george mason, richard henry lee and patrick henry, as well as the continued health of thomas jefferson and john adams lafayette himself was toasted numerous times. we mentioned there were over 30 toasts that were given, so we will not be doing a transcription of every toast that was said that night. but lafayette was toasted for, fought and bled for liberty in america he proclaimed. liberty in france, making long and happy live. an example posterity and in return raised a toast to the city of alexandria, wishing her prosper, liberty and happiness more and more realized the fondest wishes of our venerated washington in the home that lafayette used as his residence. and alexandria belonged to a woman named elizabeth lawson and the home is located just around corn on uth asaph st. it was completed in 1819 and it was considere i bieve still is considered to one of the finest homes here in the city. the honor of hosting laf was an issue so serious that it was taken up to the city council where the lawsons was selected due to its size and grandeur, and to give lafayette and his traveling par

those who need a reminder, richard nixon ordered department officials to fire archibald cox, the special prosecutor investigating watergate. two officials, elliott richardson and lee michael's resigned rather than carrying out richard nixon's orders. on the committee considered the appointment of loretta lynch to be president obama's attorney general, a republican number of the committee emphasized, "what we need from our next attorney general more than anything else is independence." that same member who know still serves on the committee said, "the job is not to be the president's wingmen. the job is to represent all americans. the attorney general must be willing to stand up to the president and say no when the office demands it." when attorney general nominee merrick garland came before this committee, another one a republican colleagues still serving told garland, "my sole criteria for voting for your confirmation is your pledge to make sure politics does not affect your job as attorney general." the view that the justice department must be insulated from political influence should not be weaponized against political rivals has historically been bipartisan, c

richard blumenthal arrived. we are excited about that. i mentioned him and he was not here. >> cases in connecticut. >> that was mentioned as well. i'm going to finish up my time and go to senator lee and then senator richard blumenthal. professor newman, one of the bipartisan reforms we mentioned and addressed was the bill i have with the merger filing fees modernization act. from your time at the ftc, can you tell us a bit about resource constraints and how they affect resource decisions. additional resources can make a difference and bring money in. >> yes, first, if i could, i'd like to thank you for your work on that. it was a shot in the arm for a couple of agencies that had been underfunded, relative the overall growth of the u.s. economy for a fair amount of time. let me say at the outset that the agency is doing an amazing job with what they're given. but they can only do so much. when you see something like a spike in merger activity, the agencies go into triage mohs. -- mode. you would be neglecting your duties if you didn't review the mergers. so the workload can skyrocket as it did in 2020 and 2021. if the agencies aren't effectively funded, those people reviewing thos

hillsdale college professor richard gamble on civic faith, american nationalism incorporating religious symbolism during the cold war. 9:30 p.m. on the presidency, heath leeexploring the american story, american history tv saturdays on c-span2, find th full schedule or watch onle www.c-span.org/history ♪ >> sharon mcmahon is our guest sunday night on c-span q&a, profiling lesser-known americans who changed the course of history including retail pioneers, clara brown and others. >> if you asked people he was the best person you know? almost never will they say jeff bezos. almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say someone who has impacted them in an important way. very often those people are not famous, rich, they don't have daddy's money, they don't have their name on the side of a building, and there are thousands of americans who have shaped history and changed the u.s. through their actions but for a variety of reasons their stories have not been recorded in those bold spots in the textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon, sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. listen to all our podcasts on c-span now. >>

hillsdale college professor richard gamble on civic faith and how american nationalism incorporated elements and symbolism during the cold war. on the presidency, heath hardage leeounts first lady pat nixon' times in the white house including her support for the equal rights amendment, a woman on the supreme court and more on mid to high-level jobs. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2ndind a schedule on your program guide or watch anytime online at c-span.org/history. book tv, every sunday on c-span2 features leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction books. here's a look at what's coming up this weekend. human rights advocate mark clifford with his book "the troublemaker" talks about the life and activism of a hong kong media mogul and dissident, jimmy li, who's being tried for sediti and other crimes by the chinese government. on afterwords, journalist adam schaller with his book "99% perspiration" argues hard work is not enough to obtain the american dream. he's interviewed by author ali ssa quart. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2. watch anytime online a booktv.o rg. ♪ >> kentucky senator mitch mcconnell has spent 40 years in the unite

hillsdale college professor richard gamble on civic faith and how american nationalism incorporated elements and symbolism during the cold war. on the presidency, heath hardage leeounts first lady pat nixon' times in the white house including her support for the equal rights amendment, a woman on the supreme court and more on mid to high-level jobs. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2 and find a schedule on your program guide or watch anytime online at c-span.org/history. book tv, every sunday on c-span2 features leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction books. here's a look at what's coming up this weekend. human rights advocate mark clifford with his book "the troublemaker" talks about the life and activism of a hong kong media mogul and dissident, jimmy li, who's being tried for sedition and other crimes by the chinese government. on afterwords, journalist adam schaller with his book "99% perspiration" argues hard work is not enough to obtain the american dream. he's interviewed by author ali ssa quart. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2. watch anytime online a booktv.o rg. ♪ >> kentucky senator mitch mcconnell has spent 40 years in the

richard gamble on civic faith and how american nationalism incorporated religious elements and symbolism during the cold war. and at 9:30 p.m. eastern on the presidency, keith hardage -- keith hardage leealls pat nixon's time in the white house, including her support for the rights amendment, a woman on the supreme court, and more mid to high level government jobs. watch american history tv, saturdays on c-span2, andin the full schedule on your program guide or wch online at c-span.org/history. ♪ ♪ >> techie senator mitch mcconnell has spent 40 years in the united states senate. 17 of those as leader for his republican colleagues. it is the longest any senator has been at the top of the leadership wrong in either political party. senator john thune was elected a few weeks ago to head up the republican majority in the senate in 2025. we walk, journalist michael tackett's book, a profile of senator mcconnell, is titled "the price of power." mike tackett, the deputy washington bureau chief of the associated press, conducted over 50 hours of interviews and was granted access to never before released oral histories. >> journalist michael tackett with his book "the price of power: how mitch

and sympathies are with richard lee and his family.ealfor new evidence and his family. they continue to appeal for new evidence in this case and i will make sure he has a meeting to discuss progress. that comletes meeting to discuss progress. that completes prime _ meeting to discuss progress. trust completes prime minister's questions.— completes prime minister's questions. . , , , ., questions. that brings us to the end of this week's _ questions. that brings us to the end of this week's pmqs. _ we will speak to our political correspondent who is in the commons, in the lobbyjust outside the commons for the very latest. but before we do, i will bring you breaking news regarding the murder of a 14—year—old boy last week in south—east london. this is an image of the 14—year—old who was stabbed on a bus in woolwich last week. well met police are saying two teenaged boys have been arrested on suspicion of the murder. a 15—year—old and a 16—year—old have been arrested on suspicion of this murder of the 14—year—old who was stabbed on a doub