To introduce the moderator. Fors the management editor the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars. Previously he served as executive producer, and monitor of closeup on cspan. Pleasecome me in join me and welcoming john and the panel to the stage. [applause] jon hi everybody, good evening. Thank you for joining us. You received information on your way in and my guests also did. So if you are here you know who the panelists are because that is part of the draw. Correct . Let me tell you where they are sitting from left to right. On the lefts jack, a prizewinning historian from stanford university. Next to him is a backup surprise winner. Have one. Like to he is from the university of massachusetts at amherst. Is rows between our thorns an author, and she will be back here on the stage tomorrow to talk about her book. And Kenneth Boling is the coeditor of the First Congress project. Unlike delegates to the constitution convention, dying to get out of the overheated hall, you wi
Dirksen building. Senatere in the hart office building, which is connected to the dirksen building. They are two halves of the same building, that they are entirely different. Building is the central building. We are in the room known as hart 216. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television booths overlooking the hearing room. When they knew that the dirksen building was sufficient, they originally thought they would just replicate the dirksen building and build an identical twin on the other side. They said it would not be large enough. It happened what happened between when the dirksen billing was and the Hart Building, the u. S. Staff tripled in size. Part of that was watergate. The executive branch had provided most of the information that congress was given. When they felt they could not trust it, they felt the need for an independent staff. Every senator was allowed to have at least one staff person on each committee to serve. That was
Executive producer, moderator and editor of closeup on cspan. Please join me in welcoming john and the panel to the stage. [applause] john hi, everybody, good evening. Thanks for joining us. You received information on your way in and my guests also did. So if you are here you know who the panelists are because that is part of the draw. Correct . Let me tell you where they are sitting from left to right. Jack, athe left is Pulitzer Prizewinning historian from stanford university. Just innext to jack, case we always like to have a backup Pulitzer Prize winner. Joseph ellis from the university of massachusetts at amherst. The rose between our thorns is a professor at austin Boston College and an author and she , will be back here on the stage tomorrow to talk about her book. And Kenneth Boling is the editor of the George Washington University First federal project. Let me tell you this unlike , delegates to the constitution convention, dying to get out of the overheated hall, you will be