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Scott, and pam is an old friend. I have known her for many, many years, and she is, i think, the authority on the history of public buildings in washington, d. C. She has been an architectural historian here in washington specializing in the architectural landscape and planning histories of the city and i have learned a tremendous amount from her over the years. Some of her books include the temple of liberty, buildings of the district of columbia, designing the nations capit capitol, and the fortress of finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, ...

Worthy of the expense they may occasion, the consideration of the character in which the records shall be written and of the style is the only one before us. It may, indeed, be said that as good laws may be made in a wigwam as in the capital and that all decoration is useless and all history mere idle amusement. The senate by the constitution of our country represents not the majority of the people like the house of representatives but the individual states as corporate bodies. If their chamber is to be decorated at all, the decoration should have the character consistent with the character of...