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Senate subcommittee on science and space and the senior senator from the state of florida, the honorable bill nelson. Ladies and gentlemen, the it said in the psalms written by david as he peered up into the heavens, the heavens declare the glory of god. The firmament showeth his handiwork. You think of the significance of this congressional gold medal. It has only been awarded to 100. And of those in aviation and space first, think of the wright brothers, charles lindbergh, dr. Robert goddard, the father of modern rocketry, and now todays honorees. And i dare say that in future years we will ...

Not a hearing room at first. And then in the 1970s, Senator Frank Church began to investigate problems with the cia and fbi. And this was goaliing to be the first investigation into the intelligence operations. The material they were handling was so secret that it had to be in a secure place. So this room was converted. A floor was built across. It was turned into offices for the Church Committee that was investigating the cia and the fbi. They had armed guards standing at each of the doors to make sure no one came in. Reporters thought it was interesting that the Church Committee was trying t...

Later, congress and the 1965 heart seller immigration and nationality act. Next on American History tv, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell gives a lecture on the rivalry between two kentucky politicians who served as governors and the senate. Senator mcconnell argues that the competition between Happy Chandler and Earle Clements led to the election of Thruston Morton. Well, thank you very much, robert. Its a real pleasure to be here today at transylvania. Want to thank president kerry and transylvania for hosting me here today. Happy to be veterans day here as well. I also want to acknowle...

You will see candidate victory and concession speeches and some of the most closely watched senate races. Throughout the night and into the morning, we want to hear from you with your calls, facebook comments, and tweets. Campaign 2014 Election Night coverage on cspan. , the russell9 Senate Office buildings caucus room has witnessed many senate investigation. In the second of a twopart program, don ritchie tells us about hearings held from the 1940s to the present day, including the 1950 four Army Mccarthy hearings and the watergate investigation. Roomople come into this all the time, and it i...

And subsequent financial reforms. Im donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the Senate Caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building. Before cspan started covering the senate, this was the most famous room in the capitol complex th, becausee this is where major hearings had been televised coming back newsreels covered it in the 1920s and 1930s, but television came along in 1940. This is where viewers would have seen the crime investigation, the kefauver crime investigation, the mccarthy hearings and the watergate hearings. So this was the most televised room until the Senate C...