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Speeches, Statements
- Testimony to Congress
Statement of James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
Before the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
FY 2008 Budget Request
March 22, 2007
- Testimony to Congress
Statement of James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
Before the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
The Library's Broad Transformation into the Digital Age
March 20, 2007
Testimony (PDF, 228 KB) | Informational Timeline (PDF, 941 KB)
- World Digital Library
James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
Remarks to the Plenary Session
The U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
Georgetown University
June 6, 2005
- Testimony to Congress
Statement of James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
before Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. Senate
FY 2006 Budget Request
April 19, 2005
- Testimony to Congress
Statement of James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress before Subcommittee on Legislative Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
FY 2005 Budget Request
February 25, 2004
- Witness Testimony (PDF, 15 KB)
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
"Putting the Teaching of American History and Civics Back in the Classroom"
April 10, 2003
- Testimony to Congress
Statement of James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
Before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. Senate
FY 2004 Budget Request
April 10, 2003
- Humanizing the Information Revolution
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Conference
August 21, 2002
- Testimony to Congress
Statement of James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
Before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
FY 2003 Budget Request
April 24, 2002
- The Search for a New Russian National Identity-Russian Perspectives
Dr. James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress
and
Dr. Kathleen Parthé
University of Rochester
Part of the Project on Russian Political Leaders
Funded by a Carnegie Foundation Grant to
James H. Billington and the Library of Congress
March 2003
Last Updated: 05/05/2008