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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 869 

Directing the Chief Administrative Officer to install cameras in the hearing 

room of the Committee on Rules. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2009 

Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. DREIER, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, 

Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. FOXX, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. MCCARTHY

of California, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. 

BUCHANAN, Mr. WALDEN, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. PLATTS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. MARIO

DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. LEE of New 

York, Mr. LANCE, Mr. KIRK, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. ROGERS

of Alabama, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 

CAMP, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. HARPER, Mr. 

HELLER, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. ROGERS

of Michigan, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. DAVIS of 

Kentucky, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. 

CULBERSON, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CARTER, Mr. BARTON of 

Texas, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. WOLF, Mr. SMITH

of New Jersey, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

FORTENBERRY, and Mr. GERLACH) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Directing the Chief Administrative Officer to install cameras 

in the hearing room of the Committee on Rules. 

Whereas the public benefits from a more open and transparent Congress; 

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Whereas the House has undertaken renovations to many of 

its hearing rooms to facilitate the broadcast of committee 

proceedings both on internal television channels and the 

webcast of those same proceedings on the Internet; 

Whereas the Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on 

the Budget, Committee on Education and Labor, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Committee on Financial Services, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee 

on Homeland Security, Committee on House Administration, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Natural 

Resources, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Committee on Science and Technology, Committee 

on Small Business, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the 

Committee on Ways and Means all have hearing rooms 

equipped with cameras to provide the public access to 

their proceedings; 

Whereas most of those committees provide live video and 

audio webcasts of their proceedings on the Internet; 

Whereas the Committee on Rules is the only committee, other 

than the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct 

and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

which does not have cameras installed in its main hearing 

room; 

Whereas most of the architectural work required to install 

such cameras was completed during the last renovation 

of the hearing room of the Committee on Rules, room H– 

313 in the Capitol, reducing the time and expense required for camera installation; and 

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Whereas the public would benefit from greater access to the 

proceedings of the Committee on Rules because that committee establishes the ultimate terms of debate in the 

House for virtually all major legislation, including the 

base text of bills to be considered, which amendments are 

made in order, and how much debate they receive: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

2 House is hereby directed to— 

3 (1) take all necessary steps to begin installation 

4 of cameras in room H–313 of the Capitol during the 

5 next recess lasting 10 calendar days or longer; 

6 (2) during the next such recess, begin and com7 plete installation of such cameras; and 

8 (3) coordinate with the Chair of the Committee 

9 on Rules to provide for live broadcasting of the pro10 ceedings of the Committee on Rules on the Internet. 

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