your head of the smithsonian. you have all sorts of things. whenever your fellow justices or members of the staff had a moment, they bring it to you and have so many invitations floating in. you've been very gracious and excepting them. on top of that, you're the parent of an eight-year rule. maybe they are both 8, now. i don't really understand how you do all you do. men do you ever have the chance to kick back and read a mystery of what shall football you want to watch? >> the amount of things you're required to oversee, that is absolutely astonishing. did you get any downtime? >> starting tuesday, will. that is the funny thing about it just drops off. the gunmen, the day after. and you're quibbling your thumbs -- your twiddling our thumbs -- you come in, the day after. . and your travel in your thumbs. >> -- you come in the day after and your twiddling your thumbs. the administrative matters and the administrative office, i try not to make too many mistakes in terms of second-guessing what they do. the smithsonian is an interesting distract

and i think with different duties that you have, your head of the smithsonian, for one thing. you have all sorts of things. you could take the first cut of the list or conference and whenever fellow justices have a matter of some moments, and you have been gracious and excepting obligations. on top of that, you are a parent of an 8-year-old and a 7-year- old, or maybe they are both 8 now. but i do not really understand how you managed to do all you do. do you have a chance to read a mystery or watch football, because the amounts of things you are required to oversee is astonishing. do you get any downtime? >> starting tuesday, i will. worked really ramps up to the end of the term and then it just drops off. you, after the term is over and twiddle your thumbs. we carry forward a certain level of work to keep up with the occasional emergencies, and a lot of items he mentioned, they're wonderful people carrying goes forward. i have on paper responsibility for a lot of the administration of the federal court and judicial conference that does all the heavy lifting in that regard. i

there are men who had a smithsonian institute. they bread buffalo at the bronx zoo.he was the founder of the bronx zoo. i didn't want them to be relevant gated anymore just to a specialist. it's a circle of these people around him. how many of these other places did you spend time in? >> almost all. all the national parks are vivelted. this has been my hobby visiting roosevelt's places. when was very exciting for me. pine gnat is a cabin in the wild. roosevelt as president saw the last alive passenger pigon. there used to be 100 million. roosevelt wrote the last ob serveation of one in the wild. pine knot shows the real t.r. people don't want to think of roosevelt's conservation as a policy as much as a passion. >> he got romantic excitement from seige speesies5m÷ in the wild. this place is paid for by the taxpayer. >> that's one of the reasons i wanted you to come. you look in the fass i have yick coast. you see them on the map. he saved those. he was very interested in wild life photography. he would come to the white house and show him pictures of wild oregon. he

>> the archives are open, and historical outlets have used us, and we have worked with the smithsonian and walt disney. we serve a broad subsection of the public. >> fit this in the government structure, who is the boss of the boss of this kind of place? >> well, we work for the u.s. department of the interior. overall it's the secretary of the interior, and above that it's the president of the united states. we work for what administration is there. >> what is the budget for an operation for a year? >> our budget is a little more than $23 million a year. and that gives us more than 600 events a year and more than 6,000 people coming through the programs. >> in history how much are we spending on this effort compared to 50 years ago? >> i don't think we were spending much money 50 years ago, i am first fish and wildlife personnel and that's 10 years. and in the last 10 years, we created a history program. and we run tight, we don't purchase artifacts. we manage an archive and museum. >> so both of you could have what you wanted to make this better, what would you ask for? >> what i wou

the smithsonian is an interesting distraction. they obviously did not turn heavy responsibilities over to me. in that regard, you do not have a lot of spare time during the year. the trade-off is that you have a lot in the summer and to try to catch up on things. >> last night you were talking about your predecessors and one of those that you admired. looking back on the history of the supreme court, people say that the two most important decisions were probably brown vs. board of education and mulberry vs. madison for different reasons. looking back over the history of the supreme court, are there some decisions that stick in your mind other than those two as being the most monumental consequence? it seems to me that when people start getting beyond marguerite the madison -- margueritmulberre madison, what cases which add to the list of really landmark cases? >> i do think there is one that stands out. it is a counterpoint. people talk about the monumental cases, and you assume they're talking about the good ones. i was a the thi

on july 1, the secretary of the smithsonian institution will be here and on july 8, admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. i would like to present our guest with the traditional in pnpc mod. >> i now have a matching set. imagine my pride. >> for a final question, someone asked if your parents ask you not to play outside in the rain. what is with the playing outside during the downpour's? >> then i tell you how great national park is to come soon? we have games and stuff going on. but it doesn't have a roof. i did not think we would need a roof in washington is always a tough thing. and these things are difficult in every city. if there is any way to play the game, we're going to play the game. that is because of all the workers in a prepared to play there and the people who bought tickets and travel to be at the game. if there is any way, we're going to play the game. of this inconveniences' other people. but there is no really good alternative. whether it is rain or shine, you should come because we are going to be playing. >> thank you very much. >> [applause] >>

we worked with the smithsonian and even worked with walt disney world. we serve the broad cross-section of the public. >> fit this into the american government structure. who is the boss of the boss of the boss? >> we worked for the u.s. department of the interior. overall, secretary of interior. above that it's the president of the united states. we work for whatever administration is currently there. >> what is the budget for an operation like this throughout the year? >> a little more than $23 million a year. that gives us almost 600 events per year and more than 15,000 people coming through our programs. >> industry, how much are we spending all this kind of effort compared to what it was 50 years ago? >> i don't think we are spending much money at all 50 years ago. i am the first historian we have had for the fish and wildlife service and i was hired 10 years ago. 12 years ago we did not have an archive or a historian. we do not have a history program. if in the last 12 years we created a history program. we still want it tight. we don't spend a lot

on july 1, the secretary of the smithsonian institution will be here. on july 8, admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chief of staff. i like to present our guest with the traditional npc mug. [applause] >> i now have a matching set. this is awesome. >> for our final question, we have someone asking, did in your parents ever to do not to play outside in the rain? what is with the playing outside during a downpour? >> did i tell you how great nationals park is to come to? [laughter] we have games. it is so great. it does not have a roof. i did nothing we would need one in washington. -- i did not think we would need one in washington. these things are difficult and every secretive if there is any way to play the game, we are going to play the game. this is for the workers and for people who bought tickets to traveled. those people should do so. if there is any way we are going to play the game, we will. this often inconveniences' other people. we will try to do our best. there is really no good alternative to playing in the game. i think whether it

the smithsonian is an interesting distraction, but obviously, they don't turn any heavy responsibilities over to me in that regard. you don't have a lot of spare time during the year. the trade trade-off is you have a lot in the summer and i try to catch up on things at that time. >> last night you were talking about who your predecessors were, and one of those that you admired, chief justice taft and one of those that you thought went awry with salmon chase, and looking back on the history of the supreme court, people say that the two most important decisions were probably brown versus board of education and marbury versus madison were really different reasons, but looking back over the history of the supreme court, are there some decisions that stick in your mind other than those two as being of the most monumental consequence? because it seems to me that when people start getting beyond marbury versus madison and brown versus board of education, the views about the importance of some of the others diverge, and so i was wondering what cases you might add to that list of really, really

we've worked with the smithsonian. we've even worked with walt disney world, of all places. we serve a broad cross section of the public. >> fit this in to the american government structure. how does -- who's the boss of the boss of the boss of this kind of place? >> well, we work for the u.s. department of the interior. so overall, it's the secretary of the interior, and above that, it's the president of the united states. so we work for whatever administration is currently there. >> what's the budget for an operation like this for a year? >> our budget is a little more than $23 million a year. and that gives us almost 600 events of the year and more than 15,000 people coming through our programs. >> and in history, how much are we spending on this kind of effort compared to, say, what it was 50 years ago? >> i don't think we're spending much money at all on history 50 years ago. in fact, i'm the first historian we've had for the fish & wildlife service and i was hired 10 years ago. basically 12 years ago, we didn't have an archive, a historian. we didn't have a history pro

the endowments are vital for preserving america's cultral heritage and supports the smithsonian institution, with an increase of $43 million above 2009. i'm proud of the way we produced this bill. mr. simpson has been an outstanding ranking member whose thoughtful contributions over the course of 20 hearings has helped us to make this a better bill. we heard from 37 government witnesses and 99 members of the public. we received written testimony from an additional 94 witnesses. i was most impressed with the minority's attendance at those hearings. this bill is the product of a bipartisan effort. and i truly believe it is a better bill because of that. i want to take a moment to thank our staff, who have worked long hours without weekend breaks to help prepare this bill. delia scott, chris, greg, beth, juliet, melissa, greg scott on the majority staff with david and daron been gentleman min on the minority staff, pete, ryan on my staff and melissa and megan from mr. simpson's staff have worked hard and have been a great help to the subcommittee staff. in closing, i want to remind members tha

will address regulatory reform in the financial markets and on july 1, wayne klo, secretary of the smithsonian institution will address the luncheon. second, i'd like to give our guest the traditional n.p.c. mug. you should have a matched set. >> i do. [applause] >> and for our last question, what would you tell the parents of an 18-year-old who wants to be a marine? >> i would look the mother in the eye and say, don't worry, the safest place in the world is somewhere inside a battalion of marines. [applause] >> i'd like to thank you all for coming today. >> today on c-span's "newsmakers," senate minority whipe jon kiln -- jon kyl discusses pre35euring for the hearing of supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. >> i was reading troubling things about her views to international laws, saying you could interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. if that's really her point of view, that's very troubling. i mean, i would -- i could not vote for a judge who believed

this bill supports the smithsonian institution in washington, d.c. and across the country, the world's largest museum complex with an increase of $15 million above the president's request and $43 million above 2009 levels. madam speaker, i'd like to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. you know, i love our national parks, my husband and i visit them whenever possible because we are -- we believe that they are crown jewels in our environment in this country. but by putting this and future generations further into debt, we are making it less likely that the population of this country is going to be able to visit these wonderful national parks. i offered an amendment yesterday in the rules committee that was intended to save taxpayer muffin that was also not made in order. we'll not be debating it on the floor of the house today, much to my disappointment and all our constituents' detriment. my amendment was a common sense amendment to h.r. 2996, t

but there was the head of the smithsonian institute who started caring about wild life. there was a man who bread buffalo at the bronx zoo to repopulate the plains with buffalo. there is dr. c. heart miriam who ran the biological survey. there are many. these aren't household names and i wanted to inject them into the mainstream history. i didn't want them to be relegated just to a specialist. it's just not roosevelt i'm writing about but a circle of these people around him. >> you talked about mindoro. how many other places did you spend time in to research this book? >> almost all. there are hundreds going down, but all of his national parks and his monuments i have visited. i travel the country a lot. this has been my hobby really visiting roosevelt's places. and so what was very exciting for me, i'll just pick a place that i hadn't been on this book that isn't one, pine knot is a canyon outside of char lotsville that is in the wild. roosevelt saw the last alive passenger pinch i don't know. it is now an extinct species. roosevelt wrote the last observation of one in

he contacted the smithsonian institute, and no one would look. he eventually died a backlog of some. it was reported he was drinking whiskey to raise tra because he could not lift his head, but after he died, someone came out and had a look and what they found was that the buffalo were from and i say jammel which we now call bison into a quiz, and not only that but there were a lot of projectile points stuck into their spine, which between their lives. up until the point there's no tangible proof that man existed during i state. it was almost like when copernicus proposed, people were opposed the

on july 1st, secretary of the smithsonian institution will be here and finally on july 8, admiral mike mullan, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. second i would like to present the guest with the traditional npc mug. [applause] >> i now have a matching set. this is awesome. thank you. >> for the final question we have someone asking didn't your parents teach you not to play outside in the range? what's with the playing outside during the downpour? >> did i tell you how great the national park is to come to? we have games and stuff going on on the board. it's so great but it doesn't have a roof. we didn't think we would need a roof in washington. it's always a tough thing and as you saw last week in the yankee stadium when they made us sit six hours in a rain delay these things are difficult in every city. we have an ethic and baseball if there's any way to play the game we are going to play the game and that's because of all the workers prepared to be there and all the people who did buy tickets and a plan to travel. those people should do so with expectation if there is any way we