>> if we, as a people, act wisely, our annual national output can rise within a decade from its present level of about $360 billion to $500 billion. >> this is the challenge to america. ♪ coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the c-spanon c-span2, on three complement that coverage with the most relevant hearings. on the weekends it is the home to american history tv with programs that tell america's

story including the civil war's anniversary, american artifacts, touring museums to discover what artifacts reveal, history bookshelf, with the best-known american history authors, the history,y, lectures in with top college professors delving into america's past, and americaseries reel featuring archival and educational films. c-span3, created by the telecommunications industry. >> in 1935, franklin d roosevelt put his signature on the social security act. president roosevelt: this social security measure gives at least

some protection to 50 million of our citizens who will reap direct benefits through unemployment compensation, through old age pensions, and through increased services for the protection of children and >> then, 15 years later, congress passed a new social security law, a law designed to needs, signed by president truman in 1950, this act gave social security a new meaning for you. today, this is the fourth of the future. ,nder the social security act most american families are now able to ensure for themselves and income that is guaranteed for life. it is an income provided not by charity or relief, but by insurance. insurance that is bought and paid for.