Russell Caucus Room (known since 2009 as the "Kennedy Caucus Room" in honor of Senators John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy) retains its original 1910 benches and settles with carved eagles. This space has been used for many hearings on subjects of national significance, including the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic hearings; the 1974 Watergate hearings, the Iran-Contra hearings, and the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings. The rotunda contains a statue of Russell by sculptor Frederick Hart. The Russell Building was occupied in 1909 by the Senate of the 61st Congress. The growth of staff and committees in the twenty years following its completion resulted in the addition of a fourth side, the First Street Wing, to the originally U-shaped building. Nathan C. Wyeth and Francis P. Sullivan were the consulting architects for the new wing, which was completed in 1933. The building was originally named the Senate Office Building. When the Dirksen Office Building was completed, it became the New Senate Office Building and the original Senate Office Building became the "Old Senate Office Building" until being renamed the Russell Building in 1972. The building received extensive pop culture visual cachet in the 1970s when film footage of the southwest corner was regularly used to represent the headquarters of the fictional OSI organization in the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. Chuck Schumer, the then-Senate Minority Leader announced on August 25, 2018, that he would introduce a resolution to rename the building after Senator John McCain from Arizona, who died of brain cancer earlier that day. Senators with Russell offices Committee offices within Russell Senate Office Building United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry United States Senate Committee on Armed Services United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Gallery See also Hart Senate Office Building Dirksen Senate Office Building References External links 1908 establishments in Washington, D.C. Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington, D.C. Carrère and Hastings buildings Congressional office buildings Government buildings completed in 1908