Senate Democrats hold field hearing in Atlanta on voter suppression laws Senate Democrats push back on Georgia's news voting law The Senate Committee on Rule and Administration held a remote hearing at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Downtown Atlanta on new voting laws being implemented at the state level, like Georgia's new voting law, that they say are voter suppression laws. ATLANTA - It’s been more than two decades since a Senate hearing called a "field hearing," has taken place outside of Washington, D.C. Instead of the U.S. Capitol, Senate Democrats chose Georgia’s capital to hold a hearing highlighting what they call voter suppression laws.