CSPAN3 American Artifacts November 23, 2015
Ew, morehe services gr public letters started coming in, more staff had to be hired, more space had to be acquired, and eventually the three Senate Buildings were constructed. Right now we are in the dirksen , building. We are in the large multipurpose hearing room that has had various layers of history. The first Senate Office building opened in 1909, known as the Richard Russell building. This was because the government was growing. There were more and more services coming out. All of the senators were in one building and all the staff were in one building. There was a Small Community of sta...