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Assignment: Hearing Summary

A virtual or recorded hearing

Directions:  This assignment is to “observe” a virtual or recorded hearing related to your paper topic and to submit a brief  summary of what you observed and learned.

• Although Congressional and state legislative committees may not be holding face-to-face hearings right now, at least not as frequently as usual, almost all are holding virtual hearings. In addition, C-SPAN is a rich source of past congressional hearings. Many states also have web-based archives of their legislative hearings. Many recorded hearings can also be found on YouTube. (We will post a list of resources–but don’t feel limited to those).
• This assignment is to “observe” a virtual or recorded hearing or other public meeting and to submit a summary (of no more than 2 pages) of what you observed and learned. The topic of the hearing should be related to your paper topic. The hearing does not need to be a current one—depending on the issue, you may find a hearing from previous years that is relevant to your issue. This may take a little digging, but it really should not be difficult to find. However, if you are having a hard time finding a relevant hearing, let us know.

In your summary:

• Identify the committee or other body that held the hearing and the date of the hearing.

• • What was the subject of the hearing?
  • Was it about a specific bill or a broader topic?
  • Who spoke at the hearing?
  • Were there witnesses who testified?
  • Who were they? (If this was a very lengthy hearing, you can identify some of the major speakers/witnesses).
  • Were they providing expert testimony or speaking on behalf of a specific organization?
  • What did you learn about the topic by viewing this hearing?
  • Directions:  This assignment is to “observe” a virtual or recorded hearing related to your paper topic and to submit a brief  summary of what you observed and learned.
    • Although Congressional and state legislative committees may not be holding face-to-face hearings right now, at least not as frequently as usual, almost all are holding virtual hearings. In addition, C-SPAN is a rich source of past congressional hearings. Many states also have web-based archives of their legislative hearings