Hearing
Public Witness Day.
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Event Info
Description and source record
- Title
- Public Witness Day
- Committee
- Committee on Appropriations / Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
- Date line
- Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (11:00 AM)
- Published
- April 1, 2025 at 05:46 PM
- Last updated
- April 9, 2025 at 05:03 PM
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Witnesses
People connected to this event
Mr. Jesse Shirek
Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the BlindMr. John D. Rackey
Senior Policy Analyst for Structural Democracy, Bipartisan Policy Center
Bipartisan Policy CenterMr. James Townsend
Director, Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State University
Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State UniversityMr. Michael Stern
Role from hearing record
The Honorable Heidi Heitkamp
U.S. Senator (D-ND), 2013-2019, Bipartisan Policy Center
2013-2019, Bipartisan Policy CenterThe Honorable Mel Martinez
U.S. Senator (R-FL), 2005-2009, Bipartisan Policy Center
2005-2009, Bipartisan Policy Center
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas's 29th Congressional District; the House witness record lists her as a Member of Congress for a January 2026 Transportation and Infrastructure Member Day hearing.
Documents
Source materials
TestimonyAwan StatementTruth in TestimonyAwan Truth in TestimonyBioAwan BioTestimonyShirek StatementTruth in TestimonyShirek Truth in TestimonyBioShirek BioTestimonyRackey StatementBioRackey CVTruth in TestimonyRackey Truth in TestimonyTestimonySchuman StatementTruth in TestimonySchuman Truth in TestimonyBioSchuman BioTestimonyLips StatementTruth in TestimonyStatement Truth in TestimonyBioLips BioTestimonyTownsend StatementTruth in TestimonyTownsend Truth in TestimonyBioTownsend BioTestimonyStern StatementTruth in TestimonyStern Truth in TestimonyBioStern BioTestimonyStewart StatementTruth in TestimonyStewart Truth in TestimonyBioStewart BioTestimonyHart StatementTruth in TestimonyHart Truth in TestimonyBioHart BioTestimonyMcGrath StatementTruth in TestimonyMcGrath Truth in TestimonyBioMcGrath ResumeTestimonyJacobs StatementTruth in TestimonyJacobs Truth in TestimonyBioJacobs BioTestimonyWeinberg StatementTruth in TestimonyWeinberg Truth in TestimonyBioWeinberg BioTestimonyHeitkamp StatementTruth in TestimonyHeitkamp Truth in TestimonyBioHeitkamp BioTestimonyMartinez StatementTruth in TestimonyMartinez Truth in TestimonyBioMartinez BioTestimonyGarcia StatementBioGarcia Bio