Senate Committees and Senate Floor, 2002-2005
The videos presented here of Hagel in committee and on the senate floor are a small portion of his committee and floor appearances during his senate career. These videos are from closed-circuit telecasts to offices on Capitol Hill. A majority of the videos contain multiple floor speeches and/or committee appearances. They are presented here in chronological order.
2002
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Committee, 2002 (Running Time: 1:37:28)
Watch Video: Hagel floor speeches, drought and ag assistance, Afghanistan Freedom Support Act, Medicare prescription benefits, Jesse Helms, and Iraq, 2002 (Running Time: 1:08:15)
Watch Video: Hagel at Finance Cmte; Energy and Natural Resources Cmte, climate change; Budget Cmte, medicare; Foreign Relations Cmte, human rights, with Colin Powell; Banking Cmte with Alan Greenspan; Appropriations, Health and Education, and Governmental Affairs committees on Hagel's biological and chemical weapons legislation; Judiciary Cmte on Laurie Smith Camp nomination, 2002 (Running Time: 1:36:25)
2003
Watch Video: Hagel at Banking Committee; Foreign Relations Committee with Richard Armitage, with Ambassador to Afghanistan nominee; Hagel floor speech, climate change, 2003 (Running Time: 0:38:17)
Watch Video: Group swearing in, start of Hagel's second term, January 7, 2003 (Running Time: 0:02:05)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Committee, Hagel-Biden Foreign Assistance Amendment, with Paul Wolfowitz, 2003 (Running Time: 0:37:00)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Cmte, Paul Bremer, China; Banking Cmte, GSE reform; Hagel floor speeches, special education, 9-11, Sept. 2003 (Running Time: 0:31:01)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Committee on Iraq and Afghanistan, cuts off, September 2003 (Running Time: 2:03:10)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Cmte, Kyoto and Israel, with Colin Powell; Hagel floor speech on the Armed Forces, 2003 (Running Time: 0:55:31)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Committee on energy security; Hagel floor speech on energy legislation, 2003 (Running Time: 2:23:35)
2004
Watch Video: Hagel floor speech, the economy; Foreign Relations Cmte, immigration reform, Mexico, underlying issues in the Middle East, March 2004 (Running Time: 1:23:40)
Watch Video: Hagel at Banking Committee; Foreign Relations Committee, March 2004 (Running Time: 2:34:45)
Hagel at Banking Business Meeting, housing reform legislation; Foreign Relations Cmte, kickbacks in Iraq and Oil for Food program, April 2004 (Running Time: 1:56:34)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Cmte, Iraq, North Korea; floor tribute to Ronald Reagan; Foreign Relations Subcmte, Gulf of Guinea, energy policy, 2004 (Running Time: 1:35:29)
Watch Video: Hagel at Intelligence Cmte, assessing state of U.S. intelligence; Foreign Relations Cmte, defense spending, July 2004 (Running Time: 0:27:36)
Watch Video: Hagel at Intelligence Cmte, 9-11 Commission recommendations, Sept. 2004 (Running Time: 2:54:17)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Committee, conflicts in Africa with Colin Powell, debt relief, ongoing national security concerns, Sept. 2004 (Running Time: 0:49:02)
Watch Video: Hagel and Nelson at Agriculture Cmte introducing nominee Mike Johanns; Foreign Relations Cmte, Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice, Dec. 2004 (Running Time: 1:20:00)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Cmte, with Richard Armitage and Paul Wolfowitz; Hagel floor speech, IDEA reauthorization, 2004 (Running Time: 0:56:16)
Watch Video: Hagel chairing Congressional-Executive Commission on China Hearing; Foreign Relations Cmte, diplomatic nominees, foreign economic funding, 2004 (Running Time: 1:12:27)
2005
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Cmte, Banking Cmte, on John Bolton, globalization, Iran, Fannie Mae, Sarbanes-Oxley, Chinese currency, trade, 2005 (Running Time: 0:41:36)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Cmte, introduction of Ambassador to Russia nominee William Burns; Banking Cmte, GSE Reform, July 2005 (Running Time: 2:00:51)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Subcmte, "Eurasia and Energy Security;" Foreign Relations Cmte, Darfur, energy, Sept. 26-27, 2005 (Running Time: 2:00:20)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Cmte, Kosovo Hearing; Banking Cmte, Nov. 2005 (Running Time: 0:18:28)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Cmte with Condi Rice, Dec. 2005 (Running Time: 0:12:37)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Subcmte and Cmte; Republican TV report with Hagel quote, 2005 (Running Time: 0:25:36)
Watch Video: Hagel at Foreign Relations Committee, United Nations reform, 2005 (Running Time: 1:13:47)
Watch Video: Hagel in Foreign Relations Cmte, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, United Nations; Banking Committee, terrorist finances and financial crimes, 2005 (Running Time: 0:45:26)