theodore roosevelt used the room for two important things. a was they introduced a whole series of events called musicals. tomorrow night would have been the 100-something anniversary. they were held on four consecutive fridays in january. january was the social season. you entertained from late december through early february before the weather got bad in washington and you had -- you did not have air conditioning. there would have been one of these where they invited maybe 30, 40 people for dinner and 500 to listen to music. i don't know how they got them all in the east room. you can put that many chairs in the room. but he also enjoyed using the east room is basically a gymnasium. one of the things that he had in 1904 was regular sessions with two japanese jiu-jitsu wrestlers. they would come three times a week and theodore roosevelt said he was not of an age or build to be twirled and batted down without damage. and about a month later he said i'm probably through with it. after an eight hour grapple with senators and congressmen, i feel

let's talk about football and theodore roosevelt. i like to start with a statistic in 1905. eighteen people died playing football 18 people died playing football. we hear a lot today about the problem of concussions and had injuries and long-term health effects. this is a controversy in football today. but it has nothing on the challenges that football faced a little more than a century ago. so let's go back in time. in 1876 theodore roosevelt attended his first football game he was an 18-year-old freshman at harvard university he got on a train with a bunch of friends and they went to new haven connecticut where they watched the second ever football game played between harvard and yale. in the history of the college sports there are a lot of great rivalries. the heritage foundation is the brookings institution. harvard has a yell and let's remember that the i delete -- ivy league is an athletic conference. he played their second ever football game. the weather was lousy it was cold, the winds were so strong. roosevelt shivered on the sidelines that day and as he watched the

s fifth cousin, theodore roosevelt, and today is known as the roosevelt conference room. >> for yearsther -- a decorative piece of wood with peeling paint, reputed in family lore to be from the white house. the problem -- nobody knows how to find out if the story is true. it's become an irresistible mystery to mike and his brother-in-law, larry forrest, who are determined to solve it. larry's inquiries are all met by laughter and blank stares, until he calls author and historian bill seale. >> he was skeptical that it could be the actual white house. so i said, "can i just send you pictures?" >> what was your initial reaction? >> well, i thought it looked suspicious. [ laughs ] and so, i didn't tell them much until i researched it. >> did you say, "ah, just leave it in the attic another 50 years. it'll be fine"? >> no. no, i was too curious for that. >> in fact, the meisters' photos have bill scratching his head. >> he called me back, and he goes, "i swear i've seen it." >> bill is remembering a particular photo from 1898, during the mckinley administration, that he used in one of his

for every theodore roosevelt, we needed millions and millions and millions of people just who were willing to write that letter. so just do those two simple things and keep doing it. it makes a difference and it is why we have these places. i wish i had something special to tell you. by this book and you will have it all figured out. back but just care. and show people that. i think we all do that, it changes the world. >> to questions quick. i'm a big fan of the podcast and the special guests you have on there. keep up the good work. i love the pregame with dan johnson, you two are a great pair. i was wondering how you hooked up with him and number two is alive this year. >> so some deer hunting talk. the question was about my cohost on a lot of the episode, dan johnson character and i knew i wanted to start a podcast back in 2013. i just quit my job at google, was going to go full-time and be an outdoor writer and podcast and all that kind of stuff. i realize i had all of his free time in a better do something with it. and podcast seemed like the natural next step. but i am like the stra

s fifth cousin, theodore roosevelt, and today is known as the roosevelt conference room. >> for yearss father had a family heirloom like no other -- a decorative piece of wood with peeling paint, reputed in family lore to be from the white house. the problem -- nobody knows how to find out if the story is true. it's become an irresistible mystery to mike and his brother-in-law, larry forrest, who are determined to solve it. larry's inquiries are all met by laughter and blank stares, until he calls author and historian bill seale. >> he was skeptical that it could be the actual white house. so i said, "can i just send you pictures?" >> what was your initial reaction? >> well, i thought it looked suspicious. [ laughs ] and so, i didn't tell them much until i researched it. >> did you say, "ah, just leave it in the attic another 50 years. it'll be fine"? >> no. no, i was too curious for that. >> in fact, the meisters' photos have bill scratching his head. >> he called me back, and he goes, "i swear i've seen it." >> bill is remembering a particular photo from 1898, during the mckinley ad

i can tell you in my book on theodore roosevelt which was about a trial where he was sued for liable.the end of his second term, he used the department of justice to charge to media entities. criminally. for saying things about him that he said weren't true. and he had sued another organization, etc. so the idea of a tension between the media and the president is nothing new. but, the way this president is using that to try to make all facts, open, is different. - - all facts, opinion, is different. but, it is also the reality that what this president is doing is different. in terms of, this goes back to the focus in rick's book. on the use of literally, lies. and misinformation to sometimes try and combat what our clear - - what our clear facts. >> that's a good point. i quote a russian journalist in my book talking about what vladimir putin does. my book is called information wars. he said, to vladimir putin it's not an information war. it's a war on information. by that he means the putin idea is to question the idea of whether there are empirical facts or not. that is a serious pr

1907, when the 300th anniversary of the founding of jamestown was being celebrated, president theodore roosevelt oversaw the celebrations, and during these celebrations, once again pocahontas is put forward as not only a savior but a foundress of the country. here in this blowup of what is actually a postcard, she is made to resemble nothing less than lady liberty. she is the chesapeake bay and she looks westward over the entire country. in 1924, something very interesting happenes in virginia. that is that the state of virginia is passing racial segregation laws, and they are looking in 1924 to pass an act which they refer to as the racial integrity act. this act is intended to safeguard the "pureness of the white race" "pureness of the white race." by banning interracial marriages. every child born in the state of virginia is registered. at that time the child's race is also registered. the child can be classified as either colored or white. the legislation is intended to help virginia ban, prohibit, and even punish interracial marriages, and this law is actually also designed to legislate ame

>> i like theodore roosevelt. he wrote over 35 books, 150,000 letters, and his writings about america's outdoor scenic wonders are remarkable. he was an avid reader also. spoke foreign languages. and he may not be quite the intaellectual intellectual, but i put tr at the very top. >> i'd say lincoln. in a utilitarian way. lincoln is the original great communicator. and there was no public opinion polls. you know, he was sort of flying by the seat of his pants. and the exposure that he had to people which he went out of his way even in the war time to make sure was possible. but if you look at the second inaugural address, i would argue that it is the greatest sermon in american history. >> absolutely. >> and i also think maybe the second greatest speech by a president is wilson's war speech in april of 1917 when wilson who had been very reluctant to take america into the war finally decided he had no choice. and then it was as if he became a crusader. and he wrote just an extraordinary speech. i recommend everybod

what happened to the process when theodore roosevelt ended up challenging his own president in that year ended up running as a third-party candidate. what happened to the process? dr. brown: what was so fascinating about 1912 is you have a former president saying i want to run again and i think my party should let me run again, and the party says no. we are going to go with the current president, taft. roosevelt mounts this run, really because he does not win his party's nomination. in doing so, he divides the party, and as a result, woodrow wilson ends up winning the election. that party, the republican party, really does divide in such a way that it is not able to reform in any sort of dominant way for years. it is true that the republicans come back after woodrow wilson's presidency for that decade, but then what we see is that franklin roosevelt is able to pick up that coalition and run with it. the democrats are ensconced for many years. at the primary level, and what was important about that period, was that people were questioning party bosses. the progressives who really got goin

theodore roosevelt was more of a progressive. i assume she was aligned with her father.rofessor green: i do not really know about her politics. i think of her as someone who had strong views of personal behavior and was not afraid to express herself. that certainly came from teddy roosevelt who was an independent-minded president and raised his children to be similarly inclined. susan: the aforementioned john nance garner was around. i read that the two of them created the board of education where they brought members together. how did that function? professor green: this was an interesting example of how you -- be both a partisan leader you say bipartisan or more emphasis on cooperation. open hist afraid to door to democrats and work with the democratic leadership, including john nance garner. they would get together in this board of education and it was kind of a social scene. it was a way for them to communicate so there were not misunderstandings about what each party was going to do. the kind of idea that in order for politics to work, you have to communicate, even

susan: the time in which he served was also the time of theodore roosevelt.ou know about their relationship? professor green: roosevelt was advocating for more progressive legislation then joe cannon wanted. there were times when roosevelt would be writing letters to joe cannon saying, could you please let this bill will come to the floor? there was no sense that the speaker should just do what the president said. it was understanding that the speaker had the power and the president just had to ask. cannon often said no. he said i do not agree with the progressive legislation. it is not coming to the floor. they often did not see eye to eye. it was very frustrating for roosevelt and the progressive insurgents in the republican conference. susan: what legislative achievements did he accomplish? professor green: i would put him in the category of what things that he prevent from passing? there was a lot of progressive legislation that did not get to the floor. some things did. it was often because of his great reluctance or some other means. what he is most fam

theodore roosevelt was a big progressive, but franklin roosevelt was different. >> he went father ande was less principled than teddy roosevelt. he mastered the concept of we call it quid pro quo. a it for that, tarring -- a tit for tat. then those voting groups vote for him, and then a coalition of groups, many of which are receiving federal subsidies from the federal government. the republicans have an idea of more limited government and then with a prosperous economy, the rising tide can lift all boats and america will prosper that way. mark: so franklin roosevelt built the modern day party >> he did. mark: you are saying he did the by not just trying to abeale to them, but by subsidizing them and subsidizing areas of the country. >> for farmers it was the fda. the whole concept of paying farmers not to produce is incredible. but it's one that brought in a lot of farmers into the fold. he relied on a lot of progressive thinkers. in the case of the aaa, it was college professors that helped design that. he thought if we pay farers not to produce that will help far income. and we the

the floor pattern, the stained architecture, the ceiling was .implified later theodore roosevelt used the room for two important things. they used the events for things cals. music they were held on four consecutive fridays in january. january was the social season. before the weather got bad in washington and you didn't have air conditioning stop they put calls of these music where they would invite 400 people for dinner and then had them listen to music. he also enjoyed using the east room as a gymnasium. one of the things that he had in 1904 was regular sessions with two japanese jiu-jitsu wrestlers. would, three times a week and theater roosevelt said he was not of an age or build to be twirled and batted down without damage. about a month later he said i'm probably through with it. after an eight hour grapple with senators and congressmen, i feel like a stew dowel, but have been that areee new throws perfect quarters. he liked what he was getting from his instructors but they were taking their toll on his body. you can see the chandelier there. there were three chandeliers provid

>> i like theodore roosevelt. i loved how he wrote over 35 bucks, 130 50,000 letters. his writing is about america's outlook -- outdoor senior wonders. he was an avid reader also. spoke foreign-language is. he may not be quite the legal intellectual of thomas jefferson who was almost -- also a fine writer but i would put tr at the top. >> i would say lincoln. in a utilitarian way. lincoln is the a great -- is the original great communicator. there was no public opinion polls. he was flying by the seat of his pants. and exposure he did have to people, which he went out of his way even in wartime to make sure was possible. if you look at the second inaugural address, i would argue it is the greatest sermon in american history. and i do not think -- i also think maybe the second greatest speech by a president. it is actually wilson's speech and april, 1917. when wilson who had been very reluctant to take america into the war finally decided he had no choice. once he decided that, he became a crusader. and he wrote an extraordinary speech. i recommend everyone take a look

in my book on theodore roosevelt which is about a trial where he was sued for libel, he had actually at the end of his second term used the department of justice to charge to media entities criminally for saying things about him that were not true. the idea of a tension between the media and the president isn't true but the way that he is using that to try to make all facts opinion is different. there is a presidential complaining about the media and again you can talk about the left-leaning media which is a fair conversation to have but it's also the reality that what this president is doing is different in terms of this goes back to the focus of the book on the use of literally lives and misinformation to sometimes try to combat the clear facts. >> i quote a russian journalist in my book and he says it isn't an information war, it is a war on information and by that, he means the idea is to question the the idea of whether there are empirical facts or not. that is a serious problem for our society. what putin has always done is not to say by way is correct and you are wrong. he's s

theodore roosevelt and his wife hired an architect to do a renovation of the public rooms which includedarging the state dining room, building the west wing so the family would not have to show the second floor with the president's office as. you would've people coming up in the water thermoses -- misses roosevelt bedroom. they had to double up with all the children. the victorian interiors and introduce something more neoclassical. this was what the east room came out. 1904 ofa picture around what you see today. the draperies were read and not gold like today -- red and not gold like today. the ceiling was simplified later on. roomore roosevelt used the for two important things. one, the introduced events called musicals and tomorrow night would have been the 100 something anniversary of those. they were held on four consecutive fridays in january. january was the social season. before the weather got bad and you did not have air conditioning. there would have been a musical where they would have invited maybe 30 or 40 people for dinner and listen to music. they had to have been standin

in my book on theodore roosevelt, which is about a trial where he was sued for liable. use the department of justice at the end of his second term, to charge to media entities, criminally. for saying things about him that he said weren't true. he had sued another media organization, etc. the idea of a tension between the media and a president is nothing new. but, the way this president is using that to try to make all facts, opinion. is different. i think there is the usual presidential complaining about the media. then again, you can talk about the left-leaning media which i think is a fair conversation to have. but, it's also the reality that what this president is doing is different. in terms of, this goes back to the focus in rick's book. on the use of literally lies. and misinformation. to sometimes try to combat what our clear facts. >> that's a good point. i quote a russian journalist in my book talking about what putin does for my book is called information wars. he said to putin, it's not an information war. it's a war on information. find that he means, the pu

had in our 2009 and 2000 survey as the top ranked president followed by george washington, theodore rooseveltdwight eisenhower, thomas jefferson, ronald reagan, and so on. all available at our website and perhaps it will play into your whathts as we ask qualities you look for in a president. bill in wyoming, you are next. caller: i am a first time caller and i love c-span. 72-year-old veteran and i could not agree more looking at the survey with the lineup you have of ar as the qualities good president. i totally agree with the survey. host: do one or two of those qualities stand out? is there something that is most important out of those 10? caller: i believe the main quality is a moral quality to .erve others i saw or experienced that in my earliest days with dwight his parting words fulfilledion when he his duties as president, beware of the military industrial we still live by it is a real crisis for mankind. host: when it comes to eisenhower, he ranked fourth when it comes specifically to that category, moral authority, going through the 91 historians and other observers of the presidenc

i put this quote up for you, theodore roosevelt said in a speech he gave in chicago in 1899, the philippines offer a graver problem, their population includes native christians, warlike muslims, and pagans and many of the people show no sign of becoming fit. others may in time become fit but can only at present take part in self-government under wise supervision. we have driven spanish tyranny from the islands. if we let it be replaced by savage anarchy, our work is for harm, and not for good. that is a classic justification for colonialism. we have to stay because the people we are colonizing are too stupid to do it themselves. right? that is the argument. it is that the philippines are not civilized enough to govern so americans govern. however, this is also a big part of the 1900 presidential election. william jennings bryant, who had been the popular democratic candidate and talked a lot about imperialism, loses. but in a speech after the election, william jennings bryan said, imperialism is the policy of an empire. and an empire is a nation composed of different races living under varyi

go back to theodore roosevelt. you've seen over the 20th and 21st century, presidents get more power than we expected and more than we expect regents or kings to have. the president's war power abilities during the crisis with iran was about whether or not the president could be constrained by the congress. i think what we're seeing at this point is that the congress has aggregated its requirement to restrain the president and we are we're seeing a president that can't be restrained. we're talking about 67 votes to impeach, 51 votes in order to get witnesses. i think the number we need to focus on is three. what this whole exercise has demonstrated is that if a president can only get 33 senators, a real small part of their party perhaps to go along with them, there's nothing that can possibly check a president during their first term or that can keep a president from manipulating the president to ensure they have a second or perhaps even more terms after that. >> you raise really important questions here that peopl

. >> the president vowed to solve a problem that has bedeviled presidents since theodore roosevelt, how one of the greatest threats, not just to the well-being of our families and the prosperity of our businesses, but to the very foundation of our economy. >> president obama absolutely understood that addressing the issue of health care was going to be a really difficult challenge, but we had to try. >> we're doing it on a bipartisan basis. we're working together. the president is being very pragmatic about this. he's open to listening. that's how we're going to accomplish the goal. >> obama believes that republicans will vote with him on something that's reasonable. that if he compromises they will as well. but over the course of the next few months, it turns into a terrible political challenge. >> as members of congress return to their districts for their month-long summer break to hear from their constituents, the shouting at so-called town meetings has sometimes reached a fever pitch. >> i don't want this country turning into russia, turning into a socialized country. >> this is not

[applause] a century ago, president theodore roosevelt defined our "great, central task" as "leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us." today, we're restoring the florida everglades, saving yellowstone, preserving the red rock canyons of utah, protecting california's redwoods and our precious coasts. but our most fateful new challenge is the threat of global warming; 1998 was the warmest year ever recorded. last year's heat waves, floods, and storms are but a hint of what future generations may endure if we do not act now. tonight i propose a new clean air fund to help communities reduce greenhouse and other pollution, and tax incentives and investments to spur clean energy technology. and i want to work with members of congress in both parties to reward companies that take early, voluntary action to reduce greenhouse gases. [applause] all our communities face a preservation challenge, as they grow and green space shrinks. seven thousand acres of farmland and open space are lost every day. in response, i propose two major initiatives: first, a $1-bil

theodore roosevelt was part of that what he brought several leaders athletic leaders at princeton andle and harvard to the white house and october 1905 and said you need to fix this. they didn't fix it but that has come down to us in lower as teddy roosevelt essays football. in reality he does get the ball rolling and brings a lot of attention to the issue but it's the convention in new york city, a couple months later, i really do start the whole reform of college football. the history of coaching is fascinating because if you look back at the late 1800s walter camp is the prototype of the bard college but he wasn't a professional coach. he was an executive any as his wife essentially were amateur coaches or least nonprofessional coaches for yale and there were lots and lots of games. he was referred to more as as a graduate advisor and a coach by the early 1900s you start to see people who really, they were football players and they want to be coaches, they want to make money, they want to the faculty. a good example is a gut michigan name fielding yost, he publishes book in 1905 ca

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. >> you referenced theodore roosevelt as our most prolific writing president. wilson as well.ou say that their first books are their best. why? craig: they were young and passionate and they had a lot of energy. they were really thinking of themselves as writers at that time. being a writer and a politician are not always the same approach. they don't require the same skill. a writer looks for complexity, what is the core of this problem? what is the back story of this problem? a politician needs to simplify. roosevelt started his first book while he was a student at harvard. he was obsessed with it. he would sit in class, the book was about the war of 1812 but specifically, the naval side of that conflict. roosevelt would sit in class and daydream about british ships battling. it was all he could think about. he did incredible, original research. he went to archives to find out the size of ships, how many cannons they had, he would draw diagrams about how the ships moved in battle. that helped him understand something important, patriotism and heroism are not the best explana

the reality is there's a theodore roosevelt quote, if i must choose between righteousness and peace,se righteousness. that's what needs to be happen on wednesday. if it doesn't happen on wednesday it needs to happen in november. the peace the gop is seeking is not to get an angry tweet from donald trump. you have no value add to the united states. so, i think that the dems need to take all the ammunition they're going to get from lev parnas, igor fruman, even rudy giuliani, take all that and channel it into a talking point and have value for them in the polls in november. >> you hit the nail on the head. for me working national security, the issue with ukraine, the reason why this issue matters so much to me and in general i think to the american people is because of the national security risk it poses to us. now that the president has put himself up for grabs by saying now you can have russia, china coming in saying i can dig up information for you on the bidens or i can spread disinformation for you but give me intelligence exchange, give me this in exchange. it puts us at risk for

susan: by the time theodore roosevelt comes into office at the dawn of the 20th century, big changesith how he treats the press. tell me about some of them. patty: teddy roosevelt is a very big personality. he understands the power of the press to help get his image and ideas across. he makes friends with the press, if they are friendly with him, makes them feel like they are part of his work. he brings the press to the white house, very close to his office. so there is that intimacy people feel, that when he is sitting down with members of the press and saying, i am going to tell you this, but just put this on a high-level source, or an anonymous source. it makes the reporters feel like they are in on the story, and makes them feel like they are part of the presidency, which is a tricky place for journalists to be. he is very much aware -- the power of the soundbite, the power of image. he does things that make news -- he goes down in a submarine on long island sound, he arrives on -- he rides on horseback for 98 miles, to prove to the first -- to the press that he is a robust as th

. >> you referenced theodore roosevelt as our most prolific writing president.oth him and woodrow wilson who was the only one from the academy, you say that their first books are their best. why? craig: i think because they were young and passionate and they had a lot of energy. i also think they were really thinking of themselves as writers at that time. being a writer and a politician are not always the same approach. they don't require the same skills. a writer looks for complexity, what is the core of this problem? what is the back story of this problem? a politician needs to simplify. a politician needs to get popular support. when roosevelt and wilson were working on their first books, they were thinking as writers. roosevelt started his first book while he was a student at harvard. he was obsessed with it. he would sit in class, the book was about the war of 1812 but in specific, it was about the naval side of that conflict. roosevelt would sit in class and daydream about british and american ships battling. it was all he could think about. he did incredi

what it's like to be in the shoes of someone who has to commit to be the man in the arena as theodore rooseveltsaid. let me also suggest something that land of hope relates to the story of the end of the civil war in april 1865 in a way that might hold some lessons for our fellow countrymen today who seem to regard the vestiges of the american past with contempt. here's how i described the scene in the book. this is somewhat longer passage here but on april 9 after last flurry of feudal resistance will be faced facts and arrange to meet grant atterbury, the village of appomattox courthouse to surrender his army.he could not formally surrender for the whole confederacy but the surrender of his army to trigger the surrender of all others so represented at the end of the confederate cause. it was a poignant scene dignified and restrained and sad as when a terrible storm that has raged and blown has finally exhausted itself leaving behind a strange and reverent to calm courage of all passion. the two men had known one another in the mexican war and had not seen one another in nearly 20 years lee ar

theodore roosevelt said it is not the critic who counts nor where the doer of deeds could have done better. the credit belongs to he who is in the arena. for heaven's sakes. it's easy to sit upon here and criticize an effort, but if you're not doing that thing yourself, then you have no position. you have no authority in a real way to criticize the effort of this president. if you don't have a budget, you haven't stated your values. again, it's easy to sit up here and criticize and peck like a chicken along the ground. but that's all you're doing. because you haven't done the work. you're not in the arena saying what you all would do. you're sitting on the sidelines and criticizing what others have done. you know, there's one other thing. the budget -- it's a serious effort. it should be bipartisan or at least as much as it can be, and i get it. i understand there's a debate over the issues and there always has been and probably always will be. we all i think can agree we're trying to do the same thing. we're trying to provide for our national defense. for equal justice and for the common

publish his next book, which is on the renovation of the white house, undertaken by president theodore roosevelt in the early 20th century. following his remarks, this podium will be moved away from the stage so everyone over here can have a clear view. and he and i will have a conversation, a few probing questions i have about his book. then we will open the floor to questions, and then you're all invited to join us in the cou courtyard to refreshments following. thank you very much for being here. matt, i will turn it over to you. [applause] >> good evening and thank you, stewart, for that wonderful introduction. it's truly a privilege to be here tonight with you all. one of the most gratifying exercises about finishing the book is that we get to write acknowledgments. so you get to take time and really think through the people and places that made this project possible. and i'm thrilled that many of those people are here in this room today, including my colleagues here at the association. thank you for your support, your encouragement. we share this accomplishment together. and in the spirit

george washington, james madison ,thomas jefferson or theodore roosevelt, who named the white house theout. steve: body language i'm going with washington. >> it was teddy roosevelt. >> whoa! >> that's it. steve: what did they call it for decades before? >> i don't know. question five. which president said this , at this inauguration. and there's a present crisis government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. yes, steve? steve: well according to your accent, it wasn't barack obama, ronald regan, bill clinton, or john f. kennedy. >> you say kennedy? >> lisa: unless it was a setup >> go to the video. >> what? >> the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. >> you've got to listen to that >> that was the first reagan impersonation. >> listen to the quote, i definitely see that i obviously tried to throw you off and i succeeded. question number six, who was the first president to be born in a hospital? jimmy carter, richard nixon, benjamin harrison or woodrow wilson? born in a hospital. griff wants to answer, but li

i would like to submit letters of support of the 1620, the theodore roosevelt conservation partnership, background hunters an anglers and chesapeake foundation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. napolitano: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. mitchell. mr. mitchell: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. cress speak bay watershed is one of the largest estuaries covering 64,000 square miles, home to more than 18 million people, hosts two major ports, major international gateways for trade and produces about 500 million pounds of seafood each year some of which i enjoyed the other day. i want to thank member's support or the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves, the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california. mrs. napolitano: i wish to yield five minutes to ms. luria, the lead sponsor, from virginia. mrs. luria: i rise in support of my bill, the chesapeake bay re-authorization act. this will au

alaska federation, the american wind energy association, congressional sportsmen foundation, the theodore roosevelt conservation partnership, the public lands council, and many others. i personally share those groups confidence that ms. macgregor will do a good job as deputy secretary. i think she's well qualified. she's got the right experience to succeed in this role. i think she will be a fine asset for secretary bernhardt and the rest of the secretary team and i ask that my colleagues support her full confirmation. with that, madam president, i yield the floor. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, later this afternoon we are going to have two votes on motions to proceed to go forward on two pieces of legislation relative to the issue of abortion. those of us in public life know full well that this is a controversial issue. there are people who feel very strongly on one side and very strongly on the other. these votes this afternoon will not resolve that conflict. they don't try to. what the republican majority, under senator