. >> cornyn 1839, tom reed would have been 22 or so at the beginning of the war. did he serve? >> he did. he went to california and pursued what he thought to be his dream. he was unhappy. he became a lawyer. he was all for the union. must have seemed odd to people. he was not in uniform. one never knows. he must have felt the call to arms. one of his close friends have been called. here is one of the least sounded titles. assistant paymaster. >> how long did he serve in total? >> 13 or 14 months. >> when it came out of the navy, what did he do? >> he went back to maine and resumed his legal studies and opened a one-man practice. he waited for customers. >> he talked about his diaries earlier. is there an english version? >> some of it is in english. much of it was in french. my high school french was inadequate to the location. >> why do you think he wrote his diary in french? >> i think he was practicing french. he was a serious student. i think he believed it imparted some discretion to what he was saying. one of his valentine's got hold of the diary and board will risburgla

resigning from the house rules committee to join the house ways and means committee, signed, sincerely, tom reed, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resignation is accepted. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to be removed as a co-sponsor from h.r. 1380. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. kingston: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2112, and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 300 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2112, the chair appoints the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the considera

. >> tom: facebook has friended the head of netflix. the streaming video service's c.e.o. reed hastings joins the social media site's board of directors. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg said hastings has built a culture of continuous rapid innovation at netflix, something facebook strives for as well. hastings also serves as an independent director on microsoft's board. microsoft has an ownership stake in facebook. >> susie: why learning how to fail big is a good thing when it comes to silicon valley startups. here's harry lin, executive-in- residence at idealab, a technology incubator. >> for this month's commentary, i was tempted to talk about the technology market and frothiness, bubbles, and snake oil. but we don't need me adding to the hoo-hah. instead, as a veteran of the internet industry, i'm going to talk about the flip-side of irrational exuberance-- startup failure. conventional investor wisdom has it that seven out of ten tech startups go belly-up. out of the other three, only one or two are massive hits, providing outsized returns, which then make up for the seven