Legislative Records, 1972-1996.

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Legislative Records, 1972-1996.

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This series contains bill files arranged by subject, committee files, foreign relations conference briefing materials, legislative activity records, and floor speeches as published in the "Congressional Record." Judiciary Committee files include Supreme Court nominations hearings of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. There is also information regarding an oversight hearing on the Justice Department's handling of Nazi War criminals living in the U.S. The Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy files document the legislative history and implementation of Simpson's Immigration Reform and Control Act (Simpson-Mazzoli bill). Also of note are files regarding the Miroslav Medvid political asylum incident. Veteran Affairs committee materials include constituent correspondence and casework, and cover issues such as Agent Orange claims, Persian Gulf War Syndrome, VA Medical Center health care, and Vietnam War POW/MIA live sightings. Environment and Public Works Committee materials include hearings on infrastructure, funding for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation's investigation into the accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. The Finance Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy files contain information on the investigation of the AARP and hearings on the issue of social security. Also included are briefing materials regarding the select committee's investigation into the FBI's undercover operation known as ABSCAM and a few files related to the Special Committee on Aging.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Thomas, Clarence, 1948-

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Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on July 1, 1991, to succeed Thurgood Marshall and is the second African American to serve on the Court. Thomas's service began October 23, 1991. Upon the retirement of Anthony Kennedy in 2018, Thomas became the most senior member of the Supreme Court, that is, the longest-serving current Justice, with a tenure of 28 years, 308 days as of August 2...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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AARP (Organization)

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Simpson, Alan K. (Alan Kooi), 1931-

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Former United States Senator Alan Kooi Simpson was born September 2, 1931, in Denver, Colorado, the second son of former Wyoming Governor and U.S. Senator Milward Lee Simpson and Lorna Kooi Simpson. He attended public schools in Cody, Wyoming, and spent a post-graduate year at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, before entering college. He entered the University of Wyoming in 1950 and received a bachelor of science in law degree in 1954. While at the university, he was ...

Bork, R. H. (Robert Heron)

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Medvid, Miroslav

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Hill, Anita C.

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