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C-SPAN looked back at the opening statements of all eight current Supreme Court Justices at their confirmation hearings. The program also included remarks by senators who introduced the nomi…

Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel P. Moynihan talked about the details of his 1965 report, “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action,” in which he examined the causes of black povert…

Mr. Buckley and Senator Moynihan talked about the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and how the Cold War had shaped current relations with Russia. Following their remarks they answ…

Judge Antonin Scalia responded to questions from committee members about his views regarding such topics as federal-state relationships, the Constitution, death penalty, abortion, national s…

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and other panelists spoke about his book Secrecy: The American Experience, published by Yale University Press. The book addresses secrecy as a mode of …

In this ceremony the Federal Judiciary Center was renamed the Thurgood Marshall Judicial Center. It houses over 2,000 judicial employees.

In an excerpt, Senator Bob Packwood (R-OR) gave his resignation speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. After his announcement, several of his colleagues paid tribute to him. He resigned aft…

The committee heard testimony in the first day of confirmation hearings for Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gates, nominated to become Director of Central Intelligence. Mr. Gates had…

President Clinton awarded presidential medals of freedom to several citizens for their work in behalf of peace and democracy both in the U.S. and overseas.

Senator Moynihan spoke about his proposal to ensure solvency for the U.S. social security system. He proposed cutting payroll tax rates while increasing taxable income and ensuring that the …

Commissioners talked about a series of three recommendations to reform Social Security, all of which allowed some degree of personal investment of payroll taxes.

Mr. George Mitchell talked about the prospects for peace in the Middle East, terrorism, and the U.S. response to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Following his r…

In their third meeting, commission members heard testimony on the historical experience of administering portable personal accounts, various types of trust funds used by the Social Security …

Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Richard Parsons spoke to reporters about a meeting of the Social Security Commission to discuss Social Security reform. Following their remarks they answered ques…

The president’s Commission on Social Security met to finalize the language of its interim report on the future of the program and to create a mechanism for receiving public input at its Sept…

Following a meeting of the president’s Commission on Social Security, commissioners Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Richard Parsons spoke to reporters about their interim report on the future of…

The President Commission to Strengthen Social Security met for another panel discussion led by former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Co-Chair Richard Parsons.

Participants talked about proposed reforms to the Social Security system, including plans to add personal investment accounts, changing retirement ages, and extending the solvency of the sys…

President Bush announced appointments to a Social Security panel and talked about plans to overhaul the system in a way that would allow beneficiaries to invest some of their Social Security…

The guests at this Close-Up Foundation forum talked about achieving bipartisan results in a closely divided Congress. The participants were former U.S. Senator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-Ne…