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Hearing

Driven To Distraction: Technological Devices and Vehicle Safety

November 4, 2009

On November 4, 2009, at 9:30 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet held a joint hearing entitled “Driven To Distraction; Technological Devices and Vehicle Safety.”


Witness Testimonies

Panel 1

The Honorable Ray LaHood
The Honorable Julius Genachowski

Panel 2

Mr. David D. Teater
Mr. Clarence M. Ditlow
Mr. Robert Strassburger
Mr. Steve M. Largent
Dr. Tom A. Dingus, Ph.D., CHFP
Ms. Anne T. McCartt

U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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