my country. i determined to sustain him. because he called for men to defend the constitution and the laws he has been denounced as and a surfer and a despot. if he had not called on you when your country was in peril would not the same armies have been raised by the south and use the revolution gone on, what sort of government would you have today? would it have not have been military despotism? he says you complain of a great wrong is done of arrests etc. mention of heaviest corpus, military commanders arresting civilians. if i had any complaints to make, it's a president lincoln has not done more to crush the rebellion. he saying if he has any more complaints, it's not for a blinken ... was using the military to make arrests. it's not lincoln was not making more arrests. he was not suspending the heaviest corpus more. and here is the person who is the defender of the constitution. which gets a little harder to think of when early 1866 ... are you laughing at the? zak is laughing because this is from the andrew johnson his

mr. lincoln's army" the part when he writes about antietam was pretty unforgotable when i read it. this terrible, horrific day of violence. and there was something about antietam that just kind of stuck with me. and then after i got out of college and i got a job in the park service the very first summer i was at gettysburg, i was at the information desk and we were having a conversation about battles on campaigns nobody had written a book about in recent times. and jim had written a book on antietam. before that it was the 19th century francis paulfry had written a book. nobody else had written about antietam. and so i remember i said, i'm going to do that. i'm going to write about antietam. not having any real kept of what that meant. i was very stupid. but that's kind of where it began is just having a conversation with some of my co-workers and antietam wasn't gettysburg. it was different. it was a different subject. but it was civil war. so that also was interesting to me because you don't -- i didn't want to be working on gettysburg all 40 hours a week and then come home and

lincoln. he is introduced. he says, i know who you are, mr. douglas. and what happens next? it has to be one of the great scenes that no dramatist has tried to re-create. david: there is a screenwriter working on it right now, i hope. harold: what happens at the meeting? edna: we need to put it in context. douglass is still seething from the fact that he never got his commission to serve and include these black soldiers, but he continues to work on behalf of these soldiers. he is telling lincoln, these people are putting their lives on the line and they are getting seven dollars a month instead of the $13 that white men are getting. lincoln's response is, we are doing the best we can. pretty much, you are lucky that we are allowing black men to serve because there are so many people in the country who don't want that. much, feel lucky that we are allowing black men to serve. there are so many people in the country who don't like them. he was right, lots of americans did not want black people serving. lincoln tells him, be patient, they will eventually get the same pay. for r

mr. lincoln's army. it's part in there and writes about antietam. it was pretty unforgettable when i read it. the most terrific fire anybody ever experienced. this just terrible, horrific day of violence. there was something about antietam that just kind of stuck with me and after i got to college and i got a job in the park service, i think it was a very for summer i was gettysburg, i was at the information desk with greg and paul and we were having a conversation about a battle that campaigns no one had really written a book about in recent times. jim had written club out antietam in the early 19 sixties. before that it was a 19th century he had written gettysburg and he was a veteran of the battle of antietam. no not really written about antietam so i said i'm going to do that. i'm going to write about antietam. not having any real concept of what that meant. i was very stupid. that is kind of where it began is just having a conversation with some of my coworkers and antietam was not gettysburg, there was a different subject but it was civil war

mr. lincoln, must know that, in many places, distinct races live peaceably together in the enjoyment of civilights. yet he says to the colored people, i don't like you. you must clear out of the country. it is not slaves causing the war. it is slavery." david: i brought a note card. >> good. also said --he likened lincoln's logic --i always have to look this up -- "a horse thief pleading that the existence of the horse is the apology for his theft, or a highwayman contending that the money in the traveler's pocket is the sole cause of the robbery." [laughter] that's a pretty good metaphor. harold: lincoln used the same metaphor at cooper union, about the highwayman. i always wondered whether douglass gave him a little extra tweak. >> he was nothing if not an ira nist. .- an ironist douglass had read lincoln. it was lincoln's worst racial moment, as you just said. i am glad you laid that out. we didn't have to. but is it for public consumption? is it real? that has always been the question. the colonization thing was real. edna: yes, and so he may have invited them there and the stenographer t

on november 8th, 1863, john hey, lincoln's private secretary escorted mrs. haines to garner studio. ncoln and john soon arrived after them. there's two conflicting stories. notebooks an 1895 describes being there that day. he gets it wrong though. he gets the date wrong. a lot of people including myself, i don't believe he was there, he was recollecting much later than the time. he says that lincoln was sitting there. if you see that photograph of lincoln sitting it's like a envelope. he says that's -- and lincoln was going to read. it at that point, he was still working on the speech. so i don't think that notebooks was there. and there's nothing in nickolay's diary to suggest that he was there. although he does, looks to say he was there. anyway, lincoln and john, john and nickolay arrive after. them five autographs of lincoln were taken during the summer sitting. two of the photographs were paid for by misses -- , and by paid for i believe she retains copyright to those two matches. a little different in those days. she also obtained the copyright to both. it gettysburg is hers an

mr. southern states, the slave-holding southern tates were fearful, they were very fearful that if elected abraham lincoln would find a way and deprive them of their slaves. 240 years, d of southern plantation owners had citizens who can transshipped from the couldn continent of africa. 4, 1789, this addressed the issue of slavery. it contained a provision that the slave trade for at least 20 years after the the constitution until january 1, 1809. end of the egal slave trade occurred in 1809,

lincoln. not even mr. president or abraham or anything like that. he signed himself a. lincoln as though he was kind of-- it's a tossup what you call. so he signed his name a. lincoln, but abe was his identification with the common person back then. >> honest abe or father abraham, right? >> father abraham, yeah, that was another one, but there were a lot of nicknames for him. >> right. >> so, yeah. >> all right. so, one of the things that runs all the way through the book, i hadn't thought too much about, is that the cultural difference between the puritans and the cavaliers and you developed in in lincoln's own sense of himself, as well as the culture at large, as well as the way people at the time were understood in terms of-- can you tell us all about that? >> yeah. a lot of people back then really thought the civil war was about the age-old difference between the new england puritans, new england early on had been settled by a generation of puritans who were escaping persecution in england and-- on one hand and the cavaliers, who were the supporters of royalty in en

lincoln colling, i said sure i do, he was in my 3rd grade class. he said we're going to be pen pals. >> i didn't remember any teachers from back then, except mrs. > it's like having another son. >> and when they're finally together, mike knows what's next in their friendship. >> just giving him a big old bear hug and saying everything is going to be okay now. >> for "cbs this morning," i'm chip reid. >> wow, well done, chip reid. since our story first aired, we're happy to tell you, lincoln and mike have continued to exchange letters and, students from the school sent christmas cards to the seniors and recently held a parade complete with a concert and cheer leaders for the residents. >> i like the twist at the end that that was one of her former students. very nice. >> i like that the little handwritten letter has a lot of power. >> i feel that if i get a handwritten letter. >> yes, i do. >> because it means the person took the time. that's always nice. >> that's right. >>> coming up, singer, tori kelly says it's been a productive year in quarantine. ahead, the two-time grammy winner will have a sample from her new christmas album created at ho

mrs. bush in the lincoln bedroom, green room, the library. at camp david the same is often true. the first lady will make a few changes. they came into a military government issue, and this would not due, so the camp quickly became colored in green, yellow, and pink. she brought in a navy reserve decorator to transform the lace. that's why the cabins got their name after the trees. aspen was given to the president's cabin. so it bake the aspen lodge. [ applause ] nixon, like in the white house, was really unhe recallralded wi transforming some of the french influence to american influence. did quite a bit at camp david as well. they heated the swimming pool just as other amenities that have been added. eisenhower did the three hole golf course there. other recreational things. mrs. bush, i love some of the things she did in bringing, for the first time the directors of the presidential libraries to camp david. all of their bosses spent time at this important place, but none of them had seen it. a day there having lunch, understanding the place was very important, and another wond

. >> very quickly, tell us how abe lincoln epitomizes the concept of free labor. mr. luskey: we might think of it in reference to horatio alger and the rags to riches story, or at least rags to independence. he talked about his time as a rail splitter, doing difficult manual labor and his rise, through saving end through education and through perseverance and through hard work, he became a respectable, gentleman lawyer. so he and many of his followers pointed to lincoln as a quintessential example of the promise of free labor. lincoln proposed that this was a three-step process. he believed that wage workers were never in the north, within the free labor system, fixed to their position, and that was an argument he made against southern politicians, who argued that every society and every economy had a mudsill class, lower to the floor, and that is why southern slavery was superior to wage labor, because according to them, when wage labor became surplus to requirements, they simply fired them and left them to fend for themselves. i would hasten to say that proponents o

mrs. elizabeth h. mcduffy, white house cook and wife of president rooseve roosevelt's valet, taking a stump in st. louis, clashed roosevelt with lincoln. here is a valet's wife, the spectacle of the white house cook doing a swell job as a campaign speaker. mrs. mcduffy was cheered in st. louis, chicago and gary, indiana. she was went on to make one speech, did make three and could have made 24 more before returning to washington in order to cook the president's meals. she went to a lot of cities that had a large african-american voting constituency and campaigned for the president. mind you, the federal hatch act was in place. for whatever reason, nobody tried to prosecute her. she made such a difference that after the election was over, president roosevelt calls her into the oval office and thanks her personally for what she did for him. shows you relationship they had. another interesting thing about lizzi mcduffy is during one of the white house dinners, there was a movie executive from hollywood who was dining at the white house. he took one look at her and said, i want her in my next movie. does anybody want to guess what that mo

mr. yeager was a war hero, an incredible pilot and a great west virginiaian. born in lincoln county in the small town of myra, he was a stiller athlete, a bright student, who enlisted in the air force during world war ii answering the call to serve. mrs. miller: as a pilot, he was known for his outstanding leadership and flying skills. his incredible vision. and i'm also proud to say he never lost his steadfast west virginia spirit. flying over 61 meigs as an ace, he returned home if the war in 1945. he then became a test pilot who researched high speed flight. in 1947, chuck was the first person to break the sound barrier, flying over the mojave desert and went on to accomplish more in the feel of flight while serving in the air force until 1971. he was one of america's greatest pilots. chuck passed away this month at the age of 97. he lived a life of adventure, patriotism, service and strength. he will always be remembered. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> request unanimous co

mr. chairman, colleagues, president lincoln once said given the truth people can be depended upon to meetthem the real facts. those are his words. that's what we in the navy call the straight skinny. the straight skinny. and with all due respect the american people have had the facts with respect to the outcome of this election for some time now. the truth, the straight skinny if you will is staring us in the face. it may not be what president trump and supporters wanted, but joe biden and kamala harris received more votes than any ticket in american history. that's something we ought to be celebrating. success made possible in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic thanks to ordinary citizens who volunteered as poll workers across the country. many of them risked their own health to oversee the count and postal workers worked to deliver absentee ballots. u.s. cybersecurity infrastructure agency led by chris krebs has called the election the most secure in american history and called it that today. throughout this country courts have flat out rejected claims of elected irregularities. co

mr. president. >> the senator from utah. >> i first met lamar alexander in 1995 when he spoke at boston's lincoln day dinner. like today, , he was folksy, good-humored, thoughtful, and impressive. i remarked he was surely going to go places are of course he had already gone places by then but he ran for president the next year. one thing lamar and i agree on is the best candidate for president does not always win. i think he may well have been just that. you all know he served as president of university, governor, senator and a sect of education. i've watched firsthand as he has led the senate committee on health and education. i don't know any person who has worked longer, harder and more effectively for the well-being of america's children than lamar alexander. his service extends of course be on the children as we've endured the covid-19 pandemic. he has led the same as with help to guide and find our national response. his healthcare expertise and his determination to keep each of us informed and involved has been invaluable. while america's response to the pandemic another been exemplary, la

mr. chairman and colleagues, president lincoln said, given the truth, people can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. the great point is to bring them the facts. those are his words. that is what we in the navy called the straight skinny. with all due respect, the american people have had the facts to the outcome of this election for some time now. the truth, the state skinny is staring us in the face. it may not be what president ,rump and his supporters wanted but joe biden and kamala harris received more votes than any ticket in american history. a success for our democracy and something that we should be celebrating. success made possible in the middle of the pandemic. thanks to ordinary citizens who volunteered as poll workers across the country. many of them risked their own health to oversee the fair count. postal workers worked tirelessly to deliver absentee ballots. the cybersecurity infrastructure agency has called this the most secure in american history. and throughout the country courts have flat out rejected the claims of irregularities and conservative, trump-appoi

mr. chair man and colleagues, president lincoln said people can be dependent to meet any national crisis. the great point is to bring them the facts. that's what we call the straight skinny. with allra due respect to the outcome for some time now it's staring us in the face. it may not be what the supporters wanted, but joe biden and harris received more votes than any ticket in american history. that is a success for our democracy and something we ought to be celebrating. it's made possible in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic thanks to ordinary citizens who volunteered across the country. many of them risk their own health to oversee the threat while postal workers worked tirelessly to deliver absentee ballots. cyber security infrastructure agency has calledss this the mot secure in american history. and throughout the country they've rejected the claims of irregularities and the trump appointed judges state after state missed the claims calling them baseless and worse. let me cite a couple of examples. in response to the legal challenge from the campaign in pennsylvania, the fede

mrs. kennedy on the check. then he weapon over to president kennedy's secretary, evelyn lincoln, he shook her hand and health her tightly and said he was sorry this that happened. then he fended off almost any effort on the part of anyone to come up and congratulate him, which was another sign of i think his greatness. he did not want this to turn into a celebration. and the somber mood that existed from the beginning was there at the end. my friend chuck roberts, one of the other poolers went over to president johnson, he shook his happened, looked up at the president -- the president was 6'3" or 6'4", he looked up at the president and he told me later, he said i looked up at him and now he's different. he said, i didn't know what to say. so i said, god speed, mr. president. and i thought, i wish i could have said something like that. it was so appropriate for him to have said that. and then president johnson's first order was, let's get airborne. they knew they had to move that airplane out of dallas and get back to washington. one interesting sidelight, the air force one pilot, i understand that the air force

mr. romney: i first met lamar alexander in 1995 when i spoke at boston's lincoln day dinner. like today, he was folksy, good humored, thoughtful, and impressive. i remarked to ann that he was surely going to go places. of course, he had already gone places by then, but he ran for president the next year. one thing lamar and i agree on is the best candidate for president does not always win. i think he may well have been just that. you all know thate served as president of a university, governor, senator, and a secretary of education. i have watched firsthand as he has led the senate's committee on health and education. i don't know any person who has worked longer, harder, and more effectively for the well-being of america's children than lamar alexander. his service extends of course beyond children as we have endured the covid-19 pandemic. he has led the senate as we have helped to guide and fund our national response. his health care expertise and his determination to keep each of us informed and involved has been invaluable. while america's response to the pandemic may no

lincoln, we do attract them. obviously the relationship that the president and mrs. reagan bode well for that. but that is tapering off and it just depends on what is happening. if we do a big event like the debate, the foundation does a debate, you will get all stripes. patrick: i have a couple more questions and then we have a factoid we want to throw up on the screen to finish up. did nancy reagan speak at the funeral? duke: at the president's funeral, no. patrick: a personal question for you, for younger folks who are watching, how does one, what kind of educational background do you need to become an archivist or work a library in the kind of position that you have obtained? duke: my position is different from an archivist. you don't have to be an archivist to become the director of the library. other than when my daughter was 14 and what this to be a i'm going to grow up and be a presidential library director, i don't think there are too many people that want that. i came into it because i was a supporter of the president and i was working at the university. the stars aligned. but i am n

lincoln. good afternoon, mr speaker.ht honourable friend seriously consider allowing local decision—makers the chance to set tier decisions locally? local decision makers know their patch is far better than any whitehall decision. local businesses include agero three uk members who are yet to receive any support and are desperate to get back to work in five of the uk economy.” desperate to get back to work in five of the uk economy. i repeat what i said to the head several times yesterday afternoon and i'm grateful to my honourable friend, of course we want to reflect local conditions as closely and accurately as we can in taking our decisions about tiering, but we must look at the entire national picture and on his point about internal combustion engines, ijust remind him that a hydrogen engine can also be an internal combustion engine. my constituent was diagnosed with me in 2019 and, earlier this year, her employer agreed she was no longer able to work and do the job she loved. she applied for pip but the dwp has rule

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mrs. hoover, she published literature about the white house furnishings. realized that on the second floor what were rooms were actually the original lincoln cabinet room.eople remember that print we end with, that is the lincoln cabinet room. hoover used that as, essentially, his office. he much preferred that to what was a restored oval office. in fact, franklin roosevelt, when he became president, moved it. because it was in the middle of the east wing, and had to move it to the end so he could have easier access with his wheelchair. mr. madden: you mention mrs. hoover, are there papers and documents in the museum there as well? mr. schwartz: the documents they will see in the exhibit galleries are very high quality faxes, simply because displaying documents for a long time is not appropriate. that they are available in the research room, in the collections. any member of the public can request a researcher card. there is a little bit of training they have to do. but we have people from the general public in to do research work, and also genealogical work. one of the nice things about all of the reading rooms in the national is is they have -- nation

mr. harris: hello and welcome to the great constitutional debate right here at colonial williamsburg. my name is stewart harris, and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorial university in knoxville, tennessee. today, we have a real treat for you. we are going back to a time when the constitution was ratified and we will talk about some of the great debates that occurred during the ratification process. let me set context. in 1776, we had our declaration of independence. don't mix that up with the constitution. they are two very different things. both important, but today we are focused on the constitution. indeed, these two documents were separated by 11 years. from 1776 to 1787 we had no real constitution. we had a treaty between 13 independent nations that we called the articles of confederation. the articles of confederation didn't work too well, and therefore, people like madison and washington and george mason decided to come together in the summer of 1787 in philadelphia and debate what form of government our new nation should have. this is a big question. alexander hamilton suggested it was perhaps the first time in history that such a dec

mrs. hoover, she did an unpublished history of the white house and its furnishings and realized that on the second floor what were bedrooms were actually the original lincoln cabinet room. so people remember that print that we ended with, that's the lincoln cabinet room. lou restored that to its original appearance and hoover used that as essentially his office. he much preferred that to what was a restored oval office. and in fact franklin roosevelt when he became president move today because it was kind of in the middle of the east wing and had to move it to the end so he could have easier access with his wheelchair. >> and you mentioned mrs. hoover, their papers and documents in the museum there as well. >> so the documents that they'll see in the exhibit galleries are very high-quality facsimiles. simply because displaying documents for long periods of time is not appropriate. but they are available in the research room in the collections. and any member of the public can come, request a research card, a researcher card and there's a little bit of a training they have to do. but we have people from the general public come in to do research work and als

mrs. hoover, she did an unpublished history of the white house and its furnishings and realize that on the second floor what were bedrooms were actually the original lincoln cabinet room. so people remember that print that we ended with. that's the lincoln cabinet room. lou restored that to its original appearance and hoover used that as essentially his office. he much preferred that to what was a restored oval office and in fact, franklin roosevelt, when he became president, moved it because it was kind of in the middle of the east wing and had to move it to the end so it could have easier access with his wheelchair. >> and even if you don't necessarily -- were there simpl displaying documents for long periods of time is not appropriate. but they are available in the research room in the collections, and any -- any member of the public can come request a research card, a researcher card, and there's a little bit of a training they have to do. but we have people from the general public come in to do research work and also gene yo logical work. one of the nice things about all the reading rooms in the national archives is they have access to ancestry, so p

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mr. harris: hello and welcome to the great constitutional debate right here at colonial williamsburg. my name is stewart harris, and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorini

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mr. speaker, we have an to do right byay our service members and by the uphold.es they let us do so. passing this y conference report and doing our part. said, to nt lincolnind up the nation's wounds. my colleagues, all of my colleagues, not because they will come to the conclusion this bill.erfect there are no perfect bills. essential for l the defense of our values, our our land.d this bill needs to pass overwhelmingly. my colleagues to vote for it and yield back the balance of my time. tempore: the o gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington reserves. he gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul. the speaker pro tempore: the texas, mr. om mccaul, is recognized for two minutes. mr. mccaul: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to also thank my good from texas for his service to the nation. a special states has partnership with israel. in the past four years, we've strengthened this relationship steps towards peace in the middle east under the bahrain, cords with s

mr. goodman. any is not a president like other president we have seen before. we have to stop treating him like he is a normal president. republican party, good luck. you have the lincoln people, the patriot party minority movement who are pro-trump people. i don't know what is going to happen to the republican party, but i think it is poor governance on the part of the president to keep everyone hanging like it is reality tv. money in mentioned the the legislation was money the president asked for, echoing this article before the president signed. "trump rails against federal spending he requested." trump rattledlist off conflated the stimulus measure with the year-end omnibus spending bill passed in tandem by the senate. criticized things he were what he requested for those programs. over $131or a little million for myanmar and $40 million for the kennedy center. we will go to maryellen in sarasota, florida, independent. what do you think? caller: i think the president should never have signed the bill. i think the only way to stop career politicians is to put them between a rock and a hard place, which is what they did to president trump. i think the omnibus budget

mr. speaker, we have an to do right byay our service members and by the uphold.es they let us do so. passing this y conference report and doing our part. said, to nt lincoln bind up the nation's wounds. my colleagues, all of my colleagues, not because they will come to the conclusion this bill.erfect there are no perfect bills. essential for l the defense of our values, our our land.d this bill needs to pass overwhelmingly. my colleagues to vote for it and yield back the balance of my time. tempore: the o gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington reserves. he gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul. the speaker pro tempore: the texas, mr. om mccaul, is recognized for two minutes. mr. mccaul: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to also thank my good from texas for his service to the nation. a special states has partnership with israel. in the past four years, we've strengthened this relationship steps towards peace in the middle east under the bahrain, cords with

mr. lincoln hoped when he issued his proclamation in the second inaugural, that we hope for peace and pray for it, but in order to insurance, not only do we have to honor the soldiers who bore the battle, we have to care for their families. just a few short blocks from what here in the early 1930's, veterans of world war i marched on this town and were met with tanks. franklin roosevelt was watching. he sent his wife into the missed to tell those troops that everything would be all right and that change was coming. a young veteran who had served with york on the western front told "the washington post, " "the army sent tanks, and franklin roosevelt sent eleanor." a few years later after world war ii was over, that great veteran of the first war came to the white house. and he understood the mistakes made between the two great wars. unlike the predecessors of the veterans administration, he called upon his favorite missourian, general omar bradley, to take control of the v.a. in two short years, omar bradley administered 2.7 million scholarships to college for america's veterans. he built 5

half ago, senator steven douglas told abraham lincoln who had just defeated him for the presidency, partisan feeling must yield to patriotism. i'm with you, mr. president, and god bless you. well, in that same spirit, i say to president-elect bush, that what remains partisan rancor must now be put aside and may god bless his stewardship of this country. neither he nor i anticipated this long and difficult road. certainly, neither of us wanted it to happen. yet it came and now it has ended. resolved as it must be resolved through the honored institutions of our democracy. over the library of one of our great law schools is inscribed the motto "not under man but under god and law." that's the ruling principle of american freedom, the source of our democratic liberties. i've tried to make it my guide throughout this contest, as it has guided america's deliberations of all the complexed issues of the past five weeks. now the u.s. supreme court has spoken. let there be no doubt. while i strongly disagree with the court's decision, i accept it. i accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified next monday in the electoral college. and t