Queen Elizabeth II Address to Congress
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain addressed a joint meeting of Congress during her 13-day visit to the United States, her first trip to the U.S. since 1976. The Queen discussed “the spirit…
23,770 viewsQueen Elizabeth II of Great Britain addressed a joint meeting of Congress during her 13-day visit to the United States, her first trip to the U.S. since 1976. The Queen discussed “the spirit…
23,770 viewsPresident Bill Clinton announced his economic program in his first address to a joint session of Congress. He proposed a stringent system of tax increases and spending cuts intended to reduc…
3,919 viewsPresident George H.W. Bush delivered his State of the Union Address. President Bush tried to reassure Americans that the U.S. would win the war in the Persian Gulf and overcome domestic econ…
3,657 viewsThe Senate met in joint session with the House of Representatives to hear President Bush’s State of the Union address. The president spoke of the changes in the world in the last year: the r…
4,275 viewsPresident Bill Clinton delivered his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. He highlighted his administration’s accomplishments during 1993 including passage of the…
39,883 viewsQuestioning of Oliver North continued, with many members of the committee making statements concerning patriotism, democracy, and the lessons of the Iran-Contra affair.
2,821 views“In Memoriam” 2016 continues with Nobel Laureate, peace activist and holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. He died earlier this year at the age of 87. In April of 1993, Mr. Wiesel spoke at the ded…
4,322 viewsPresident Bush delivered the annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. He spoke about domestic issues and military spending in a post-Soviet era. This was his last St…
34,775 viewsFormer House speakers gathered at a photo opportunity and answered questions from reporters.
202 viewsFormer congressional leaders talked about the process of reaching their 1990 deficit agreement that eventually helped bring the federal budget into surplus. Topics included the major leaders…
941 viewsAmbassadorial nominees testified about their qualifications to represent the U.S. in China, Japan, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic …
816 viewsFormer Representative Leon Panetta (D-CA) conducted a discussion with former House Speakers Representative Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and Tom Foley (D-WA) on the role of the U.S. House during nati…
55 viewsFormer Soviet President Gorbachev addressed both houses of Congress in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the new global political scene following the Cold War. He called for new t…
695 viewsParticipants spoke about The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track, published by Oxford University Press, in which authors Norman J. Ornstein and Tho…
343 viewsRussian President Boris Yeltsin addressed a joint meeting of Congress. He announced that Communism in the former Soviet Union was dead, and called for Congress to pass legislation providing …
12,743 viewsElections and swearing-in of the members for the 102nd Congress were shown. Rep. Foley (D-WA) was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Rep. Gephardt (D-MO) and Rep. Mic…
View in Congressional Chronicle782 viewsFormer Representative Tom Foley spoke about his experiences as speaker of the House of Representatives and the role of speaker. Following his remarks he and former colleagues talked about is…
178 viewsJordan’s King Hussein and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin spoke at a joint session of U.S. Congress concerning their recently signed peace agreement which ended 46 years of war between …
979 viewsU.S. Capitol Historical Society held a reception to honor the retiring members of the 109th Congress. Former Speaker of the House Foley spoke about opportunities for involvement after ret…
187 viewsThe fifteenth hour of the 25th anniversary of viewer calls focused on the year 1994 and on the shift to Republican Party control of Congress. Guests talked about the impact of the Republican…
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