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unusual facts about Congressional Committee



American Sugar Refining Company

The company was investigated by the Industrial Commission in 1900 and by a special congressional committee in 1911–1912.

Guam Organic Act of 1950

The bill, however, was never even reported out of committee, as was the fate of all the bills introduced during the 79th United States Congress.

Leon Davidson

He convinced a Congressional Committee to force the Air Force to permit him to publish and distribute, in its entirety, the Air Force's Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, the primary source book on the Air Force’s findings related to UFO’s.


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Christopher Ward

Christopher J. Ward, American politician, former treasurer of the National Republican Congressional Committee

Pickensville, Alabama

It houses exhibits on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and was named for former U.S. Representative from Alabama Tom Bevill, who chaired the congressional committee that approved funding for the waterway project.

Ted Patrick

Patrick testified before an ad hoc Congressional committee organized in 1979 by Senator Bob Dole.

Trafficante crime family

In 1978, Trafficante once again testified before a Congressional committee, this time on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

WEUP-FM

The Garretts made history when they testified before a congressional committee in 1963, the outcome of which resulted in the change of a Federal Communications Commission law regulating 24-hour broadcasts in the 1960s.