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Daniel Inouye was the first Japanese American to serve in both the U.S. House and Senate. He served until his death on December 17, 2012. In this 2008 oral history, Mr. Inouye talked about h…

Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, the first U.S. Senator with Native Hawaiian ancestry, was an eyewitness to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and served during World War II with the U.S. A…

American History TV is airing a selection of oral history interviews with former and current Asian American members of Congress. This week we hear from Representative Mike Honda of Californi…

Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist David Broder makes remarks upon being presented with the Freedom Award. The U.S. Capitol Society also unveils the official portrait of the 10th …

The Society held a dinner celebrating the history of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and the significant role it plays in American public finance and federal reven…

The U.S. Capitol Historical Society honored the work of the House Appropriations Committee with speeches from its officers about the committee’s history. Rep. Bill Young, chairman of the App…