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some more historical facts about the historical myths that have grown up around the war of 1812. ralph conducted an inventory of war of 1812 resources in maryland, the national park service s national battlefield served as a consultant to the star-spangled banner national historic trail. published five books, including the war of 1812 and the chesapeake, a reference inde to historic sites virginia, maryland, and the district of columbia tikka and has appeared in six acumen to on the war of 1812. documentaries on the war of 1812. greater honor than being designated as an honorary colonel. it is my pleasure to welcome colonel eshelman to the podium. [applause] pleasure to welcome him to the podium. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. thank you. that was a kind introduction. i have never been called colonel when i m been introduced. thank you very much. i want to add to the accolades expressed about the partners and individuals have done to put this together. i have t ....
we must keep the government functioning and address the out- of-control debt and the many challenges presented by the health care law, obamacare. for many months, and particularly the last two weeks i have worked tirelessly with , colleagues to find an agreement. i particularly want to thank are presented to ron kind, senators susan collins and joe manchin, and the many other members who participated in many discussions. this lays down a foundation to reach an agreement on issues that need to be addressed. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this legislation and to join with those of us who share an obligation to govern and seek bipartisan solutions. i yield back. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentleman from new york is that gentlewoman from new york is recognized. i m very pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania a member of the appropriations committee. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. thank you, madam speaker. ....
i would have been criticized for what i did, and i got a lot of criticism, but you learn to live with it. i never let it influence me. rosalynn carter in a recent interview in atlanta. she was her husband s political partner from their first campaign. she attended cabinet meetings and championed women s rights and mental health issues and even testified before congress. their partnership continued in the post-white house years. good evening and welcome to the span series on first ladies. we begin by looking at the lives of living first ladies. let me introduce our first two guests. they will be in the studio to tell you about her biography. our guest is a presidential scholar. faith specializes on the history of the south. i want to talk about the themes. she was gracious enough to grant us an interview. we will post it online so you can hear all she had to say. i want to pick up on things i have learned that she referenced. the carter s first visit to the white house ....
i have worked on sovereign debt my entire life. it is a fundamental lyrical economy problem. the ability to play a is not the issue as much as willingness to pay or fairness as you have it. i think these are very important things. let me pick a more monday in area where perhaps mundane area which is measurement. we talk about were gdp is. you have to understand that we did not even have this construct until it really started this with the commission and the 30 s. at 21920 ninecked and economic historians have looked at it more sense. at 1929 and economic historians have looked at it more sense. it is considered there is a high standard deviation around it. there are conceptual issues you hear about like intentional investment where you reorganize offices or firms, perhaps retraining people in ways that do not show up in gdp. they are a lot like investment. we do not measure them. another issue where measurement is that it isem very, very hard to properly measure t ....
technology and the time period that allows this to be built. [inaudible]? could you describe why cast iron [inaudible]?has i think walter s intent was looked like masonry. be idn t intend for this to a modern structure. he intended it to be appropriate to the rest of the capitol design. but, because of weight it could not have been built in masonry. just finished several years earlier the liberal of in the renovation capitol where once it will been destroyed by fire he went in interior roof structure which was made of very elaborate cast iron. that, he proved the resi resilience and economy of cast make multiple can hadn t pieces from a single mold and was able to then create this dome without an extensive cost lightweight gh possible.at it was [inaudible]? the existing foundations wouldn t support a structure so was calculated to what it would have been. say it would have been considerably higher than the 14 million pounds that the decisions were hat was element ulti ....