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Megan Zagone in Legislative Records4 days ago (Show more)

Did Congressman Andrew May's loose lips ever sink ships during WWII?

Supposedly, Congressman Andrew May from Kentucky toured the pacific fleet in 1943 and gave a press conference in June of 1943 where he told the reporters that US subs were not often hit by the Japanese depth charges, because they were set too shallowly. Vice Admiral Lockwood, commander of the U.S. submarine fleet in the Pacific, estimated that… (Show more)

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(to Megan Zagone) 3 days ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Megan -- thanks for posting to History Hub! You can start by searching Chronicling America, a Library of Congress website that provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages from 1777 to 1963. I'd also recommend checking with local public or academic libraries to see if they offer access to…

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Brian McNeece in Legislative Records2 weeks ago (Show more)

1922 motion picture related to House Bill 11449 regarding Boulder Dam

I'm looking for a film made by the Imperial Irrigation District in Imperial County, California in 1922 in support of House Bill No. 11449. I found reference to it in the book The First Thirty Years by Otis Tout. 1931.

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(to Brian McNeece) 2 weeks ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Brian -- thanks for posting to History Hub! I checked our finding aids for the records of the House in the 67th Congress and see no indication of audiovisual material in the records of the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands. However, I can't confirm that until we look for a bill file for H.R. 11449. If you can email…

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Judy Bryan in Legislative Records2 weeks ago (Show more)

Who won the 2020 presidential election.

Who won the 2020 presidential election? NARA will delete comments that are clearly off-topic, that promote services or products, or that promote or oppose any political party, person campaigning for elected office, or any ballot proposition?

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(to Judy Bryan) 2 weeks ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Judy -- thanks for posting to History Hub! Joseph R. Biden, Jr. won the 2020 presidential election. The Office of the Federal Register, part of the National Archives, has made available each State's Electoral College Certificate of Ascertainment and Certificate of Vote online here: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2020 You can…

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Carole Gailor in Legislative Records2 months ago (Show more)

Where can I find 1789 Committee of the Whole debate on the Bill of Rights?

I am researching the congressional history of the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. I am particularly looking for the 1789 debates by the First Congress Committee of the Whole. Can these be found in digitized form anywhere on the internet?

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(to Carole Gailor) 2 months ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Carole -- thank you for posting to History Hub! The Annals of Congress are freely available through A Century of Lawmaking -- a website from the Library of Congress that brings together online records of the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress. The Annals of Congress cover the 1st Congress through the first session of the 18th…

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Alice Lane in Legislative Records2 months ago (Show more)

Seeking outcome of 116th Congress Bill H R 631

I am seeking the outcome of 116th Congress Bill H R 631 dated Sept 2019 introduced by Byrne. H. Res. 631: Directing the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Financial Services to begin investigations regarding certain business dealings of Robert Hunter Biden

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(to Alice Lane) 2 months ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Alice -- To learn more about the legislative process, I can recommend How Our Laws Are Made -- a publication prepared by the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives. It's part of a larger section on how to Learn About the Legislative Process on Congress.gov. A search of Congress.gov shows that so far in the 116th Congress,…

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Brian McNeece in Legislative Records2 months ago (Show more)

Hearings of House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands 1924

I need help finding the transcripts of the Hearings of the House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, H.R. 11449, February 23, 1924. Thank you.

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(to Brian McNeece) 2 months ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Brian -- thanks for posting to History Hub! It looks like the House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands held a series of hearings published with the same title over multiple Congresses: "Protection and Development of Lower Colorado River Basin". In the 67th Congress (1921-1923), the topic was taken up in the bill H.R. 11449. Here's a…

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in Legislative Records2 months ago (Show more)

Private Claims and Congress

The records of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives contain a vast and relatively under-used wealth of family history and local history information. Congress is generally associated with public policy matters, budgets, and treaties. And yet the eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early twentieth-century records of Congress contain… (Show more)

Sheri Taylor in Legislative Records4 months ago (Show more)

Seeking Congressional hearing about Environmental Dangers of Open Air testing

I am trying to locate the May 21-22 - 1969 Congressional hearing - Environmental Dangers of Open Air Testing, either video footage or audio.

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(to Sheri Taylor) 4 months ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Sheri -- thanks for posting to History Hub! I'm with the Center for Legislative Archives, a unit of the National Archives. We hold the official records of congressional committees. I searched our records of the House Committee of Government Operations, Subcommittee on Conservation and Natural Resources, but don't see any indication that we…

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Tor Hanson in Legislative Records5 months ago (Show more)

Where can I find records from a Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) hearings from September 30, 1940?

At the end of September 1940, J.R. Roberts, a member of the Redmond Chamber of Commerce (Redmond, OR) aviation committee and H.E. Stearns, president of Oregon Airways traveled to Washington DC to take part in a Civil Aeronautics Authority hearing on September 30, 1940. I'm trying to locate a transcript/records from the hearing and any decisions… (Show more)

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(to Tor Hanson) 5 months ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Tor -- thanks for posting to History Hub! We checked the CIS Indexes, which are the go-to source for identifying congressional hearings. Unfortunately, we don't see any entries for either J.R. Roberts or H.E. Stearns in the 76th Congress. Do you have more information as to which chamber and / or committee held the hearing? You're welcome…

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Eileen Marotto in Legislative Records5 months ago (Show more)

HUAC testimony of Michael Fersick in 1940's

Used to be able to access this record easily but no longer, Trying to get and print a copy of the testimony at the HUAC (House Unamerican Activities Committee)hearings, testimony of Michael Fersick, in the 1940's. Subpoena was in Philadelphi, PA

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(to Eileen Marotto) 5 months ago (Show more Show less)

Hi Eileen -- thanks for posting to History Hub! To find public testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) I recommend using the Cumulative Index to Publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938-1954 and the Supplement to Cumulative Index to Publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities: 1955…

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in Legislative Records5 months ago (Show more)

Mr. Smith Goes to Hollywood

By now you’ve probably worked through most of your streaming list, so for your movie-watching inspiration we’ve put together a list of movies that will bring Congress into your living room (in a slightly more glamorous fashion than C-SPAN). Before Schoolhouse Rock, many Americans learned how a bill becomes a law from Frank Capra’s 1939 classic… (Show more)

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