it is on the civil war as it affect maryland. maryland historical society in baltimore. about a mile up from the inner harbor. this particular exhibit will be running for some time. i highly encourage you to see it. as much as you heard today the personal story, the historical society has personal stories of both marylanders confederate and marylanders who were union soldiers. i encourage you to go to this wonderful exhibit. also, there is also a remarkable exhibit on the war of 1812, same location. with that, i will turn it over to see if there any questions that people might have. yes? >> i have a question. first of all, i would like to say thank you for sharing your talent to bring these letters, sharing the letters and helping us really understand the context of the times. really is a talent. so my question is, if i were going to the national archives , it sounds like most of these letters were found in pension files? is that correct? >> the reason why it services in the pension files, there are times where a soldier is writing a letter and he is saying, i'm sending

the maryland historical society right now has a remarkable exhibit called maryland divided. it shows artifacts and personal stories of individuals both north and south, because marilyn did send it -- be because maryland sent its sons into the union and confederate army. and they have a remarkable exhibit. maryland historical society in baltimore. this particular exhibit will be running for some time. i highly encourage you to see it. as much as you heard today the personal story, the historical society has personal stories of both marylanders confederate and marylanders who were union soldiers. i encourage you to go to this exhibit. and there is also a remarkable exhibit on the war of 1812, same location caret with that, i will turn it over to see if there any questions that people might have. yes? >> i have a question. first i would like to say thank you for sharing your talent to bring these letters, sharing the letters and helping us really understand the context of the times. really is a talent. so my question is, if i were going to the national archives it sounds like m

at the time, trade disputes like those dividing maryland and virginia afflicted many states. pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey battled over their respective rights to use the delaware river. for example, while new york new jersey and connecticut clashed over new york harbor. within days after virginia appointed the -- approved the come pact, madison proposed they call a general meeting on commercial regulation with delegates from all 13 states. in response 12 delegates from five states assembled on september of 1789 including madison and from new york, washington's former aide, alexander hamilton. even before they met madison, hamilton and some other delegates, feared that any convention limited to commercial issues could not resolve the problems facing america. only a revision of the articles of confederation could achieve that. when the meeting failed to attract enough delegates and so could not achieve even its limited goals, hamilton proposed that those present call a second convention and go home. which is what they did. some already charged the meeting could have at

by the federal government for road production was the national road that extended from cumberland, maryland, to wheeling, virginia. and one of the reasons for that was ohio had become a state in 1803. the country was moving west. we need to find a way of tying these new western areas in with the capital. and the easiest way of doing that in the early 19th century was to put in a road. so that road will eventually extend from baltimore westward into cumberland, maryland, uniontown, washington, pa, and then in 1818 it comes here to wheeling. when it comes here to wheeling that will give this community which at that time is about 50 years old -- it gives it the real spurt it needs to grow. over the next 20 to 25 years the population of wheeling will almost triple. wheeling starts as an outpost on the frontier. that river was the western extent of the united states in the 1770's. it's going to be a very small community. most of the buildings will be made out of logs and some kind of lumber. as we move into the 19th century and people move west, wheeling will start to grow because this is what s

these were men like kentucky's governor william bramlet and maryland's senator johnson. they were pro-war, they wanted to see the union prevail. they had grudgingly come to support emancipation as a war aim but did not favor the enlistment of black troops. they loathed lincoln but they also rejected the cease-fire language in the war failure language, the argue that the war had been a failure in the democratic platform. war democrats. these conservative southern unionists often took direct aim at andy johnson. for example the pro-mcclellan "louisville daily democrat" called johnson the most scrupulous, malignant and contemptible of all lincoln's underlings. for southern unionists no less for confederates, the specter of electoral fraud and intimidation loomed large. in tennessee, mcclellan democrats protested andrew johnson's requirement that all voters take a test oath in which they reject an armistice with the confederacy. such an oath, the democrats complained, effectively required that voters repudiate the democratic platform and thus rigged the election in lincoln's

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the miller's house in the maryland countryside. for 200 years, people have dwelt e-mail. in this house, farmed the fields, ground the grain, lived and died. how did they live? even in america where nature is generous, life is hard. the energy of back and aching muscles plows the land, splits the rails, does the work. for more than a century, working energy is human and animal labor toiling from dawn 'til dusk. from the beginning when even windmills and water mills were few and far between, people have had to manage for themselves. ♪ ♪ life is good. but even until the very end, hands are never idle. ♪ it is still as god spoke to adam, by the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread. ♪ during the first century of settlement, towns and villages grow. after london philadelphia is the , largest city in the british empire, the center of trade and learning, quaker restraint, and georgian elegance. ♪ when resentment against british rule breaks out, america becomes independent. the war is long and bitterly fought. still in april 1775, readers of the "pennsylvania magazine"

this is a $4 bill printed in maryland in my children were 1775. very interested in the idea of a four dollar bill. they wanted one. not sure it would still be legal tender today. we'll take a closer look at it. i hope, there we are. this shows this shows the figure of liberty liberty on the right and she is backed by american troops carrying the banner of liberty. you might be able to see the l-i-b on there. it's handing it to britainia in the middle with a shield and spear. britain though is restrained by king george iii, the large figure on the left, who is known trampling magna carta. and for good measure, king george is setting fire to the port of annapolis. [laughter] many americans claimed therefore, they had an inheritance and were not giving up without a fight. for americans, the jury was not only part of their ancient inheritance as english men protected by magna carta, or so they thought, but the jury had proved very useful during the colonial period in the conflict with the british government, and you've heard about this from professor

the american red cross following the civil war and relocated its headquarters to a house in clinical maryland, near washington d.c., in 1897. we learn about her life and the work of the red cross on a tour of the house. that is sunday night at 6:00 and 10:00 eastern here on c-span3's american history tv. >> swiss born confederate captain wirz was in charge of the andersonville prisoner of war camp where thousands of union prisoners died. author and law professor paul finkelman discusses the military trial and execution and the concept of war crimes established in the trial. this is a portion of the 20 civil war symposium, hosted by the u.s. capitol historical society. >> your nest speaker is me -- your next speaker is me. having just introduced myself, i will not do it again. i will just say that because of the vagaries of the world of the u.s. senate, we are going to try to get out of here at 4:30 rather than 4:45. i'm going to speak in a truncated version of my talk. so that michael can have the four -- the full allotted time he has been promised. both of us are going to be talking about an

this was sponsored by the sad ad chair at the university of maryland in cooperation with the program for public consultation. it was done in mid-november and it was two parts as tamara said. first, it was on the israel-palestine issue and the second was on isil in syria which we will review today. there are a number of people that helped with it. please read their names. i'm not going to mention all of the name, but they were at the university of maryland at brookings and at the program for public consultation. also we have a sample of 1,008 and an online survey provided by jfk the methodology, and you can find it online for those of you interested in the retrospective of it. it was plus or minus 3.4%, but let me go directly into sort of what drove the questions first of all. what is it that we're trying to get at when we designed this poll. first, i have been very surprised by the american public which was said to be war weary in -- and basically because of the iraq and afghanistan war and had opposed even a more minimalist intervention proposed by president obama after president ob

at go maryland. we learn about the house from kevin patty. >> welcome to the historic site. we are going to see a big house of 38 rooms and 14,000 square feet. we will get to know the lady who lived here more than 100 years ago. this is her home for the last 15 years of her long life. she lived to be 90 years old. we will see that this was the first permanent home of the organization she founded. under one roof in this house they had the people ready to go. they had the supplies on hand. there is a walk in fault where they had $3000 ready. they didn't have to wait for the bank. whatever it was they were going -- we were standing in the room at her office. on one side there is the stapler. next to it the fragment of the cannonball she is using as a paperweight. it is something she could have picked up on a civil war battlefield. red cross windows are here. people could see those windows. people would know what this house was about by those windows and the red cross flag that was normally flying. clara

what they'll say about maryland. it's about whether we've looked at michigan or maryland's governor in the use of public financing. >> no. >> we haven't. >> but to the latter half of your question and just whether republicans using public financing speaks to the bipartisan appeal, i think the answer's yes. the more we can point to those examples and show it doesn't favor one party over the other but instead just leads to more equal and representative state house or congress the better. >> i'll just point out connecticut republicans are using public financing at a high rate. our republican candidate for governor in 2014 who had run in 2010 as a non-participating candidate, in 2014 decided to participate in public financing. so both parties are big users of the system at least in connecticut. >> year after year in maryland we did our best to make maryland the fourth or fifth state to have public campaign funding. and it passed the house every year that it went through and got blocked in the senate because frankly the p

after this 2 1/2-hour hearing, committee ranking member elijah cummings of maryland said he has spoken to former secretary of state hillary clinton, and she expressed a willingness to testify before the committee. >> welcome to everyone. this is the third hearing on the benghazi committee. the committee will come to order. the chair notes a quorum of two members for taking testimony is present. the chair will further note -- well, before i note that -- consistent with rules and practices of the house without objection -- well, that point has now been rendered moot. so you have been reappointed to the committee. and all members can participate fully. okay. okay. all right. the chair will recognize himself and then the ranking member for purposes of making an opening statement. the committee on benghazi exists because the house of representatives voted for it to exist. and in the process made it very clear what is expected. if you have not read the house resolution authorizing this committee, i would encourage you to do so. for those asking for a road map or a scope of the investigation

also with him the ranking member elijah cummings of maryland. they're going to be hearing this morning from the state department and the cia about some of the delays in the committee's request for documents and access to witnesses. >> this is the third hearing on the benghazi committee. the committee will come to order. the chair notes a quorum of two members for taking testimony as present. the chair will further note -- well, before i note that, -- consistent with rules and practices of the house without action well, that point has now been rendered moot. so, you have been reappointed to the committee. and all members can participate fully. okay. okay. all right. the chair will recognize himself and then the ranking member for purposes of making an opening statement. the committee on benghazi exists because the house of representatives voted for it to exist. and in the process made it very clear what is expected. if you have not read the house resolution authorizing this committee, i would encourage you to do so pop. for those asking for a roa

in maryland 14,600 jobs, created across the supply chain. we applaud the doe for taking look at the inefficiencies and trying to fix them. we once again find ourselves in a situation where the approvals are starting to lag. a project that received conditional approval as far back as 2013, now approaching the fourth month of deliberations on a final license. we believe s-33, is both timely and warranted. this bill ensures that the free hand of the marketplace will govern international trade by providing a 45-day deadline on the doe to approve or deny pending lng export applications. it do is not affect any other requirements. but eliminating unnecessary delays, the bill protects rubbing arub ing -- running afoul of our obligations.running afoul of our obligations.running afoul of our obligations.rubrunning afoul of our obligations.running afoul of our obligations.running afoul of our obligations.unning afoul of our obligations. developers looking to build an lng facility must subject them soefsthem themselves to a multi-faceted permitting pro

she was recently surpassed by barbara mikulski of maryland who has both house and senate service. she not only had longevity. she was very influential in terms of veterans affairs. prior to her experience in the house, she had volunteered from the red cross. she had become an advocate for servicemen returning from world war i. and rebe uns in the 1940s briefly regained the majority in the 80th congress, she becomes one of the very first women to chair a major congressional committee. it controls flip-flop back and forth between democrats and republicans. she's a republican. >> you can view this and all other programs at our website. >> todd groce ttalked about the significance of the campaign and how is it has been remembered. the ceremony in savanna is about 20

he holds a ph.d from the university of maryland where his research centered on u.s. scientific and technological intelligence, specifically nuclear, in the second world war and the cold war which makes him ideally suited to deliver today's talk. he also got his masters degree focusing on the relationship between the u.s. and russia. so you may get some questions focusing on the current difficulties with russia. he's taught extensively, including at the universityon the diplomatic history, cold war and history of sciences. he is a u.s. army veteran, served in the balkans where he assisted in both civilian and military intelligence activities. so we're just delighted to have you as our speaker, as our first speaker. so please help me welcome vince houghton. >> thank you peter. thank all of you for coming here today. getting a chance to talk about the atomic spies, about nuclear intelligence, this is my field this is also my passion. i try to do everything i can to talk about this to anyone hop wants to listen. so it's nice to actually have people who are interested in

i'm with get money out in mary land and the maryland committee to amend. we have a rally on the 27th to support senator jamie rasmond. constitution american law professor. state senator who has released two bills to amend the constitution using article 5. through calling a convention of the states. also shareholders disclosure or shareholders united bill. so i was hoping you could address those, especially the campaigns around the country to amend the constitution to reverse citizens united, reclaim voting rights, democracy, all of that. we're hoping maryland will be the fourth state after vermont illinois and california to pass this resolution out of the 34 that will be needed. >> great. anyone want to take that? >> i think it might be a question for you. >> okay. well, just to frame up what you said i think we've highlighted a lot of problems here. later in our discussion, we're going to dig in on some of the solutions but certainly you're highlighting a couple of key ones. so jamie raskin is a huge champion and certainly the constitutional amendment mov

maryland dominion is a perfect example. in addition to everything they're doing at the federal level, many state permits they have to get as well. >> my time's expired. i appreciate your testimony today, gentlemen. >> thank you. and we turn to senator hurano. >> thank you, madam chair. senator heinrich had asked mr. smith a question regarding if we create administrative or regulatory certainty in the time frame for approval, wouldn't we expect more applications. and mr. smith didn't want to opine. but i'd like to ask the other panelists whether you think -- very brief answers please -- whether you think there would be more applications if we create certainty? as it still does? >> i don't believe the number of applications is going to be affected by the timeline. it will be affected by companies who believe they're going to be able to get the financing be able to line up customers. again, these are very long-term very expensive propositions. i think those that are moving forward, knowing that there is some certainty at the e

for the last three decades, larry hogan, governor elect of maryland has been an entrepreneur running the real estate company he founded decades ago. pete rickers will nebraska's governor thursday. he held several leadership positions in his family business including president and coo as mare trade. these are only a few of the new governors who come to public service after years in the private sector. these new perspectives will be of great benefit not only to the individual states but to the whole country. public service and political experience is critical to creating an effective government, but so is private sector experience. knowing what it's like to take a risk and start a business. having had to meet a payroll and not only keep the lights on but turn a profit and succeed. this experience can help state governments empathize with the business community and with its employees. all of which helps cultivate responsible, economic growth. today, also marks the swearing in of the 114th congress and our former colleague mike rounds of south dakota. he joins nine other former governors

in our state of maryland since nafta sadly passed we lost 70,000 jobs in our state. millions of jobs all across this country. and i was thinking back to that day when nafta passed because although unlike my colleague marcy kaptur i wasn't in congress at the time by was standing on the steps of the capitol working with my colleagues at trade watch as an advocate at congress watch shaking hands of members of congress and trying to convince them not to vote for a bad trade deal that would trade away jobs. i remember standing there that evening, and it was a long evening, and it was a wet evening with my 5-year-old at the time. hoping that i could convince people to come over and say hello because we could tell them that the next generation of american children would be deprived of jobs because of what we were about to do, what congress was about to do in passing nafta. and so here we are, and it's 2015 and we're right back where we were. with a trade agreement that trades away american jobs. trades them away and for what? so-called -- getting rid of buy america provisio

in maryland, they established a loan repayment program funded by both public and private stakeholders which including an advisory counsel that scores potential applicants according to the likelihood they will continue serving under serve once their term ends. in north carolina, they created a program linking emergency rooms to behavioral health providers who are able to initiate treatment through video conferencing. even with the gridlock in washington, governors are using their authority to effectively improve the quality of healthcare for the people of their states. education and healthcare are top of mind for all governors, we also are focused on infrastructure. the roads, rail, waterways, the runways, broadband networks and power grids needed to accelerate economic growth and job creation. governors know that you can't build a competitive economy without the foundation provided by modernized infrastructure. to be frank, too little federal investment in infrastructure is handicapping u.s. business. what was new 65 years ago now has to be either rebuilt or repaired. in response, sta

i'm with get money out in maryland. and the maryland committee to amend. we have a rally on the 27th to do just that. in particular supporting senator jamie ras kins, one of this movement's great heros. constitutional law professor american university. and state senator. he's introduced two bills to amend the constitution using article 5. and through calling a convention of the states. and also a shareholders disclosure or shareholders united bill. so i'm homing you could address those, especially the campaigns around the country to amend the constitution to reverse citizens united, reclaim voting rights our democracy all that. and we're hoping maryland will be the fourth state after vermont, illinois and california to pass this resolution out of the 34 that will be needed. >> anyone want to take that? >> i think it might be a question for you. >> okay. well just to frame up what you said i think, you know, we've highlighted a lot of problems here and a little later in the discussion we're going todig in on the solutions. but you're highlighting key one. j

with that, i recognize the gentleman from maryland. >> mr. smith. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. ruben, i'm going to try something different and try to let you get a complete sentence out in response to a question so we can hopefully elicit some information. first of all, the document request, the first document request that this committee sent out was on november 18th. the committee was formed in may. so -- sorry my math's a little on off here, between may and november, that's five or six months before the committee made a document request. now, the chairman would have everybody believe that they've been begging for documents from day one, and you've been stonewalling them, and that's the only reason we can't proceed. but fact number one is from may to november, there were no document requests from this committee, okay? if we're not interested in dragging it out, that just boggles the mind. that you wouldn't make a document request. now, putting aside for the moment that there have been nine separate investigations, and gosh i don't even know if anyone could count up the number

the maryland and tennessee were damaged. the attackers also managed to destroy most american planes as they sat on the runways preventing any major counterattack. a second wave of japanese planes added to the success of the first. the u.s. pacific fleet, caught offguard in a surprise attack, was in a state of shock. america was now at war. >> yesterday, december 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy, the united states of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of japan. the facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us god. [applause] >> while the devastation at pearl harbor was significant, it was far from complete. the two u.s. carriers at sea that day, soon to be joined by a third, would make life difficult for the japanese navy in the months to come. yamamoto's fears proved correct. the attack had indeed aroused the american public who rallied to the war effort with new determination and vowed to remember pearl harbor. >>

unfortunately, when the delegates met in annapolis, maryland, the state didn't send the best people they had. some states didn't send anybody. nobody sent the full delegation. they met for a few days and decided the best we could do is write up a long letter with all of the problems that you can see with confederation and distribute it to the states and agree to meet in philadelphia may next. we all know that gathering is the constitutional convention. james madison goes as a delegate, james monroe does not. james monroe, the fapter of the constitution. it was more likely to succeed coming from somebody else other than him. imagine having leaders like that today who doesn't care about getting the credit but cares about getting things done for america. that's james madison. edwin randolph, the governor of virginia introduced the virginia plan; it's the first substantive debate of the constitutional convention and the basic framework for our government today, the executives, the two branches of the legislature, and the judiciary and all of the characteristics and the powers that we associa

project funded by the federal government for what the national road that extended from cumberland, maryland to wheeling, virginia, and when it comes here to wheeling, that will give this community, which at that time is about 50 years old, the real spu rt that it needs for growth and over the next 20 to 25 years the population of wheeling will almost triple. >> watch all of our events from wheeling today at noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on "american history tv" on c-span3. each week, american artifacts visits museums and historic places. founded in 1923, the museum of the city of new york's collection contains nearly 750,000 objects. we visited to learn about the exhibit, "gilded new york." >> i am one of the co-curators of "gilded new york," being shown at the museum of the city of new york. the show opened in november of 2013 and closes in october of 2014. in this beautiful jewel box of a gallery, we have assembled a variety of objects that help the public to appreciate what life was like for the 1% in the original gilded age that followed the civil war from the 1880's th

in maryland they established a loan repayment program funded by both public and private stake holders which includes an advisory council that scores potential applicants according to the likelihood they will continue serving the underserved once their term ends. in north carolina the governor has created a program linking emergency rooms to behavioral health providers who are able to initiate treatment through video conferences. even with the gridlock in washington, governors are using their authority to effectively improve the quality of health care for the people of their states. while education and health care are top of mind for all governors, we also have focussed on infrastructure, the roads, rail waterways, the runways, broad band networks and power grids needed to accelerate economic growth and job creation. governors know that you can't build a competitive economy without the foundation provided by modernized infrastructure. to be frank, too little federal investment in infrastructure is handicapping u.s. business in global markets. what was new 65 years ago now has to be eit

project funded by the federal government for road production was the national road that extended from maryland to virginia. when it comes to willing -- wheeling, that will give to this community, the real spurt it needs for growth. over the next 25 years, the population of wheeling will almost triple. >> watch all of our events throughout the day on c-span 2's book tv. >> tuesday night, president obama delivers these date of the union address. the average begins at it to clark the emmys durham. your reaction through open phones live on c-span and c-span radio. watch the president's speech and congressional reaction in the u.s. capitol. these date of the union address live on the spam -->> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern. next, george mason university professor john turner talks about how the book of mormon in early america. he talks about how the book of mormon compares to other religious texts and how early mormons, under the leadership of jos

unfortunately when the delegates met in annapolis maryland the , states didn't send the best people they had. some didn't send anybody. nobody sent their full delegation. they meet for a few days in a tavern and decide the best we can do is to write up a letter of the problems we see with the confederations, distributed to the states, and degree to meet in philadelphia next may. that is the constitutional convention. james madison goes as a delegate. james monroe does not. the father of the constitution. he uses someone else to introduce his policies. it is something he always did throughout his career if he thought it was more likely to succeed coming from someone else other than him. imagine having leaders like that today who don't care who gets the credit but they care about getting things done and getting results. that was james madison. he has edmund randolph introduce the virginia plan, the first substantive debate of the constitutional convention. it is the basic framework for our government today. the executive and two branches of the legislature, and the judiciary. all the chara

pleasure to introduce our speaker, robyn muncy, who is associate professor of history at the university of maryland college park. she received her phd from northwestern university and is author of three books. " engendering america," and most recently "

the federal government for road production was the national road that asked tended from cumberland maryland to wheeling, virginia. when it comes to wheeling it will give this community, which at that time is about 50, the real spurt that it needs to grow. over the next 25 years the population will almost triple. >> watch all of those events today, at 2 p.m. eastern, on c-span3. >> tuesday night, president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage begins at 8 p.m. eastern, including the gpm response and on c-span2, watch the presence speech and congressional reaction. the state of the union address live on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and the span.org. -- c-span.org. >> the baltimore museum of industry was once the plat oyster cannery. we visited the museum to learn about the history of the garment industry there. >> i am surprised that the number of children that come here that to not know what the word means. first of all we will try to get indoctrinated into that word. we first try to get them indoctrinated into that word. this was a garment company or clothing compan

you and i had an opportunity to discuss this earlier this month, maryland delaware pennsylvania, our other states, new jersey right along this row here have huge interests. tens of thousands of jobs depend on our ability to have a fair settlement and free agreement with respect to bio logics. i would just continue to raise that issue with you. thank you. >> senator, i apologyizeapologize. i passed over you to call on him. i didn't mean to do that. thank you very much for being patient for me. i call on senator coats and then is it would be roberts in that order. >> mr. chairman. no apology needed. i'm happy to yield to my friend and colleague from delaware. >> i owe you one. >> i am new. trying to figure out the rules here in terms of -- i rushed over to be here on time. get my name on the list. you saw me, i had to go out and make a quick stop at another place and come back. and then i thought oh, i got the rules wrong must go back and forth between parties. that's fine whether me. i appreciate your apology. not necessary. ambassador, thank you first of all for dijligent work on a v

in maryland 14,600 jobs, created across the supply chain. we applaud the doe for taking look at the inefficiencies and trying to fix them. we once again find ourselves in a situation where the approvals are starting to lag. a project that received conditional approval as far back as 2013, now approaching the fourth month of deliberations on a final license. we believe s-33, is both timely and warranted. this bill ensures that the free hand of the marketplace will govern international trade by providing a 45-day deadline on the doe to approve or deny pending lng export applications. it do is not affect any other requirements. but eliminating unnecessary delays, the bill protects running afoul of our obligations. developers looking to build an lng facility must subject themselves to a multi-faceted permitting process. s-33 provides certainly while ensuring that all environmental laws will be complied with to their fullest extent. manufacturers support this bill and urge the committee to approve this legislation. >> finally, mr. koranyi. >> tha

like resort, hotels and crab pickers in maryland. so, it's pretty limited in scope, but you know, a lot of the cir bills have considered ways to expand h2b to cover more workers. but that's the -- on it. >> thank you. >> hi. my name's rochelle, i'm from the university of arizona. my question for you, i know you talked about ways to improve the system and also knowing that countries not only the u.s., but other countries do struggle with immigration, i was wondering looking at other countries, have you ever come across or found immigration and if not, what to you would be a perfect immigration policy that would work internationally and dmes click in the u.s.? >> so that's a hard question. i mean, actually, the first part is easy. there's no other country has a perfect system. the u.s., one of the ways the u.s. difrfers from the rest of the world, two ways. one is that our system's much more weighted towards family based immigration than it is towards employment based immigration and you know, whether that's -- a values question. like

we're just obsessed with the gentleman from maryland. we don't care about any other witness. so i'm not going to fall for that. i'm not going to fall for the trick of telling you what's really important. it's all important. that's why the word "all" is in the resolution. so i can't tell you -- i can tell you this. if you start producing documents on a regular basis, consistent with our request, nobody is going to complain to you that you're not giving them to us in the order in which we want them. >> the gentleman yield? >> yes. >> the reason why i asked that question is because it's my understanding that your staff had told them that it was okay to not make the top priority the arb information. and you can correct me if i'm wrong, and then concentrate on the other things. is that right? >> that's my understanding. >> and so all i'm saying is, you know, i just want -- i understand what you're saying. and it makes a lot of sense. i just want to make sure that we're clear. and that way you talk about not wanting to have more hearings. i understand that, too. but then i don't wa

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there's some research done by a professor at university of maryland, jim gimple. we've published some, he's published elsewhere, obviously, and what he found when he looked at quth by county data in election results, even when you look at it just at the county level, the arrival of immigrants moves the vote to the left. it's just that in some places the vote started out much farther to the right, for instance, in texas, as opposed to cal.ifornia cal. so immigration moves it to the left, it just moves it from wherever it started. so there's a clear self-interested reason conservatives are opposing amnesty. the other interest, the principled interest is support for sovereignty for the rule of law, for constitutional government and really for a kind of solidarity with american workers and a prioritizing of the interest of american workers over those of foreigners. just as a side point here, the self-interested part of the conservative position is actually pretty -- you would think it's pretty strong in theory, and yet it doesn't really play out the way you would thin

melissa carney with brookings and the university of maryland. i'm curious as to whether the commission explicitly did or did not consider the role of demographic changes that have accentuated inequality]xi) in the united states and what i have in mind is the number of children in the u.s., in particularly born to lower educated parents outside of two parent families in the u.s., these trends have exacerbated income inequality and are also distinctly american. our rates of kids growing up in single parent households are twice more than in australia and an canada. >> this is obviously a significant challenge in the u.s. the u.s. has a distinct challenge that other countries don't have. in fact all the other countries seem to do a better job of family stability. now, i would just say because of the disproportionate issue of the challenge, we didn't spend significant resources discussing it because countries are so different in the analysis. but i would point you, the center for american progress put out this monday the precise issue of family stabi

we're just obsessed with the gentleman from maryland. we don't care about any other witness. so i'm not going to fall for that. i'm not going to fall for the trick of telling you what's really important. it's all important. that's why the word "all" is in the resolution. so i can't tell you -- i can tell you this. if you start producing documents on a regular basis, consistent with our request, nobody is going to complain to you that you're not giving them to us in the order in which we want them. >> the gentleman yield? >> yes. >> the reason why i asked that question is because it's my understanding that your staff had told them that it was okay to not make the top priority the arb information. and you can correct me if i'm wrong, and then concentrate on the other things. is that right? >> that's my understanding. >> and so all i'm saying is you know, i just want -- i understand what you're saying. and it makes a lot of sense. i just want to make sure that we're clear. and that way you talk about not wanting to have more hearings. i understand that, too. but then i don't wan