Testimonies
Joint Center President Submits Answers to Additional Questions from the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Joint Center President Spencer Overton submitted answers to additional questions from the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology after testifying before the subcommittee at a hearing entitled “Preserving Free Speech and…
Joint Center Co-Submits Testimony Requesting the Creation of a Senate Office of Human Capital
The Joint Center submitted a testimony to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee with Demand Progress and NALEO Educational Fund requesting the creation of a Senate Office of Human Capital. From…
Joint Center President Testifies to Congress on ‘Protecting Americans from Big Tech Censorship’
On March 28, Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided expert testimony at a congressional hearing entitled “Preserving Free Speech and Reining in Big Tech Censorship.” The hearing was hosted by…
The Joint Center Files Comments with FCC Urging Equitable Broadband Infrastructure Buildout in the Black Rural South
Joint Center President Spencer Overton filed reply comments with the FCC “to prevent digital discrimination by ensuring that Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act broadband resources are equitably deployed in the…
Joint Center Testifies Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Request on Office of Diversity and Inclusion
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies joined a cross-partisan coalition of organizations in support of a Senate Office of Diversity and Inclusion (OD&I) for the Legislative Branch Appropriations…
Joint Center President Answers Additional Questions from Members of Congress on Disinformation Online
Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided additional written responses to questions from Members of Congress after his testimony at the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration hearing…
Joint Center President Answers Additional Questions from Members of Congress on Disinformation and Section 230
Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided additional written responses to questions from Members of Congress after his testimony at the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer…
Questions on Market Power & Discrimination for Tech CEOs Testifying Before Congress
On July 29, the CEOs of four major tech companies—Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Google/Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg—will testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee…
Joint Center Testifies at Congressional Field Hearing
On March 5, Joint Center President Spencer Overton testified before a Voting Rights Congressional Field Hearing in Birmingham, Alabama. The hearing was hosted by Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL), and participating…
Joint Center Testifies on Reducing the Census Undercount
On July 10, 2008, Roderick Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies testified before the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee, Oversight…
