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U.S. Congressional Hearings Documents – 1993-2022
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Documents from U.S. House and Senate Committees on a wide variety of congressional business. A few examples are: Hearings on Federal Appointments; the January 6th Committee docs; Science, Tech & Global Economic Competitiveness; Offshore Tax Evasion; Keeping Foreign Corruption out of the U.S.: 4 Case Histories; Torture in the Bush Administration; Day Trading; Veteran’s Affairs Budget Request; Financial Collapse of Enron; Causes and Effects of the Foreclosure Crisis; Hate Crimes and the Threat of Domestic Extremism; Wall Street and the Financial Crisis; Climate Change; Corruption in the UN Oil-for-Food Program; Caterpillar’s Offshore Tax Strategy; Reassessing Solitary Confinement; National Prison Rape Elimination; Money Laundering and Foreign Corruption; Developments in Ukraine; Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking; Future of Intercity Passenger Rail Service and AMTRAK; Protecting Ecosystems and Economies; Legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; Planned Parenthood Exposed; Examining the International Climate Negotiations; Democracy in Venezuela; Mortgage Lending Reform; Innovations in Battery Storage for Renewable Energy.
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