Ways and Means Democrats to Launch TPP 'Public' Hearing Series
Ways and Means Democrats will launch a series of “in-depth public hearings” beginning the week of Nov. 16 to analyze the Trans-Pacific Partnership, said committee ranking member Sandy Levin, D-Mich., on Nov. 4. The hearings, which Levin’s office only vaguely…
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described, will cover a broad range of TPP terms, according to a committee release (here). “Multiple sessions will be held weekly,” the release said. The majority party in each chamber convenes formal congressional hearings. Still, "they'll be hearings - witnesses, members, questions and answers," said a spokeswoman for Levin. "They'll be in hearing rooms or other meeting rooms as available."