. ♪ >> representing the 12th district of pennsylvania, presentsan john murtha "capitol commentary."nd now, here is congressman murtha. >> i am glad you could join us for another of our reports from washington. >> we are at the archive center at the university in pittsburgh. . the center collects materials that document the postindustrial iceberg. today, we talk about congressman john patrick murtha, better known as jack murtha. he was a congressman that served almost four decades in washington, representing the people of western pennsylvania, particularly the people sort of in the areas to the east and south of the surrounding pittsburgh area. what i would like to share with you is a bit about congressman murtha's career as a military man, about his influence with military spending and also his letters in the national park service here in western pennsylvania. >> jack was actually not born here in western pennsylvania, but along the ohio river in west virginia in the 1930's. but but that his parents were originally from western pa. he finds himself coming back here as an early child