the kansas-nebraska act allowed settlers in the western territories to decide whether they would allow slavery within their boundaries. >> when the kansas-nebraska act passed in 1854, it looked like slavery might have no end all the way to the pacific coast. >> he did get angry, and he did explain it to his friends, and he did--even riding the circuit, would keep brother attorneys up all night making the arguments of law against slavery. >> narrator: lincoln's anger was further enflamed by the dred scott decision of 1857. scott was a slave who claimed that he was a free man, since he lived in states where slavery was illegal. the united states supreme court ruled that scott was not a citizen and therefore could not sue for these rights. >> it's about that decision saying that slaveholders have the right to take their slaves wherever they want to take them, which means that they can take them in the free states if they want to; they can take them into the western territories. and what it suggests to lincoln and other antislavery people is that this institution is not going to be allowed

federal reserve district comprised or includes colorado, kansas, nebraska, oklahoma, wyoming, the northern half of new mexico, and the western third of that state just to the east of kansas. i think it is fair to say that his district includes agriculture, including lives stock, specialty crops as well as by yo fuels and processing. mr. hoenig, it's an honor to have you here. i've had the privilege of meeting with mr. hoenig. he's innative of forted madison, iowa. he resides in the kansas city, received his doctorat from iowa state. he had the role of president in 1991 and serves as chairman of the federal reserve's president committee on regulation, bank supervision and legislation. indeed, it's a tough job. he's the longest serving of the 12 current regional bank presidents and is the longest tenured member of the open market committee which has authority over u.s. monetary policy. now, if you all haven't read it, i would encourage you to thumb through this week's "time" magazine. there's an article entitled the man who said no to easy money. describes further down it describes him as the heretic in the preeshood, a little

regional airport and western nebraska as a whole. without this funding, we would not have commercial air service to our community. we have many businesses in this community that use this airport. vortex regional medical center, twin center development, just to name a few. when they are told of this plight, i'm sure you'll be receiving letters of support from many businesses, organizations from around the area, small, more rural markets need air service to grow and maintain connections with larger hubs, and doing away with essential air service would be saying to rural america that they're not valued as an important part of air service in the united states." that's the end of his. now, kyl patoff said, "having access to commercial air service is critical to the economic stability of communities like mccook and without this service, it would make recruiting new businesses very difficult." as a statement that i've recently heard is that economic development does not come by bus or train. it comes by air. this statement could int not bee