This research aims to investigate: 1) the profile of attendees at the public hearings of the
Public Security and Combating Organized Crime Committee (CSPCCO) of the Chamber
of Deputies, during the years 2007-2022 (53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th legislatures), and 2)
the party variations in inviting speakers to these hearings. It starts from the premise that
the committee space is the institutional locus of protagonism within the decision-making
process, with the structure capable of specializing lawmakers, as well as collecting
information from external members of the National Congress, with Public Hearings being
a tool capable of facilitating this exchange of specializations. Committees are understood
as spaces where party influence and stable decision-making can be exerted. Therefore, to
achieve the proposed objectives, a case study methodology on the composition/profile of
CSPCO deputies during the aforementioned legislatures and a literature review on
legislative organization and thematic committees in the decision-making process will be
used to contribute to the research agenda that highlights thematic committees as a relevant
space that generates various informational and partisan gains. The results showed that
there are indications that partisan incentives in this committee exhibit strong
informational traits in the hearings. The analysis also highlighted the importance and
multiplicity of objectives that public hearings can assume.
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