Congress & Committees
by (my name)
Find your assigned Congressmen or
Congresswomen that currently represents AZ
to examine. Put their name, state, and district
in this box – start with Get them on :
http://www.house.gov/representatives/
What are Committees and Subcommittees?
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Congressional
Committees
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Define them here
What general purpose
do they serve?
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Answer Here
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Subcommittees
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Define here
What general purpose
do they serve?
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Answer Here
Put your Congressperson’s name in
this box.
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Put their picture in the box
to the right. (delete this)
Identify their district # here
and 3 major cities or towns
in their district.
List all of their committee
and subcommittee
assignments here.
Name of Congressman and Their Committee
1(YOU are choosing 1 Committee to focus on)
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Describe what the
purpose of their
committee is here. In
one sentence.
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List 5 areas of policy
that they focus on.
4 words or less
4 words or less
4 words or less
4 words or less
4 words or less
Name of your congressman and their
committee.
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put a picture of
something related to
your committee on the
right.
In this space
summarize a recent
press release that this
committee has
released. Go to their
committee page to get
this
Committee Name Here and Hearings
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Briefly explain what a committee hearing is
here.
Find the record of an ‘archived hearing’ on
their webpage and describe the topic of the
hearing,
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purpose?
also include the names of any prominent
witnesses.
Name of your congressperson and the
subcomittee 1 that they sit on.
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Name of Chairman and
his or her state/district
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In one sentence
describe what area of
law this sub-committee
presides over.
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List 5 short examples
of policy this
committee would
cover.
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Name of your congressman and their
subcommittee 1.
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put a picture of
something related to
your committee on the
right.
In this space
summarize a recent
press release that this
committee has
released.
Look over the list of all the House committees and choose one that you would
like to be a member of. (it can’t be one that your congressperson is a member
of) Put the name of the committee in this box.
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What does the committee do?
Why do you want to be in it?
Print
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