Robert byrd of virginia. First, the conversation from 2010 was senator mitch mcconnell, the Incoming Senate majority leader for the 114th congress, which convenes in january 6. He talks about the history and traditions of the United States senate. Senator mcconnell, as you come to work each day, you look at this building, what does it represent to you . The history of the United States. And the symbol of the greatest democracy and the oldest democracy in the world. And i think about it really almost every day as i walk into a structure that had only then partially opened in may of 1800 when the government moved here from philadelphia, and had been developing in phases. The greatest development, i guess, prior to the civil war. This office itself, describe it for someone whos never been here and what has happened here in the past. This particular space on the capitol is actually habitable right at the beginning when the government came down here from philadelphia. I dont know whether th
He went on to get his law degree, and he had president kennedy come to present his diploma at his graduation. But i thought here he was in a body full of rhodes scholars and yale and stanford and harvard graduates and all of the ivy leaguers with terrific education. He never felt inferior about that. He felt that he never ended his education. He was always reading, he was always studying. I once went with him to an event, and i looked at the back of his car and there was the count of month cristo, and i was surprised, and he said, i never got to read it. Irma byrd complained she could never dust her table because she was bringing books home from the library of congress always stacked up and he was working on them. In 1980 he gave an impromptu speech at his grand Daughters School class, which was in the gallery. He gave a speech about the history of the chamber of the senate. Several senators came up after and said i didnt know that. Thats interesting. So he began to give more impromptu
Relationship. They did not blind side each other. That cooperation helped to make the senate work even when they were disagreeing with each other, fighting each other, they did it by the rules and respected each other as colleagues. Thank you very much. My pleasure. Coming up in 20 minutes, well continue our look at the historical role of the Senate Majority leader with a lecture from former leader robert byrd from west virginia. First a conversation from 2010 with senator mitch mcconnell, the incoming Senate Majority leader for the 114th congress that convenes on january 6. He talks about the history and traditions of the United States senate. Senator mcconnell, as you come to work each day, you look at this building, what does it represent to you . The history of the United States. And the symbol of the greatest democracy and the oldest democracy in the world. And i think about it really almost every day as i walk into a structure2 and had been developing in phases. The greatest deve
Not blind side each other. That kind of cooperation helped make the senate work. Even when they were fighting they did it i the rules and they respected each other as colleagues. Donald richie, thank you very much. My pleasure. Coming up in 20 minutes, we will continue our look on the historical role of this Senate Majority leader. First, a conversation with senator mitch mcconnell, the incoming Senate Majority leader. He talks about the history and tradition of the United States senate. Senator mcconnell, as you come to work each day, you look at this building, what does it represent to you . The history of the United States. And the symbol of the greatest democracy and the oldest democracy in the world. And i think about it really almost every day as i walk into a structure that had only then partially opened in may of 1800 when the government moved here from philadelphia and had been developing in phases. The greatest development, i guess, prior to the civil war. This office itself,
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