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Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Hearings to examine the nominations of Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Edward Eppler, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation, Karen Jean Hedlund, of New York, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, and Brien Lorenze, of Virginia, and Karen Sessions, of Texas, each to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. · Alaska News

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Karen Hedlund

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TC

Thomas Chapman

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BL

Brien Lorenze

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EE

Edward Eppler

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JH

John Hickenlooper

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Ranking Member · U.S. Senate

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Unknown speakers (5)

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Speaker J

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Identified as: Baldwin · Senator

Evidence (2)
  • [52:40] ...Thank you. Senator Baldwin.
  • [53:00] [FRAME] A nameplate reading “MS. BALDWIN” is visible on the table in front of her...
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Speaker A

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Identified as: Cruz · Chairman

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Evidence (3)
  • [23:07] Speaker B: Thank you, Chairman Cruz.
  • [26:59] Speaker D: So, Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Hickenlooper, and members of the committee...
  • [47:30] [FRAME] NAMED: MR. CRUZ CHAIRMAN
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Identified as: Welch · Senator

Evidence (2)
  • [24:00] [FRAME] NAMED: SEN. WELCH
  • [26:59] Speaker D: ...to Senator Welch, as I said, for those very kind words of introduction...
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Karen Sessions

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Speaker G

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Appears in 9 chunks — no matching speaker record

Identified as: Blunt Rochester · Senator

Evidence (2)
  • [59:05] ...Thank you, Senator Blunt Rochester.
  • [59:30] [FRAME] A nameplate reading “MS. BLUNT ROCHESTER” is visible in front of the woman.