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Committee hearings are used by the House and Senate to gather information and opinions on proposed legislation. Committee hearings are held for nearly all big pieces of legislation. This makes them important when conducting legislative history research because they allow allow researchers to ascertain what information Congresspeople knew when voting on legislation. However, researchers should use caution when using committee hearings to interpret enacted legislation because the people testifying are generally biased.
NCCU's Law Library provides researchers with several access points for locating the text of committee hearings in print.