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In April 2023, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing, Who is Selling Your Data: A Critical Examination of the Role of Data Brokers in the Digital Economy. A press release was issued by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announcing the hearing.

In advance of the hearing, committee staff issued a Hearing Memo.

At the hearing, there was an opening statement from Chair Rodgers and an opening statement from Chair Griffith.

There were three witnesses:

• Justin Sherman, Senior Fellow & Research Lead Data Brokerage Project Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy
• Marshall Erwin, VP & Chief Security Officer Mozilla Corporation
• Prof. Laura Moy, Associate Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Center on Privacy & Technology Georgetown Law Center