The typical forum for investigations being undertaken by congress are its standing committees and subcommittees. Sometimes special committees are appointed for certain investigations.
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Roll Call is the name of the daily newspaper published during the Washington, D.C. Congressional session. It reports local legislative news and political maneuverings, as well as congressional elections across the country.
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Congressional investigations can only be instituted by a Congresspersons. Therefore, you would have to convince your Congressperson that there was valid cause to institute one.
A hearing is more formal than an investigation.
Congressional investigations are typically used to promote the political agenda of the party controlling the investigation. In many if not most cases, issues that have been the focus of congressional investigations were promoted by hyperbolic commentary from the party in opposition to the subject of the investigation. These investigations are often used by the controlling party as a political weapon to help divert attention of the public from more important issues, or as an attempt to persuade voters to react in favor to an issue of interest to the investigation controlling party.
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You deliver sworn testimony and you can be cited, sanctioned, and imprisoned for lying under oath during your testimony.
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