mr. roosevelt? but, roosevelt had no one. his secretary of state, john hay, had just died.e new secretary of state does not appointed yet. secretary of war taft was a complete a yes man who went along with this secret treaty and kept it secret, until he died, and there was nobody to pull the reins from theodore roosevelt because he drove america's future into the ditch in asia. >> one of our questioners as a lot of information on the league of nations and they talk about back in 1917 to 1919, the united states and the united kingdom refutes in spite of the japanese alliance during world war i to endorse deppan's proposal for racial equality as a covenant of the leak. do you think this may have led to japan's mistrust in the west and the western racial supremacy my that been a fact for pre-world war two japan? >> the answer is yes. japan was very upset about that and walked out of the league of nations as a result, but that is all i am going to say because that is 1917. my book ends in 1905, and i don't want to get into it. i am aware of the league of nations situations but

mr. roosevelt identified the four freedoms. the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, the freedom from want and the freedom from fear. it is that last freedom that franklin roosevelt talked about in december of 1941 that is deserving of our attention at these closing minutes. whatever else one may argue about the specifics of this bill it is that fear that so many of our fellow citizens have over whether or not they will be confronted with a health care crisis and have the resources to address it and the ability to have a doctor, a physician, a health care provider, a hospital to provide them with that kind of help when they need it. that fear is not just for those who are without health care, even for those who have health care insurance. that fear persists. this evening, more than anything else, beyond the specifics of the legislation in front of us is our desire to address that freedom, that freedom from fear that was addressed so eloquently almost 70 years ago. so this evening we attempt anyway to begin that journey o

mr. roosevelt identified the four freedoms.m of religion, the freedom of speech, the freedom from want and the freedom from fear. it is that last freedom that franklin roosevelt talked about in december of 1941 that is deserving of our attention at these closing minutes. whatever else one may argue about the specifics of this bill it is that fear that so many of our fellow citizens have over whether or not they will be confronted with a health care crisis and have the resources to address it and the ability to have a doctor, a physician, a health care provider, a hospital to provide them with that kind of help when they need it. that fear is not just for those who are without health care, even for those who have health care insurance. that fear persists. this evening, more than anything else, beyond the specifics of the legislation in front of us is our desire to address that freedom, that freedom from fear that was addressed so eloquently almost 70 years ago. so this evening we attempt anyway to begin that journey of eliminati

mrs. roosevelt, mrs. taft, mrs. harrison and mrs. cleveland gave this statement, quote, the whole inspiration for our civiluation springs from the teachings of christ and the lessons of the prophets. to read the bible for these fundamentals is a necessity of american life. harry truman, our 33rd president, 1952, said this, quote, the basis of our pill of rights comes from the teachings we get from exodus and st. matthew from isaiah and st. paul. i don't think we emphasize that enough these days. if we don't have a proper fundamental moral background we will end up with a government that does mot believe in rights for anyone but the state. profound. that was harry truman, 1952. charles malic was our ambassador to the united nations from lebanon and the president of the u.n. general assembly in 1958, made this statement, 1958, whoever tries to concede the american word without taking full account of the suffering and love and salvation of christ is only dreaming. i know how embarrassing this matter is to politicians, bureaucrats, busin

mr. roosevelt identified the four freedoms. of religion, the freedom of speech, the freedom from want and the freedom from fear. it is that last freedom that franklin roosevelt talked about in december of 1941 that is deserving of our attention at these closing minutes. whatever else one may argue about the specifics of this bill it is that fear that so many of our fellow citizens have over whether or not they will be confronted with a health care crisis and have the resources to address it and the ability to have a doctor, a physician, a health care provider, a hospital to provide them with that kind of help when they need it. that fear is not just for those who are without health care, even for those who have health care insurance. that fear persists. this evening, more than anything else, beyond the specifics of the legislation in front of us is our desire to address that freedom, that freedom from fear that was addressed so eloquently almost 70 years ago. so this evening we attempt anyway to begin that journey of eliminatin

franklin roosevelt picked up that challenge and harry truman of course was the one who articulated very specific terms. it was 69 years ago this very month, mrnt, that franklin roosevelt identified the four freedoms, freedom of religion, speech, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear. and it is that last freedom that franklin roosevelt talked about in december of 1941. that is deserving of our attention at these closing minutes. because whatever else one may argue about the specifics of this bill, it is that fear that some of our fellow citizens have of whether or not they will be confined with a health care crisis and have the resources to address it and the ability to have a doctor, a physician, a health care provider, hospital, to provide them with that kind of health when they need it. that there is not just for those who are without health care, even for those who have health care, insurance. that fear persists. and so this evening more than anything else, beyond the specifics of the legislation in front of us, is our desire to address that freedom, that freedom from fear, that was addressed so eloquently almost 70 years ago.

a telephone call came to roosevelt from president reagan 's deputy chief of staff. >> my call. one day and said, mrsan feels, and i feel that we must shut blair house down. mike was a disturbed as was mrs. reagan when she heard that a chandelier had fallen on a bed. the tunisian president was in residence. the boiler had blown uppe. and that was enough. it was not looking very good. before the restoration, the money had to be approved by the government every year. i was summoned to congress because they did not want to flaunt it. senator and abnebner said to med not understand why you have to spend all the money just to do over a new house. he said, why don't you just tear it down and build a new house? i said, over my dead body. finely worked around this. i was grateful to the senator who was able to really get it through. there was an interesting stipulation of the bill. the money was to be used for bricks and mortar but not 1 cent could be allocated. what could that mean? we had to raise it. >> in 1988, blair house reopen. congress had appropriated $8.6 billion for the infrastructure improvement.

the fact is that this wasn't easy for franklin roosevelt when he tried to do it, mr. president. it wasn't easy for harry truman when he tried to do it. it wasn't easy for bill clinton when he tried to do it, and some of us were here and tried with him, and we understand how difficult it is. but you don't sound retreat. you don't ignore history and say we're going to be better off by giving in to 40 people who are trying to destroy a presidency and simply can't stand the fact that there are 60 votes here and there's a president who's got an agenda to fix these things, so the best thing they can do is try to stand up and stop it. some of our progressive friends have said we, you know, because it doesn't have the public option, we ought to do that. you know what it does have, even though it doesn't have a public option? it has a not-for-profit structure that has the ability to be able to drive some competition. we don't have that today. is that not worth fighting for here on the senate floor and putting into this bill? again, i say, my friend howard dean wrote in "the washington po

mr. randolph proposed a march on washington to protest war industries and propose the desegregation of the armed forces. the march was canceled after president franklin roosevelt issued order 8802 which called for an end to discrimination. mr. randolph's nonviolent efforts led to the signing of another executive order on july 26, 1948, signed by president truman to ban discrimination in the armed forces. in addition to these accomplishments, mr. randolph was an active participant in a number of organizations and causes, including the leadership conference on civil rights and the workman's circle. he also frmed -- formed the a. philip randolph institute to study the causes of poverty. mr. randolph has been called the towering civil rights figure of the period in which he lived. the dean of american civil rights leaders and among the first leadership of the labor movement he fought for more than a half century on behalf of the poor and deprived, securing rights not just for black workers but for employees of all races and nationalities. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolutionened i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:

mr. president the president il campaign of 1912, theodore roosevelt's platformed said this. quote we pledge ourselves to work unceasingly with the protection of home, life against the hazards of sickness. through the adoption of a system of social insurance adapted to american use, end quote. today we are closer than ever to enacting health care reform. as in teddy roosevelt's time we seek protection against the hazards of sickness. of necessity we seek a system uniquely adapted to the american use. and recognizing the daunting task still ahead of us, we pledge ourselves to work unceasingly to get the job done. in the years since teddy roosevelt, some of our nation's greatest leaders signed up for this job. but at the same time we have never faced a greater need to get the job done then we do today. why is that? well, basically because health care costs are skyrocketing out of control. everyday american businesses are forced to cut benefits for their workers, cut benefits to remain competitive in the global marketplace. every 30 seconds, another american files for medical ba

a telephone call came to roosevelt from president reagan 's deputy chief of staff. >> my call. one day and said, mrsan feels, and i feel that we must shut blair house down. mike was a disturbed as was mrs. reagan when she heard that a chandelier had fallen on a bed. the tunisian president was in residence. the boiler had blown uppe. and that was enough. it was not looking very good. before the restoration, the money had to be approved by the government every year. i was summoned to congress because they did not want to flaunt it. senator and abnebner said to med not understand why you have to spend all the money just to do over a new house. he said, why don't you just tear it down and build a new house? i said, over my dead body. finely worked around this. i was grateful to the senator who was able to really get it through. there was an interesting stipulation of the bill. the money was to be used for bricks and mortar but not 1 cent could be allocated. what could that mean? we had to raise it. >> in 1988, blair house reopen. congress had appropriated $8.6 billion for the infrastructure improvement.

mr. scott: i rise in support of this legislation. when you talk about socialism, these are the same arguments that were held when franklin roosevelt and members of this same body on the democratic side of the aisle came forward to respond to the crisis in that generation and there's no difference here today. oftentimes when we have had great debates and people get heated in the call of the debates, when there is no other point, you can always rely on socialism or communism. no, what this is is good old americanism. this is the most severe financial crisis since the depression. and it requires this congress to step forward with the intelligence and the sobermindedness to respond. this isn't socialism. this is good old-fashioned, free-enterprise americanism. let me talk about one of the major issues, that this is not an end to bailout. this is an end to taxpayer bailout, to protect the american economy and american taxpayers from ever, ever again having to pay for a bailout. we don't know what the future holds in terms of ups and downs. this is not a socialist system. this is a free enterprise system. and that means we're going to be go

roosevelt and the antitrust. i urge people to go back and read the same arguments. the gentleman from texas, mr. neugebauer, said the federal reserve will decide you're too big to fail and you'll be ok. rock, wrong, wrong. we the idea that an a financial entity, we heard about dell and american airlines, they are not covered urn this bill. dell and american airlines are total red herrings. what we have here is the ability of a group of existing regulators, not the federal reserve, to decide a particular institution is so big and overleveraged it's a danger. they don't get designated and then carried around. coordinate with that is a restriction on what they do. they are not told, you're too big to fail, go out and make more money. they're told, you're too big to fail, you're is big if you fail -- cut your capital. stop selling credit default swaps. there's a real difference between the bills. their bill is small because it does nothing to retard the kind of activity that got us in trouble. it does not stop overleverages or unregulated derivative trading. it does not stop credit default swaps wit

mr. blumenauer: but compared to the best that the republicans could do for 12 years, it's night and day. with all due respect declaring one of of my hero, teddy rooseveltwho brought about the inheritance tax as being un-american is an insult to the republican party. who knows that the vast wealth in this country, you don't get to be a billionaire on a w-2. so a lot of this money was never even taxed once. let's get a grip. let's pass this bill and move on. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. brady: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brady: i know washington takes great delight in reading from comments from the very wealthy who by the way usually find loopholes, accountants, and have whole planning teams to make sure they don't pay these taxes. but i like to listen to those who are actually struggling with this death tax, our small businesses, our family farms, our local manufacturers who got a lot of challenges. i have a letter from the national federation of independent business which has weighed in almost every key issue dealing with the impact on small busin

roosevelt's court-packing plan of 1937. it's my honor and privilege to present associate justice kennedy. [applause] >> thank you and good evening, mr. lancaster and members and friends of the supreme court historical society. thank you very much for the work that you do, ralph, and that all of you do for the supreme court historical society. one of the fascinating aspects of a great institution is that you learn over time the place that you have it in. it's not apparent to you at the outset. and the historical society is of immense importance in part because it reminds the justices of what they must learn in order to understand their role. your work is very, very important. sometimes people ask me, are you nervous before you go on the bench? and the answer is, no. [laughter] sometimes those of you who teach, drew and ken starr, will hear teachers tell students, well, you know, it's harder -- just as hard to give the exam as it is to take it. you know, don't believe that. [laughter] and it's the same way about arguing in cases. but my colleague, justice breyer, not long ago made the comment that although he agreed with me that we do

roosevelt in 19006 -- 1906 and jimmy carter in 2002. al gore, vice president in the clinton had ministration was awarded the prize in 2007. the laureate and mrs. obama are welcomed by the chairman of the nobel political -- the nobel committee. barack obama is going to receive -- there is the question diplomatic solutions in conflicts in afghanistan, iraq and iran and north korea. there is the situation in the middle east and the climate problems. all of this means that there is extra interest in the nobel lecture that president obama will deliver today. on this side of the hall are the president of the norwegian parliament, the prime minister and the chief judge of the supreme court. almost all of the other cabinet members are also present and so are more members of parliament than usual. for security reasons, the guests had to arrive much earlier than as usual and it were taken to the hall threw another entrance than the usual one. the laureate and diplomats will be using the main entrance today. from the city hall, the bills will come via lauri at -- the bills will come the laureate -- the bills bells welcome the laureate. the decision to a

mr. speaker, it is very appropriate that we assemble here today on december 7, a day that will live in infamy, words that were spoken by president frankin delano roosevelt on this house floor 68 years ago tomorrow. on that december 7 the united states lost many courageous, dedicated, heroic passionate men and women when the pacific fleet was attacked at pearl harbor by forces of the impieral japanese navy. rise today in support of house resolution 940 which i introduced last week on december 1. as already been pointed out very eloquently about the background of the national guard, the guard dates its origins back to december 13, 1636 when the massachusetts bay colony ordered militias to be organized into three regments. since then they have fought in every major conflict from the shot that was heard round the world in april of 1774 to our men and women or standing strong today and fighting in afghanistan and iraq, the national guard and its citizen soldiers have been there for us no matter what, always ready, always there. the national guard is the oldest component of the armed forces of the united states. the national guard's number one priority is sec