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User Clip: Al Gore on C-SPAN's 1st day in Senate

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by ggiroux
June 2, 2017

Gore, then a Tennessee Democratic senator, spoke during the first U.S. Senate session aired by C-SPAN on June 2, 1986. Gore, an advocate for televised congressional proceedings, gave the first House floor speech on C-SPAN in 1979.

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Program ID:: 45919-1
Category:: Senate Highlight
Format:: Senate Highlight
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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