Senate hearing
Legislators interrogate witnesses
A Senate hearing is a formal proceeding where a committee of the U.S.
Senate gathers testimony and information on proposed legislation, nominations, or matters of public concern.
Witnesses—often officials, experts, or nominees—appear before senators who question them, sometimes for hours: The confirmation hearing lasted three days.
Televised hearings can become major political theater, with senators using their questioning time to make statements as much as to gather facts.
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- sworn testimonyOath-bound legal statement
- opening statementFirst formal address
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- witnessOne who attests
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- oversightoversight committees, oversight board, review, auditors, supervisor
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