HOUSE COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING ON INTERNET DATA BROKERS
House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee chairman Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-KY, presides over a hearing on "Internet Data Brokers and Pretexting: Who has Access to Your Private Records?" on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 21, 2006. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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