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| 1. What is the seating capacity of the Commerce Committee’s hearing room? |
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Under its normal configuration, the room can accommodate 150 seats.
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| 2. Why is there no longer a Subcommittee on Communications? |
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In 2003/2004, the Congress prior to Chairman Stevens becoming Chairman, the Commerce Committee held a total of 37 hearings on telecommunications related issues. Of those, 29 were held at the Full Committee level and eight in the Subcommittee. Because of this and because there are several Members with a strong interest in the issue, Chairman Stevens and Co-Chairman Inouye decided to keep this at the Full Committee level.
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| 3. How can I access bills that have been referred to the Commerce Committee? |
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The best point of access for locating legislation pending before the Committee, is the Library of Congress’ website: www.thomas.loc.gov. When bills are approved by the Committee, copies of bills as approved are posted on the newsroom page, with the press release on that bill, as soon as available.
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| 4. How do I obtain a witness list for a hearing? |
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Hearing witnesses are listed on our hearings page as soon as they are confirmed.
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| 5. How can I access information from hearings that have already been held? |
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Archived video webcasts are available in either video or audio format for most hearings held in 2005 or 2006. These can be accessed from the audio/video link on our homepage menu bar or on our hearings page. In addition, witness’ submitted testimony is available on our hearings page. When full hearing transcripts are available from the Government Printing Office, these, too, will be posted on the hearings page by clicking the relevant hearing.
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| 6. Where can I find the hearings that are currently scheduled? |
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A list of all upcoming hearings, including date, time, and room location can be found the right hand side of our home page.
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| 7. How many Subcommittees are there and who are the Subcommittee Chairmen? |
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The Commerce Committee is comprised of 10 Subcommittees. Information on all Subcommittees can be accessed on our homepage menu bar.
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| 8. Who is the Committee Chairman and Co-Chairman? |
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Long-time friends (in fact, they call each other brother) Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) are the Commerce Committee Chairman and Co-Chairman, respectively.
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