Subjects – Cannon Caucus Room
The founding and history of the “The Little Congress” staff club
December 19, 1919
On this date, the Little Congress—a group mainly composed of secretaries and clerks for Representatives and Senators—met for the first time.
The 1948 Alger Hiss–Whittaker Chambers hearing before HUAC
August 25, 1948
On this date, former State Department official Alger Hiss, and Whittaker Chambers, a former communist spy and magazine editor, faced each other in a public hearing before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC).
The House Select Committee on Organized Crime
May 24, 1972
On this date, the House Select Committee on Crime held hearings to investigate the involvement of organized crime in American sports.